# Method String.soundex()

Method soundex

  ``string` soundex(`string` `word`)`

Description

  Returns the soundex value of `word` according to the original Soundex algorithm, patented by Margaret O´Dell and Robert C. Russel in 1918. The method is based on the phonetic classification of sounds by how they are made. It was only intended for hashing of english surnames, and even at that it isn't that much of a help.