fuzzy-search.sql

#lo sauer, 2013 - www.lsauer.com
#see: http://www.lsauer.com/2013/05/mysql-fuzzy-searching-fulltext-queries.html
#Note: In MySQL SUBSTRING, the string-index starts at position 1
SELECT * FROM tablename 
           WHERE SOUNDEX(tablename_field) 
             LIKE CONCAT('%',SUBSTRING(SOUNDEX('Fuzti serch derm'),2),'%');

mysql-soundex-examples-algorithm.sql

SELECT SUBSTRING("fb stands for foobar",1);
#"fb stands for foobar"
SELECT SOUNDEX("fb");
#F000
SELECT SOUNDEX("fbs");
#F200
SELECT SOUNDEX("stands");
#S3532
SELECT SOUNDEX("for");
#F600
SELECT SOUNDEX("foobar");
#F600
SELECT SOUNDEX("for foobar");
#F616
SELECT SOUNDEX("sfor foobar");
#F1616
SELECT SOUNDEX("fb stands for foobar");
#F2 3532 1616; spaces are for clarity