| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| smell (0) - 271 freq smelly (1) - 32 freq swell (1) - 17 freq 'smell (1) - 2 freq shell (1) - 39 freq smeyl (1) - 1 freq smells (1) - 54 freq snell (1) - 81 freq smelle (1) - 1 freq sell (1) - 168 freq smyll (1) - 2 freq smelt (1) - 43 freq mell (1) - 23 freq smellt (1) - 3 freq stell (1) - 31 freq spell (1) - 160 freq small (1) - 75 freq shull (2) - 6 freq cell (2) - 38 freq sweil (2) - 1 freq 'shell (2) - 1 freq steil (2) - 28 freq sgeul (2) - 1 freq stall (2) - 16 freq skeill (2) - 11 freq |
smell (0) - 271 freq smelle (1) - 1 freq small (1) - 75 freq smyll (1) - 2 freq smelly (1) - 32 freq stell (2) - 31 freq spell (2) - 160 freq mell (2) - 23 freq smyoll (2) - 1 freq smaill (2) - 1 freq smellie (2) - 1 freq smellt (2) - 3 freq smelt (2) - 43 freq 'smell (2) - 2 freq swell (2) - 17 freq smeyl (2) - 1 freq shell (2) - 39 freq smells (2) - 54 freq snell (2) - 81 freq sell (2) - 168 freq mull (3) - 35 freq saall (3) - 1 freq srella (3) - 1 freq swall (3) - 21 freq shella (3) - 3 freq |
SoundEx code - S540 smile - 458 freq snell - 81 freq smell - 271 freq snail - 33 freq 'senile - 1 freq samuel - 22 freq 'samuel - 3 freq smool - 4 freq smaill - 1 freq shammle - 1 freq 'smell - 2 freq smiley - 11 freq 'smile - 1 freq smuil - 1 freq small - 75 freq sun'll - 2 freq smellie - 1 freq smeyl - 1 freq smyle - 2 freq simile - 3 freq smelly - 32 freq sawmill - 9 freq some'll - 1 freq smelle - 1 freq sum'll - 1 freq shinnel - 2 freq shimley - 1 freq samuel' - 1 freq sammil - 1 freq somely - 1 freq smyll - 2 freq smæl - 1 freq smael - 3 freq 'semmelie - 1 freq semmelie - 8 freq smale - 1 freq smyl - 1 freq 'small' - 2 freq sawmiil - 1 freq somewhyle - 1 freq sinnle - 1 freq saw-mill - 1 freq snaile - 1 freq snellee - 1 freq shemale - 1 freq senile - 1 freq seemly - 1 freq snl - 2 freq synily - 1 freq sgoinneil - 1 freq smyoll - 1 freq sconnelly - 7 freq |
MetaPhone code - SML smile - 458 freq smell - 271 freq samuel - 22 freq 'samuel - 3 freq smool - 4 freq symbol - 28 freq smaill - 1 freq 'smell - 2 freq smiley - 11 freq 'smile - 1 freq smuil - 1 freq small - 75 freq smellie - 1 freq smeyl - 1 freq smyle - 2 freq simile - 3 freq smelly - 32 freq sawmill - 9 freq some'll - 1 freq smelle - 1 freq sum'll - 1 freq samuel' - 1 freq sammil - 1 freq somely - 1 freq smyll - 2 freq smæl - 1 freq smael - 3 freq 'semmelie - 1 freq semmelie - 8 freq cymbal - 3 freq smale - 1 freq smyl - 1 freq 'small' - 2 freq semblay - 1 freq sawmiil - 1 freq somewhyle - 1 freq seembol - 1 freq saw-mill - 1 freq seemly - 1 freq |
SMELL |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.417907 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 - 0.691237 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 - 0.027648 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 - 0.082302 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 - 0.000845 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. |