"Soundex" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Soundexes [plural]
Etymology: Blend of sound + index Etymology templates: {{blend|en|sound|index}} Blend of sound + index Head templates: {{en-noun}} Soundex (plural Soundexes)
  1. (information science) 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. Categories (topical): Information science
    Sense id: en-Soundex-en-noun-uD5I9v63 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English blends: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, information-science, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

Forms: Soundexes [present, singular, third-person], Soundexing [participle, present], Soundexed [participle, past], Soundexed [past]
Etymology: Blend of sound + index Etymology templates: {{blend|en|sound|index}} Blend of sound + index Head templates: {{en-verb}} Soundex (third-person singular simple present Soundexes, present participle Soundexing, simple past and past participle Soundexed)
  1. (information science, transitive) To index using the phonetic Soundex algorithm. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Information science Synonyms: SoundEx, soundex

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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