6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein standardizing the cluster of postal addresses further comprises computing differences between postal addresses in the cluster of postal addresses via consulting a dictionary.
1. A method comprising: accessing a database having postal addresses stored therein on a computer readable storage medium; in response to accessing the database: clustering a plurality of the postal addresses based on similarity, and thereby forming at least one cluster of postal addresses; and within an identified cluster of postal addresses, identifying one or more synonyms relative to one or more components of postal addresses, wherein the one or synonyms comprise variants of the one or more components; and with respect to one or more components of the postal addresses in the identified cluster of postal addresses, identifying a standardized identifier from among the one or more synonyms and applying the standardized identifier to postal addresses within the cluster of postal addresses.