| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sparl (0) - 1 freq spall (1) - 1 freq spare (1) - 100 freq spark (1) - 37 freq spirl (1) - 4 freq spars (1) - 6 freq spael (1) - 1 freq spail (1) - 2 freq spar (1) - 14 freq snarl (1) - 9 freq parly (2) - 2 freq pall (2) - 5 freq shaul (2) - 1 freq shal (2) - 26 freq scarn (2) - 2 freq sayl (2) - 3 freq skal (2) - 1 freq scart (2) - 23 freq siar (2) - 1 freq sppry (2) - 1 freq scars (2) - 12 freq spad (2) - 2 freq spl (2) - 4 freq soars (2) - 5 freq soary (2) - 3 freq |
sparl (0) - 1 freq spirl (1) - 4 freq snarl (2) - 9 freq spall (2) - 1 freq spiral (2) - 11 freq spail (2) - 2 freq spar (2) - 14 freq spael (2) - 1 freq spark (2) - 37 freq spars (2) - 6 freq spare (2) - 100 freq sparse (3) - 4 freq skerl (3) - 1 freq spreul (3) - 1 freq snorl (3) - 21 freq spaell (3) - 4 freq sperk (3) - 3 freq speel (3) - 18 freq spear (3) - 28 freq sper (3) - 1 freq spool (3) - 2 freq sport (3) - 155 freq spirk (3) - 3 freq pearl (3) - 8 freq spuil (3) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - S164 severely - 8 freq sprawlin - 4 freq several - 46 freq spirl - 4 freq spirls - 3 freq spiral - 11 freq sprawled - 9 freq skipper'll - 2 freq spirlie - 7 freq sprawl - 3 freq seevral - 1 freq spraalin - 2 freq soberlie - 1 freq saiveral - 6 freq sprawlit - 1 freq spirallin - 3 freq spraaled - 3 freq spraalled - 1 freq spurled - 1 freq spirillum - 1 freq sporulate - 1 freq seeveral - 1 freq sprawlan - 1 freq superlative - 3 freq sparl - 1 freq sea-ferlies - 1 freq spiralled - 1 freq spirals - 2 freq spiralin - 2 freq schapiarelli - 1 freq spirlin - 1 freq saivrel - 12 freq sprawl't - 2 freq superlatives - 1 freq spreul - 1 freq spreul's - 1 freq spiralling - 2 freq superleague - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - SPRL spirl - 4 freq spiral - 11 freq spirlie - 7 freq sprawl - 3 freq sparl - 1 freq spreul - 1 freq |
SPARL |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.200702 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 - 0.361431 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 - 0.027812 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 - 0.037825 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 - 0.000931 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. |