--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:32:31.742157858 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:32:31.746157858 +0200
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
      *        <code>false</code> otherwise.
      */
     public boolean isMetaphoneEqual(String str1, String str2) {
-        return metaphone(str1).equals(metaphone(str2));
+return encode ( str1 ) .equals ( metaphone ( str2 )  ) ;
     }
 
     /**
