NIST

NYSIIS

(algorithm)

Definition: Convert a name to a phonetic coding of up to six characters.

Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
phonetic coding algorithm.

See also Jaro-Winkler, double metaphone, soundex, Levenshtein distance.

Author: PEB

Implementation

(JavaScript) (in page source).

More information

Robert L. Taft, Name Search Techniques, New York State Identification and Intelligence System, Special Report No. 1, Albany, New York, December 1970.

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Entry modified 4 October 2021.
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Paul E. Black, "NYSIIS", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed. 4 October 2021. (accessed TODAY) Available from: https://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/nysiis.html