Search for Homophones

Out of curiosity - has anyone implemented Search capabilities in Appian for Homophones?

E. g. searching for a user in a database field for names, typing in 'Fill', Appian will search also for 'Phil'.

Thanks

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  • Ha, ha, 
    good example. We are looking for such kind of a search in database fields. For search in documents Solr is already offering capabilities. 
    It shouldn't be so bad - according to sources, there are ~ 1200 Homophones in the English language. According to Wikipedia
    there are concerning groups of homophones (excluding proper nouns), there are approximately 88 triplets, 24 quadruplets, 2 quintuplets, 1 sextet, 1 septet, and 1 questionable octet (possibly a second septet). 

    Meaning if a user types in one of the search phrase which met one of the items in the octet:
    raiseraysraserazerehsresreais, [race]
    Appian will automatically search for all other ones - but maybe only if the user has check marked the box 'Include Homophones'