Registering a custom analyzer for phonetic search in Neo4j 4
11 Mar 2021 by Luanne Misquitta · 2 min read Neo4j Cypher Search
Phonetic matching attempts to match words by pronunciation instead of spelling. Words are typically misspelled and exact matches result in them not being found.Algorithms such as Soundex and Metaphone were developed to address this problem and they have found usage in the areas of voice assistants, search, record linking and fraud detection, misspelled names of things (for example, medical records) etc.