// Hacker Noon · 2 March 2026

The Math Behind the Match: Building Production Search for People Names

Standard stemming and fuzzy search break when names are spelled differently but sound the same. Levenshtein handles typos but misses phonetic matches like Kathryn and Catherine. Phonetic algorithms like Double Metaphone solve pronunciation gaps but can overmatch. The best production approach layers...

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