http://www.perlmonks.org?node_id=1407

vroom has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I want to be able to search a database and return approximate matches or matches that are phonetically similar. I've run across the String::Approx module which looks like it may be useful. I need a solution that will scale well and was wondering if anyone else had any insight or experience doing something similar.