Why does iOS Contacts Sort by Phonetic Name?
I've submitted feedback before on the official iPhone Feedback page before (iphone many months ago), but this still hasn't been resolved.
When you add a phonetic spelling to a contact card in iOS (or any Apple OS), the Contacts app uses the phonetic spelling to sort the names, rather than the correct legitimate name spelling. The phonetic spelling should be used for just that: phonetics and pronunciation. It shouldn't be used for sorting the name in contacts. This wouldn't be a problem if Siri still had the built-in feature to fix pronunciation, but they removed that I believe in iOS 15 for some reason; so to fix Siri's pronunciation and recognition of differently-spelled than pronounced names, you have to enter a phonetic spelling in the Contacts app.
EX: If someone's last name is "Zailafohnn," but it's pronounced "Xylophone," the Contacts app will put the contact card in the completely wrong category under Z instead of under X.
Here are four other Community posts from many years ago that were not noticed or resolved, also because the problem was less prominent then.
Please bring attention to this so it gets fixed.😁
iPhone 14 Pro
