> IMO, the soundex algorithm is not appropriate in this case. > Soundex extract a key which essentially depends on the first syllable of > the string. > It has been develop mostly for names, not for any kind of string.
As far as I can tell it would work perfectly for this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundex The soundex code strips vowels (and a few others, h,w & y) and consecutive letters with the same score value, seems like the perfect solution for catching miss spelled words. -- Jay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:302583 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
