| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| waste-paper (0) - 2 freq wastepaper (1) - 1 freq test-paper (3) - 1 freq wawpaper (4) - 6 freq wance-aer (4) - 1 freq joss-paper (4) - 1 freq walpaper (4) - 1 freq wallpaper (4) - 5 freq westwater (5) - 1 freq wapper (5) - 2 freq fleepaper (5) - 1 freq pale-pale (5) - 1 freq steeper (5) - 1 freq steamer (5) - 6 freq waster (5) - 13 freq wasterners (5) - 1 freq touch-paper (5) - 1 freq waapeper (5) - 1 freq wattertap (5) - 1 freq hate-warped (5) - 1 freq wasteland (5) - 4 freq gatekeeper (5) - 1 freq wastmeinster (5) - 5 freq white-faced (5) - 8 freq wart-faced (5) - 2 freq |
waste-paper (0) - 2 freq wastepaper (2) - 1 freq test-paper (4) - 1 freq joss-paper (6) - 1 freq stopper (7) - 2 freq wast-owre (7) - 1 freq news-paper (7) - 1 freq wallpaper (7) - 5 freq wawpaper (7) - 6 freq walpaper (7) - 1 freq waapeper (8) - 1 freq distemper (8) - 1 freq stepped (8) - 65 freq wa-t-er (8) - 2 freq sandpaper (8) - 3 freq waste-bins (8) - 1 freq touch-paper (8) - 1 freq wapper (8) - 2 freq westwater (8) - 1 freq wance-aer (8) - 1 freq waist-deep (8) - 1 freq steeper (8) - 1 freq waster (8) - 13 freq saunpaper (8) - 1 freq waister (9) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - W231 westburn - 4 freq westfold - 1 freq wasteful - 1 freq waste-paper - 2 freq wistfully - 3 freq westport - 3 freq waistband - 2 freq waist-deep - 1 freq wistful - 4 freq wastepaper-basket - 1 freq weskit-pocket - 2 freq waste-bins - 1 freq wastepaper - 1 freq wastburrafirt - 1 freq westbromel - 3 freq washydeaffc - 2 freq |
MetaPhone code - WSTPPR waste-paper - 2 freq wastepaper - 1 freq |
WASTE-PAPER paper - 526 freq papers - 137 freq paperin - 2 freq papering - freq newspaper - 63 freq newspapers - 38 freq newspapermen - 3 freq paperback - 25 freq paperbacker - 1 freq paperwork - 7 freq paperwirk - 2 freq wawpaper - 6 freq wallpaper - 5 freq wallpaperin - 2 freq papershop - 3 freq paper- - 2 freq waste-paper - 2 freq paper-thin - 1 freq sandpaper - 3 freq |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.259804 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 - 0.524826 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 - 0.038832 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 - 0.056117 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 - 0.001550 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. |