| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anal (0) - 1 freq nal (1) - 1 freq anar (1) - 1 freq ana' (1) - 3 freq anawl (1) - 1 freq anae (1) - 1 freq anaw (1) - 195 freq atal (1) - 2 freq aal (1) - 755 freq anas (1) - 9 freq anat (1) - 1 freq anaa (1) - 20 freq agal (1) - 1 freq ana (1) - 143 freq canal (1) - 27 freq ajay (2) - 2 freq aaa (2) - 1 freq aalt (2) - 2 freq 'nae (2) - 94 freq peal (2) - 3 freq dcal (2) - 1 freq ataw (2) - 7 freq caal (2) - 99 freq na (2) - 788 freq mahal (2) - 3 freq |
anal (0) - 1 freq nal (1) - 1 freq unul (2) - 1 freq inalo (2) - 1 freq anly (2) - 1 freq nael (2) - 2 freq nl (2) - 6 freq nol (2) - 1 freq nail (2) - 46 freq neal (2) - 1 freq nil (2) - 7 freq canal (2) - 27 freq nial (2) - 4 freq ana (2) - 143 freq anae (2) - 1 freq anaw (2) - 195 freq anawl (2) - 1 freq ana' (2) - 3 freq anar (2) - 1 freq atal (2) - 2 freq aal (2) - 755 freq anaa (2) - 20 freq agal (2) - 1 freq anely (2) - 323 freq anat (2) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - A540 ainly - 231 freq anelie - 25 freq an'll - 2 freq anely - 323 freq ainlie - 116 freq 'ainly - 3 freq annual - 24 freq amyl - 1 freq amly - 1 freq anneal - 2 freq ainly' - 1 freq an'wul - 1 freq anlie - 15 freq ainle - 2 freq anly - 1 freq amelia - 1 freq aenly - 1 freq amyelle - 2 freq anawl - 1 freq anal - 1 freq aimeelou - 4 freq |
MetaPhone code - ANL ainly - 231 freq anelie - 25 freq an'll - 2 freq anely - 323 freq ainlie - 116 freq 'ainly - 3 freq annual - 24 freq anneal - 2 freq ainly' - 1 freq anlie - 15 freq ainle - 2 freq anly - 1 freq anawl - 1 freq anal - 1 freq |
ANAL |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.315116 milliseconds The Levenshtein distance is the number of characters you have to replace, insert or delete to transform one word into another, its useful for detecting typos and alternative spellings |
Time to execute Double Levenshtein function - 0.416047 milliseconds In a stroke of genius, this runs the Levenshtein function twice, once without vowels and adds the distance together, giving double weight to consonants. |
Time to execute SoundEx function - 0.035358 milliseconds Soundex is a phonetic algorithm for indexing names by sound, as pronounced in English. The goal is for homophones to be encoded to the same representation so that they can be matched despite minor differences in spelling. |
Time to execute MetaPhone function - 0.039459 milliseconds Metaphone is a phonetic algorithm, published by Lawrence Philips in 1990, for indexing words by their English pronunciation.[1] It fundamentally improves on the Soundex algorithm by using information about variations and inconsistencies in English spelling and pronunciation to produce a more accurate encoding, which does a better job of matching words and names which sound similar. |
Time to execute Manually curated function - 0.000819 milliseconds Manual Curation uses a lookup table / lexicon which has been created by hand which links words to their lemmas, and includes obvious typos and spelling variations. Not all words are covered. |