| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lawyer (0) - 33 freq sawyer (1) - 1 freq lawer (1) - 10 freq lawyers (1) - 19 freq layer (1) - 15 freq laayer (1) - 5 freq lawbur (2) - 1 freq lawyer's (2) - 1 freq lager (2) - 39 freq layert (2) - 2 freq laayers (2) - 30 freq lawies (2) - 1 freq mayer (2) - 1 freq lapper (2) - 1 freq laer (2) - 1 freq langer (2) - 227 freq lower (2) - 57 freq player (2) - 131 freq rawer (2) - 1 freq slawer (2) - 2 freq laiter (2) - 4 freq layed (2) - 16 freq fayer (2) - 3 freq lafter (2) - 1 freq lather (2) - 1 freq |
lawyer (0) - 33 freq lawer (1) - 10 freq lower (2) - 57 freq layer (2) - 15 freq laayer (2) - 5 freq lawyers (2) - 19 freq sawyer (2) - 1 freq launer (3) - 1 freq lawlier (3) - 1 freq lawen (3) - 1 freq laiter (3) - 4 freq lawert (3) - 1 freq lauder (3) - 6 freq laeter (3) - 1 freq layower (3) - 1 freq slawer (3) - 2 freq laser (3) - 4 freq lawers (3) - 8 freq lawrie (3) - 4 freq later (3) - 554 freq lager (3) - 39 freq laer (3) - 1 freq lawies (3) - 1 freq rawer (3) - 1 freq lawbur (3) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - L600 leerie - 22 freq lory - 42 freq lower - 57 freq leear - 16 freq lure - 6 freq lair - 58 freq lawer - 10 freq lere - 2 freq larry - 105 freq lawyer - 33 freq 'leear - 1 freq lairie - 2 freq laayer - 5 freq leir - 21 freq liar - 24 freq lorry - 14 freq lear - 107 freq lour - 5 freq lore - 12 freq layer - 15 freq learie - 1 freq leary - 1 freq lara - 1 freq laura - 190 freq laur - 1 freq lora - 1 freq leer - 4 freq laar - 2 freq lare - 7 freq layower - 1 freq loire - 8 freq loor - 2 freq lowry - 2 freq lowrie - 19 freq lyrie - 1 freq lowra - 1 freq lyare - 1 freq lire - 2 freq lauri - 1 freq laer - 1 freq lee-er - 1 freq l'or' - 1 freq lyre - 1 freq 'larry - 1 freq lawrie - 4 freq larrie - 2 freq lori - 1 freq larrea - 1 freq lir - 16 freq lr - 5 freq lurie - 1 freq ler - 1 freq lri - 1 freq 'lorry - 1 freq 'lower - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - LYR lawyer - 33 freq laayer - 5 freq layer - 15 freq lyare - 1 freq |
LAWYER |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.434283 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 - 0.570960 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 - 0.029004 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 - 0.067871 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 - 0.000905 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. |