﻿---
title: Phonetic analysis plugin
description: The Phonetic Analysis plugin provides token filters which convert tokens to their phonetic representation using Soundex, Metaphone, and a variety of other...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2647/reference/elasticsearch/plugins/analysis-phonetic
products:
  - Elasticsearch
---

# Phonetic analysis plugin
The Phonetic Analysis plugin provides token filters which convert tokens to their phonetic representation using Soundex, Metaphone, and a variety of other algorithms.

## Installation

This plugin can be installed using the plugin manager:
```sh
sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install analysis-phonetic
```

The plugin must be installed on every node in the cluster, and each node must be restarted after installation.
You can download this plugin for [offline install](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2647/reference/elasticsearch/plugins/plugin-management-custom-url) from [[https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins/analysis-phonetic/analysis-phonetic-9.3.0.zip](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins/analysis-phonetic/analysis-phonetic-9.3.0.zip)](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins/analysis-phonetic/analysis-phonetic-9.3.0.zip). To verify the `.zip` file, use the [SHA hash](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins/analysis-phonetic/analysis-phonetic-9.3.0.zip.sha512) or [ASC key](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins/analysis-phonetic/analysis-phonetic-9.3.0.zip.asc).

## Removal

The plugin can be removed with the following command:
```sh
sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin remove analysis-phonetic
```

The node must be stopped before removing the plugin.