| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| welfare (0) - 21 freq walfare (1) - 19 freq weilfare (1) - 1 freq weelfare (1) - 2 freq befare (2) - 2 freq €œwelfare (2) - 1 freq wil'fare (2) - 1 freq uelefare (2) - 1 freq warfare (2) - 1 freq weirfare (2) - 3 freq beltane (3) - 3 freq walmart (3) - 1 freq selfsame (3) - 1 freq wellpark (3) - 1 freq welders (3) - 2 freq fellar (3) - 1 freq belfry (3) - 1 freq weimar (3) - 1 freq fare (3) - 62 freq helpfae (3) - 1 freq elbae (3) - 12 freq weared (3) - 1 freq elvire (3) - 4 freq weidae (3) - 2 freq were (3) - 4054 freq |
welfare (0) - 21 freq weelfare (1) - 2 freq weilfare (1) - 1 freq walfare (1) - 19 freq weirfare (3) - 3 freq warfare (3) - 1 freq uelefare (3) - 1 freq wil'fare (3) - 1 freq welr (4) - 1 freq telfer (4) - 2 freq wolfie (4) - 5 freq wildfire (4) - 4 freq wilfred (4) - 12 freq waelar (4) - 1 freq welder (4) - 4 freq wilford (4) - 1 freq wolfe (4) - 3 freq belfry (4) - 1 freq owerfar (4) - 1 freq €œwelfare (4) - 1 freq befare (4) - 2 freq o'fare (5) - 1 freq fanfare (5) - 5 freq blare (5) - 3 freq twelfie (5) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - W416 weel-burnisht - 1 freq weel-faured - 3 freq weill-faured - 5 freq wheelbarra-like - 1 freq weel-pressed - 2 freq wilbur - 5 freq whaul-braiths - 1 freq wilfred - 12 freq wilfred's - 1 freq welfare - 21 freq willpower - 2 freq wil'fare - 1 freq well-formed - 1 freq weel-forrit - 6 freq weel-forritness - 1 freq weill-faurd - 1 freq willpooer - 1 freq willowbrae - 1 freq whalloper - 1 freq weel-presairved - 1 freq weel-brocht-up - 1 freq weel-faur - 1 freq wallyford - 12 freq weelfare - 2 freq wheelbarra - 4 freq wheelbarras - 1 freq wellpark - 1 freq weilfare - 1 freq walfare - 19 freq €œwelfare - 1 freq walloper - 6 freq wolverhampton - 1 freq waloper - 1 freq wallopers - 2 freq wallayford - 1 freq wulver - 1 freq wilford - 1 freq weelbarra - 2 freq |
MetaPhone code - WLFR welfare - 21 freq wil'fare - 1 freq weel-faur - 1 freq weelfare - 2 freq weilfare - 1 freq walfare - 19 freq €œwelfare - 1 freq wulver - 1 freq |
WELFARE |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.311372 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 - 0.390012 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 - 0.029873 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 - 0.040163 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 - 0.000853 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. |