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When comparing strings (in our case street names), there are plenty of off-the-shelf features that can be used, such as those provided by the jellyfish. This package also provides a number of phonetic encodings. We can combine an encoding with a metric, such as Levenshtein Distance, to measure the phonetic similarity between two street names.
As more features are added to a model, the longer it will take to make a prediction. To help you find a suitable set of features, I have two suggestions, (1) recursive feature selection and (2) SHAP values. Using either of these methods can save you time as you find the right set of features for your model.