Phonetics

The phonetics module computes the phonetic key of a string using different algorithms.

• Soundex
• NYSISS
• Metaphone
• Double Metaphone

The phonetics module defines the following function:

phonetics.soundex(source[, size=4])

Use the soundex algorithm to create the phonetic key of the source string.

phonetics.nysiis(source)

Use the New York State Identification and Intelligence System to create the phonetic key of the source string.

phonetics.metaphone(source)

Use the metaphone algorithm to create the phonetic key of the source string.

phonetics.dmetaphone(source)

Use the double methaphone algorithm to create the phonetic key of the source string.

Based on Lawrence Philips' Metaphone Algorithm

Installation

$ pip install phonetics

Usage

>>> import phonetics
>>> phonetics.dmetaphone('Danger')
('TNJR', 'TNKR')

Tests

By Duncan McGreggor

$ python -m unittest discover phonetics/tests/ -v