The term "postal address autocorrection" refers to the automated verification and correction of postal address data within software solutions. The goal is to identify and correct incorrect, incomplete, or non-standardized addresses to ensure deliverability, improve data quality, and avoid costs caused by undeliverable mail. This process typically uses country-specific postal databases and international standards such as CASS (USA), SERP (Canada), or POSTCODE (UK).
Address Validation: Checking addresses for plausibility, completeness, and consistency with official postal databases.
Automatic Correction: Adjusting spelling, street names, postal codes, or districts according to standardized conventions.
Duplicate Detection: Identifying and merging duplicate address records with slight variations.
Geocoding: Assigning geographic coordinates to addresses for logistical or analytical purposes.
Internationalization: Supporting address formats of different countries according to local postal standards.
Real-Time Address Suggestions: Interactive correction or auto-completion during data entry in forms.
"Münchnerstraße" is corrected to "Münchner Straße".
Postal code "10117" is automatically linked to "Berlin".
Input "Hambug" is corrected to "Hamburg".
Incomplete address "Goethestraße 5" is completed to "Goethestraße 5, 60313 Frankfurt am Main".
"Main St." becomes "Main Street" in an international address database.
Duplicate address entries like "Hauptstr. 10, 12345 Musterstadt" and "Hauptstraße 10, 12345 Musterstadt" are recognized as identical.