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SOUNDS LIKE

Syntax

expr1 SOUNDS LIKE expr2

Description

This is the same as SOUNDEX(expr1) = SOUNDEX(expr2).

Example

SELECT givenname, surname FROM users WHERE givenname SOUNDS LIKE "robert";
+-----------+---------+
| givenname | surname |
+-----------+---------+
| Roberto   | Castro  |
+-----------+---------+
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