| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| willows (0) - 4 freq willow' (1) - 1 freq pillows (1) - 4 freq willow (1) - 15 freq billows (1) - 1 freq swallows (2) - 9 freq willans (2) - 1 freq willox (2) - 1 freq wallops (2) - 2 freq will's (2) - 1 freq wallow (2) - 2 freq billowy (2) - 1 freq willies (2) - 6 freq hallows (2) - 2 freq bellows (2) - 6 freq hollows (2) - 5 freq wills (2) - 3 freq follows (2) - 19 freq gallows (2) - 17 freq sillos (2) - 1 freq willis (2) - 1 freq willock (2) - 1 freq yellows (2) - 4 freq yallows (2) - 2 freq allows (2) - 4 freq |
willows (0) - 4 freq willow (2) - 15 freq billows (2) - 1 freq pillows (2) - 4 freq willow' (2) - 1 freq willis (3) - 1 freq gallows (3) - 17 freq wills (3) - 3 freq yellows (3) - 4 freq fellows (3) - 1 freq hollows (3) - 5 freq fallows (3) - 1 freq allows (3) - 4 freq yallows (3) - 2 freq follows (3) - 19 freq swallows (3) - 9 freq wallops (3) - 2 freq wallow (3) - 2 freq bellows (3) - 6 freq willies (3) - 6 freq hallows (3) - 2 freq willans (3) - 1 freq will's (3) - 1 freq wall's (4) - 8 freq well's (4) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - W420 walk - 464 freq whyles - 85 freq whiles - 478 freq willie's - 22 freq whilk - 193 freq wells - 19 freq wheels - 83 freq walks - 97 freq walls - 27 freq while's - 4 freq will's - 1 freq waalk - 5 freq walk' - 3 freq willox - 1 freq weel's - 16 freq wheelhoose - 9 freq wulls - 2 freq wullie's - 19 freq wellies - 16 freq wheel's - 9 freq whales - 15 freq wallace - 117 freq wills - 3 freq woolies - 2 freq weles - 1 freq wails - 6 freq wull's - 6 freq waals - 7 freq wulks - 1 freq wyles - 2 freq wales - 37 freq wels - 5 freq 'whiles - 2 freq wallies - 16 freq welsh - 174 freq willicks - 2 freq well's - 1 freq wall's - 8 freq whelks - 14 freq 'whelks - 1 freq weelà ss - 7 freq weelass - 2 freq wully's - 11 freq wiles - 11 freq wullies - 9 freq wullies's - 2 freq walsh - 7 freq whilk's - 1 freq walays - 1 freq waalls - 1 freq willick - 2 freq willick's - 1 freq willies - 6 freq willows - 4 freq willock - 1 freq whalsa - 3 freq w-wullie's - 1 freq waa-like - 1 freq weill's - 2 freq 'walk - 1 freq whaals - 4 freq wulk - 1 freq walls' - 1 freq weil's - 1 freq whillie's - 1 freq waels - 4 freq walkie - 5 freq walloch - 1 freq waulk - 1 freq whales' - 1 freq welch - 2 freq wheils - 1 freq €œwhiles - 4 freq waleys - 1 freq wallahs - 1 freq wheelies - 2 freq welsch - 1 freq whaalsa - 4 freq wal's - 1 freq wals - 1 freq €œwhyles - 1 freq €œwalk - 1 freq waelz - 1 freq wheelhouse - 2 freq waaalks - 1 freq williewaugh - 1 freq wls - 1 freq wallsie - 1 freq “whiles” - 1 freq willis - 1 freq whelks' - 1 freq whalsay - 1 freq willieÂ’s - 1 freq wlk - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - WLS whyles - 85 freq whiles - 478 freq willie's - 22 freq wells - 19 freq wheels - 83 freq walls - 27 freq while's - 4 freq will's - 1 freq weel's - 16 freq wulls - 2 freq wullie's - 19 freq wellies - 16 freq wheel's - 9 freq whales - 15 freq wallace - 117 freq wills - 3 freq woolies - 2 freq weles - 1 freq wails - 6 freq wull's - 6 freq waals - 7 freq wales - 37 freq wels - 5 freq 'whiles - 2 freq wallies - 16 freq well's - 1 freq wall's - 8 freq weelà ss - 7 freq weelass - 2 freq wully's - 11 freq wiles - 11 freq wullies - 9 freq walays - 1 freq waalls - 1 freq willies - 6 freq willows - 4 freq whalsa - 3 freq w-wullie's - 1 freq weill's - 2 freq whaals - 4 freq walls' - 1 freq weil's - 1 freq whillie's - 1 freq waels - 4 freq whales' - 1 freq wheils - 1 freq €œwhiles - 4 freq waleys - 1 freq wallahs - 1 freq wheelies - 2 freq whaalsa - 4 freq wal's - 1 freq wals - 1 freq €œwhyles - 1 freq waelz - 1 freq wallsie - 1 freq “whiles” - 1 freq willis - 1 freq whalsay - 1 freq willieÂ’s - 1 freq |
WILLOWS |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.381186 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 - 0.510271 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 - 0.063606 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 - 0.037522 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 - 0.000829 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. |