E.g. the Soundex algorithm is optimized for English. Is there a more universal algorithm that would apply across large families of languages?
E.g. the Soundex algorithm is optimized for English. Is there a more universal algorithm
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E.g. the Soundex algorithm is optimized for English. Is there a more universal algorithm that would apply across large families of languages?
SOUNDEX is indeed English-oriented. Two others that take a wider variety of phonetic differences into account are: Double Metaphone and NYSIIS.
They produce encodings into a much larger possible space than SOUNDEX does. Double Metaphone, specifically, includes reductions with the express purpose of handling alternate pronunciations based on more languages than English.
I did a presentation on fuzzy string matching recently, the slides may be helpful.