1. A physically embodied computer readable-media having embedded computer executable instructions for discerning a term for a misspelled entry, the instructions performing steps comprising: creating a phonetic residue of the misspelled entry; comparing the phonetic residue of the misspelled entry to created phonetic residues of one or more terms in a dictionary of terms; and selecting those terms in the dictionary of terms that have a phonetic residue that substantially matches the phonetic residue of the misspelled entry whereby a selected entry is discerned as a term for the misspelled entry; wherein the phonetic residue of the misspelled entry and the phonetic residues of the dictionary of terms are created by at least removing all phonetic information provided by non-leading vowels of the misspelled entry and terms in the dictionary of terms, respectively.