type: blog title: Fuzzy search using the Double Metaphone algorithm description: Using the Double Metaphone algorithm to find words that sound alike. layout: default date: 2019-07-02 author: Brian Wilkins image: assets/img/chris-barbalis-1217112-unsplash.jpg authorLink: relcanonical:
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/ doubleMetaphone_search.js
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August 7, 2019 11:01
A Cloudant Search index function that implements the Double Metaphone algorithm
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| 'use strict' | |
| // Match vowels (including `Y`). | |
| var vowels = /[AEIOUY]/ | |
| // Match few Slavo-Germanic values. | |
| var slavoGermanic = /W|K|CZ|WITZ/ | |
| // Match few Germanic values. | |
| var germanic = /^(VAN |VON |SCH)/ |
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/ tchaikovsky_spelling_variants
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Alternative spellings of Tchaikovsky
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| Cajkovskij | |
| Chaikovsky | |
| Chaĭkovski | |
| Chaĭkovskiĭ | |
| Ciaikovski | |
| Ciaikovskij | |
| Ciaikovskji | |
| Ciaikovsky | |
| Csajkovszkij | |
| Czajkowski |
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/ fuzzy-search-using-the-double-metaphone-algorithm.md
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July 8, 2019 15:10
"Fuzzy search using the Double Metaphone algorithm" - Work in progress
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/ ddoc.txt
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August 7, 2019 11:45
Design document that contains a view that implements the Double Metaphone algorithm
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| { | |
| "_id": "_design/doubleMetaphone", | |
| "views": { | |
| "doubleMetaphone": { | |
| "map": "'use strict'\n\n// Match vowels (including `Y`).\nvar vowels = /[AEIOUY]/\n\n// Match few Slavo-Germanic values.\nvar slavoGermanic = /W|K|CZ|WITZ/\n\n// Match few Germanic values.\nvar germanic = /^(VAN |VON |SCH)/\n\n// Match initial values of which the first character should be skipped.\nvar initialExceptions = /^(GN|KN|PN|WR|PS)/\n\n// Match initial Greek-like values of which the `CH` sounds like `K`.\nvar initialGreekCh = /^CH(IA|EM|OR([^E])|YM|ARAC|ARIS)/\n\n// Match Greek-like values of which the `CH` sounds like `K`.\nvar greekCh = /ORCHES|ARCHIT|ORCHID/\n\n// Match values which when following `CH`, transform `CH` to sound like `K`.\nvar chForKh = /[ BFHLMNRVW]/\n\n// Match values which when preceding a vowel and `UGH`, sound like `F`.\nvar gForF = /[CGLRT]/\n\n// Match initial values which sound like either `K` or `J`.\nvar initialGForKj = /Y[\\s\\S]|E[BILPRSY]|I[BELN]/\n\n// Match initial values which sound lik |
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/ doubleMetaphone_view.js
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A Cloudant view map function that implements the Double Metaphone algorithm
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| 'use strict' | |
| module.exports = doubleMetaphone | |
| // Match vowels (including `Y`). | |
| var vowels = /[AEIOUY]/ | |
| // Match few Slavo-Germanic values. | |
| var slavoGermanic = /W|K|CZ|WITZ/ |