Phonetic algorithms are computational methods used to encode words based on their sounds rather than their spelling. The primary goal of these algorithms is to facilitate the comparison of words that may sound alike but are spelled differently—often referred to as "homophones" or "approximate matches." This is particularly useful in applications such as search engines, data deduplication, and speech recognition, where it is important to identify and process words with similar pronunciations.
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