metaphonebr0.0.5 package

Custom 'MetaphoneBR' Phonetic Encoding for Brazilian Names

capitalize_remove_accents

Phonetic preprocessing: removes accents, numbers and capitalizes

metaphonebr-package

metaphonebr: Custom 'MetaphoneBR' Phonetic Encoding for Brazilian Name...

metaphonebr

Generates Phonetic Code (adapted Metaphone-BR) for Names in Portuguese

remove_dup_letters_spaces

Phonetic Removal: duplicated letters and spaces

remove_duplicated_vowels

Phonetic Removal: Repeated Vowels

remove_silent_letters

Phonetic Simplification: removal of silent letters

simplify_consonants

Phonetic Simplification: Similar Consonants

simplify_digraphs

Phonetic Simplification: similar digraphs

simplify_ending_nasals

Phonetic Simplification: Ending Nasal Sounds

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Simplifies Brazilian names phonetically using a custom 'metaphoneBR' algorithm that preserves ending vowels. Useful for name matching processing preserving gender information carried generally by ending vowels in Portuguese. Mation (2025) <doi:10.6082/uchicago.15104>.

  • Maintainer: Rodrigo Borges
  • License: MIT + file LICENSE
  • Last published: 2025-09-18

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