phonetic-id 1.0.0

Phonetic ID is a lightweight package for generating a easy to say ID.

Phonetic ID is a lightweight package for generating a easy to say ID

Usage

from phonetic_id import generate_phonetic_id

generate_phonetic_id(length=8) # mebifeka
generate_phonetic_id(length=8, append_digits=2) # motizigo58

Entropy

Phonetic IDs have low entropy, so they should not be used for cryptographic purposes.

Info

The length is always rounded to an even number.
There are 5 vowels and 14 consonants.
Each syllable consists of 1 vowel and 1 consonant, allowing for:

5 * 14 = 70 unique syllables

For example, generate_phonetic_id(length=8) produces 4 syllables (since each syllable has 2 characters), resulting in:

70^4 = 24,010,000 combinations ~24.51 bits of entropy

Entropy Table

Length	Combinations	Entropy (bits)
2	70	~6.13
4	4,900	~12.26
6	343,000	~18.39
8	24,010,000	~24.52
10	1,680,700,000	~30.65
12	117,649,000,000	~36.78
14	8,235,430,000,000	~42.90
16	576,480,100,000,000	~49.03

Increasing Entropy

You can increase entropy by using the append_digits argument, which adds N digits to the end.
This effectively multiplies the total number of combinations by 10^N.