Soundex
English
Etymology
Blend of sound + index
Noun
Soundex (plural Soundexes)
- (informatics) A phonetic algorithm for indexing names by their English pronunciation, based on the most probably significant consonants, so that a search for a misspelled name may find the desired one.
Verb
Soundex (third-person singular simple present Soundexes, present participle Soundexing, simple past and past participle Soundexed)
- (informatics, transitive) To index using the phonetic Soundex algorithm.