code: def soundex_br(word, max_length=4, zero_pad=True):
      
      return SoundexBR().encode(word, max_length, zero_pad)
docs: Return the SoundexBR encoding of a word.
  
      This is a wrapper for :py:meth:`SoundexBR.encode`.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      word : str
          The word to transform
      max_length : int
          The length of the code returned (defaults to 4)
      zero_pad : bool
          Pad the end of the return value with 0s to achieve a max_length string
  
      Returns
      -------
      str
          The SoundexBR code
  
      Examples
      --------
      >>> soundex_br('Oliveira')
      'O416'
      >>> soundex_br('Almeida')
      'A453'
      >>> soundex_br('Barbosa')
      'B612'
      >>> soundex_br('Araújo')
      'A620'
      >>> soundex_br('Gonçalves')
      'G524'
      >>> soundex_br('Goncalves')
      'G524'