| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| differ (0) - 135 freq difer (1) - 2 freq differs (1) - 39 freq deiffer (1) - 2 freq duffer (1) - 6 freq niffer (1) - 7 freq iffer (1) - 1 freq siffer (1) - 3 freq differn (1) - 1 freq oaffer (2) - 1 freq duffel (2) - 2 freq puffer (2) - 1 freq deefer (2) - 1 freq eiffel (2) - 2 freq liffey (2) - 2 freq dafter (2) - 6 freq dinger (2) - 17 freq diner (2) - 1 freq doffed (2) - 3 freq nifter (2) - 2 freq dizer (2) - 1 freq dipper (2) - 3 freq dinner (2) - 130 freq iffery (2) - 1 freq waffer (2) - 1 freq |
differ (0) - 135 freq duffer (1) - 6 freq deiffer (1) - 2 freq difer (2) - 2 freq daffery (2) - 2 freq differn (2) - 1 freq siffer (2) - 3 freq niffer (2) - 7 freq iffer (2) - 1 freq differs (2) - 39 freq daffed (3) - 3 freq differed (3) - 1 freq buffer (3) - 2 freq gaffer (3) - 35 freq heffer (3) - 2 freq differen (3) - 1 freq deiffers (3) - 2 freq diffren (3) - 1 freq giffar (3) - 1 freq diffuser (3) - 1 freq diffs (3) - 2 freq differin (3) - 6 freq dafferie (3) - 4 freq diff (3) - 2 freq seffer (3) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - D160 deeper - 51 freq dover - 15 freq duffer - 6 freq differ - 135 freq dapper - 4 freq diver - 5 freq dafferie - 4 freq dyvor - 1 freq daffery - 2 freq dobber - 4 freq devour' - 1 freq dowper - 4 freq dover' - 1 freq dhofar - 1 freq 'dafferie - 1 freq deiffer - 2 freq daiver - 4 freq deefer - 1 freq dyvour - 2 freq dibber - 2 freq dabber - 3 freq devour - 7 freq dipper - 3 freq devoir - 1 freq deepur - 1 freq difer - 2 freq dfr - 2 freq dwfywri - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - TFR tougher - 3 freq dover - 15 freq duffer - 6 freq differ - 135 freq diver - 5 freq dafferie - 4 freq dyvor - 1 freq tverie - 2 freq tver - 3 freq tvery - 2 freq daffery - 2 freq tvver - 1 freq devour' - 1 freq dover' - 1 freq 'dafferie - 1 freq deiffer - 2 freq daiver - 4 freq deefer - 1 freq dyvour - 2 freq taiver - 2 freq devour - 7 freq tfar - 1 freq devoir - 1 freq difer - 2 freq dfr - 2 freq topher - 1 freq dwfywri - 1 freq tvroy - 1 freq |
DIFFER |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.201052 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 - 0.362486 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 - 0.028562 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 - 0.037537 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 - 0.000860 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. |