Basic Examples (2) 

Find the Soundex identifier of a word:

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The Soundex identifier of a misspelled word (the result is the same as the previous one):

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Scope (2) 

The character case does not matter:

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Digits are not processed and become part of the result:

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Soundex has the attribute Listable:

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Applications (4) 

Compute an association of dictionary words and corresponding Soundex codes:

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Show the top 20 most "popular" Soundex codes:

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Show that the Soundex codes adhere to the Pareto principle:

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Show the words corresponding to one of the top Soundex codes:

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Neat Examples (4) 

Pick some words:

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Introduce random misspellings:

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Compare the corresponding Soundex codes for both word sets:

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The Soundex codes of the misspelled words are found in the Soundex codes of the spelling correction lists:

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