| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wolf (0) - 91 freq wolfs (1) - 9 freq wolfe (1) - 3 freq wold (1) - 1 freq wulf (1) - 6 freq wowf (1) - 2 freq woof (1) - 21 freq wouf (1) - 12 freq woll (1) - 1 freq rolf (1) - 1 freq golf (1) - 63 freq zola (2) - 1 freq whl (2) - 1 freq wyld (2) - 6 freq doff (2) - 3 freq wona (2) - 1 freq wl (2) - 6 freq worl (2) - 35 freq roof (2) - 104 freq wyll (2) - 2 freq sole (2) - 19 freq xol (2) - 1 freq wauf (2) - 1 freq cold (2) - 45 freq palf (2) - 1 freq |
wolf (0) - 91 freq wulf (1) - 6 freq wolfe (1) - 3 freq rolf (2) - 1 freq golf (2) - 63 freq woolfe (2) - 1 freq wolfie (2) - 5 freq woll (2) - 1 freq wilfu (2) - 1 freq wouf (2) - 12 freq wolfs (2) - 9 freq wowf (2) - 2 freq wold (2) - 1 freq woof (2) - 21 freq wuly (3) - 15 freq walk (3) - 483 freq alf (3) - 7 freq self (3) - 93 freq wuff (3) - 1 freq wild (3) - 238 freq wil (3) - 13 freq lof (3) - 1 freq wul (3) - 318 freq wuzf (3) - 1 freq wulk (3) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - W410 wolfe - 3 freq wolf - 91 freq wolfie - 5 freq whalp - 11 freq wullfu - 1 freq wallop - 11 freq weel-aff - 28 freq wulf - 6 freq weelaff - 1 freq wallopy - 1 freq whelp - 1 freq waallop - 1 freq wilfu - 1 freq willfu - 1 freq walop - 1 freq welp - 1 freq wullybh - 1 freq woolfe - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - WLF wolfe - 3 freq wolf - 91 freq wolfie - 5 freq wullfu - 1 freq weel-aff - 28 freq wulf - 6 freq weelaff - 1 freq wilfu - 1 freq willfu - 1 freq woolfe - 1 freq |
WOLF |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.220928 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 - 0.376459 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 - 0.029604 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 - 0.038314 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. |