Soundex is phonetic algorithm for indexing names by sound as pronounced in English. LibIndic’s soundex module implements Soundex algorithm for Engish as well as a modified version of soundex algorithm for Indian languages.
Details on how Soundex is implemented can be found at [Santhosh’s blog](http://thottingal.in/blog/2009/07/26/indicsoundex/)
Installation
Python 3 is required. Using with venv is recommended
$ pip install libindic-soundex
Usage
from libindic.soundex import Soundex instance = Soundex() instance.soundex(u"കൃത്രിമം") u'\u0d15PKPBN00' instance.compare(u"വിദ്യാർഥി", u"വിദ്യാർദി") 1 instance.compare(u"മോര്", u"മുതിര") -1 instance.compare(u'ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು', u'बॆंगळूरु') 2
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