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title: 'Use the `SOUNDEX()` function in MySQL to compare strings by how they *sound* rather than how they''re typed'
tweet_id: '1479467947634556930'
thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-01
author_username: justsanjit
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created_at: 2022-01-07T15:00:20+00:00
slug: use-the-soundex-function-in-mysql-to-compare-strings-by-how-they-sound-rather-than-how-theyre-typed
---
🔥 In #mysql you can compare strings by how they sound rather than how they have been typed using SOUNDEX() function

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