Phonetic Spelling Algorithms in R

This is the R package to support phonetic spelling algorithms in R. Several packages provide the Soundex algorithm. However, other algorithms have been developed since Soundex that can also provide phonetic spelling and test phonetic similarity.

Source Code

• GitHub Repository

Installation

The phonics R package is available for download from package at GitHub. Install phonics via DevTools:

devtools::install_github("k3jph/phonics-in-r")

The phonics package is developed using the GitFlow development workflow. To install the development branch, use:

devtools::install_github("k3jph/phonics-in-r", ref = "develop")

Algorithms included

• Caverphone
  • Original Caverphone
  • Caverphone 2
• Cologne (Kölner)
• Lein
• Match Rating Approach
  • Encoder
  • Comparison
• Metaphone
• New York State Identification and Intelligence System
  • NYSIIS
  • Modified NYSIIS
• Roger Root
• Soundex
  • Original Soundex
  • Apache Refined Soundex
• Statistics Canada
  • Census Modified

Dependencies

• testthat
• roxygen2
• Rcpp
• BH

Contribution guidelines

• Use GitFlow
• Write unit tests using testthat
• Document functions using roxygen2

Blog Posts

• Phonics in JSS (12 Oct 2020)
• Phonics in JOSS, version 1.0.0 released (14 Feb 2018)
• XSEDE is Awesome (08 Nov 2017)
• Phonics v0.7.3 with Cologne Phonetic (30 Mar 2016)
• Code Coverage Counterexamples (11 Feb 2016)
• Phonics 0.6.1 Released (09 Jan 2016)
• Phonics is Now on CRAN (28 Dec 2015)
• Soundex in Phonics (24 Dec 2015)
• Caverphone, NYSIIS, and StatCan Added to Phonics Package (28 Sep 2015)
• Metaphone in R (20 Sep 2015)

Image by Unsplash / Pexels. This work used the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), which is supported by National Science Foundation grant number ACI-1548562. In particular, it used the Comet system at the San Diego Supercomputing Center (SDSC) through allocations TG-DBS170012 and TG-ASC150024.