public static bool StringMatchesPhonetics(string s, IEnumerable<string> phoenitics)
{
DoubleMetaphone m = new DoubleMetaphone();
IEnumerable<string> lhsPhoenetics = m.Get(s);
IEnumerable<string> rhsPhoenetics = phoenitics;
foreach (string lhsPhoenetic in lhsPhoenetics)
{
foreach (string rhsPhoenetic in rhsPhoenetics)
{
if (rhsPhoenetic.Contains(lhsPhoenetic) &&
rhsPhoenetic.Length - lhsPhoenetic.Length <= 2)
{
return true;
}
}
}
return false;
}
public static bool StringMatchesString(string lhs, string rhs)
{
DoubleMetaphone m = new DoubleMetaphone();
return StringMatchesPhonetics(lhs, m.Get(rhs));
}
public static string[] GetPhonetics(string s)
{
DoubleMetaphone m = new DoubleMetaphone();
return m.Get(s);
}