T2-AT-007MEDIUM

Phonetic Manipulation

T2 · Semantic & Linguistic Evasion →
Risk score170
RatingMedium
Procedures2
Severity
Mechanism

Exploits the gap between phonetic and textual representation. Misspellings, truncations, and word splits sound correct but don't match keyword patterns. Low effectiveness against frontier models that handle typos natively.

Detection
  • Fuzzy keyword matching (edit-distance)
  • Phonetic normalization (Soundex/Metaphone)
Mitigation
Fuzzy matchingHIGH
Phonetic canonicalizationHIGH
Chaining

Low-sophistication. Chains with T2-AT-015 (Noise Injection).

Framework mapping
OWASP LLMLLM01
Open in the technique browser →