16. The storage device of claim 15 , further comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the machine, cause the machine to perform operations, further comprising: ranking possible matches by, at least in part, determining a probability of an intersection between the first set of possible intended person names and a third set of possible person names phonetically similar to an intended name from the second set of possible intended person names.
16. The storage device of claim 15 , further comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the machine, cause the machine to perform operations, further comprising: ranking possible matches by, at least in part, determining a probability of an intersection between the first set of possible intended person names and a third set of possible person names phonetically similar to an intended name from the second set of possible intended person names. 17. The storage device of claim 16 , wherein the instructions for determining the probability of the intersection include instructions, which when executed by the machine cause the machine to perform operations further comprising summing a joint probability of a conditional probability of the first person name given the intended person name, a conditional probability of a person name from the second set of possible intended person names given the intended person name, and the unconditional probability of the intended person name.