Phonetic matcher
match strings based on how they sound
Install
pip install phonetic_matcherNOTE: rapidfuzz is optional but strongly recommended
pip install rapidfuzzUsage
import phonetic_matcher
# match scores
score = phonetic_matcher.fuzzy_match("mycroft", "microsoft") # 0.7571428571428571
score = phonetic_matcher.fuzzy_match("cat", "dog") # 0.4999999999999999
# best match selection
query = "mycroft"
choices = ["microsoft", "minecraft", "mike roft", "mein kampf", "my raft"]
best, score = phonetic_matcher.best_match(query, choices) # mike roft 0.9047095761381476
# all matches
matches = phonetic_matcher.match(query, choices)
# [('mike roft', 0.9047095761381476),
# ('minecraft', 0.7416326530612245),
# ('microsoft', 0.7387755102040816),
# ('my raft', 0.7083333333333333),
# ('mein kampf', 0.48752834467120176)]
