System and method for discerning a term for an entry having a spelling error
AssigneeW.W. Grainger, Inc.
InventorGeoffry A. Westphal
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Abstract
A system and method for discerning a term for an entry having a spelling error. The system and method generally compares a “phonetic residue” of a misspelled entry to “phonetic residues” of terms in a dictionary of commonly misspelled words. In this regard, the “phonetic residue” of an entry or term may be arrived at by considering the consonants of an entry and term (e.g., by disregarding vowels). Additionally, the comparison of “phonetic residues” may consider one or more of a leading vowel (if any), letters likely to be omitted (e.g., silent letters), and/or letters likely to be added.
Claims17
A physically embodied computer readable-media having embedded computer executable instructions for discerning a term for a misspelled entry, the instructions performing steps comprising:
- creating a phonetic residue of the misspelled entry;
- comparing the phonetic residue of the misspelled entry to created phonetic residues of one or more terms in a dictionary of terms;
- and
- selecting those terms in the dictionary of terms that have a phonetic residue that substantially matches the phonetic residue of the misspelled entry whereby a selected entry is discerned as a term for the misspelled entry;
- wherein the phonetic residue of the misspelled entry and the phonetic residues of the dictionary of terms are created by at least removing all phonetic information provided by non-leading vowels of the misspelled entry and terms in the dictionary of terms, respectively.
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