/**
 * A table for metaphone transformations. These transformations may provide
 * superior suggestions because they describe similar sounding (as in
 * spoken) syllables, which will be used by the suggestion engine to find
 * words that may not be spelled similarly but *sound* similar.
 *
 * It roughly uses the following syntax:
 *
 * ```text
 * PHONE <number of entries>
 * PHONE <pattern> <replacement>
 * ```
 *
 * `replacement` is a simple string, with the special value `_`
 * (underscore) meaning an empty string. `pattern` is complex, and
 * currently isn't very well documented. Additionally, both Spylls and
 * Espells do not fully implement Hunspell's more intricate details, such
 * as rule prioritizing and concepts like "follow-up rules".
 *
 * Dictionaries that use this feature are unfortunately quite rare.
 */
export declare class PhonetTable {
    rules: Record<string, PhonetTableRule[]>;
    constructor(table: [string, string][]);
    /**
     * Returns the metaphone representation of a word.
     *
     * @param word - The word to transform.
     */
    metaphone(word: string): string;
}
/**
 * An individual phonetic table rule.
 *
 * @see {@link PhonetTable}
 */
declare class PhonetTableRule {
    /** The `RegExp` used for checking if this rule applies. */
    search: RegExp;
    /** The string to represent a matched phoneme with. */
    replacement: string;
    /** If true, this rule only applies at the start of a word. */
    start: boolean;
    /** If true, this rule only applies at the end of a word. */
    end: boolean;
    /** Currently unusued in both Spylls and Espells. */
    followup: boolean;
    /** Currently unusued in both Spylls and Espells. */
    priority: number;
    constructor(
    /** The `RegExp` used for checking if this rule applies. */
    search: RegExp, 
    /** The string to represent a matched phoneme with. */
    replacement: string, 
    /** If true, this rule only applies at the start of a word. */
    start?: boolean, 
    /** If true, this rule only applies at the end of a word. */
    end?: boolean, 
    /** Currently unusued in both Spylls and Espells. */
    followup?: boolean, 
    /** Currently unusued in both Spylls and Espells. */
    priority?: number);
    /**
     * Checks if a rule is matched by this rule, and if it is, returns the
     * `RegExpExecArray` match, otherwise returning false.
     *
     * @param word - The word to check.
     * @param pos - The position in the word to check.
     */
    match(word: string, pos: number): false | RegExpExecArray;
}
export {};