score_name

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Use this when the user is choosing between names, or asks whether a name is any good. Not for deciding availability, which is check_live. Grade candidate names on measurable properties of the string: length, syllables, pronounceability (the radio test), presence in a published English word list, edit distance to major brands, hyphens/digits, and TLD perception. Read-only. Cannot spend money. Every component returns its score, weight and basis so the number can be audited rather than trusted. Severe properties CAP the total instead of being averaged away — a name one edit from a major brand cannot score well however short it is. EXPLICITLY NOT a search-ranking prediction: exact-match-domain SEO value has been largely dead since Google's 2012 EMD update and nothing here forecasts how a name will rank. NOT a trademark search: brand_collision is string similarity to a published list, not legal clearance. Components that cannot be measured (zone rarity, trademark) are returned as unavailable with reasons and never estimated.