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Levenshtein Distance

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Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
column (0) - 20 freq
columns (1) - 9 freq
solumn (1) - 1 freq
colum (1) - 2 freq
coln (2) - 2 freq
solemn (2) - 25 freq
colum's (2) - 5 freq
columbo (2) - 2 freq
collin (2) - 2 freq
colin (2) - 56 freq
collums (2) - 2 freq
volume (2) - 33 freq
colvin (2) - 1 freq
volum (2) - 1 freq
clump (2) - 18 freq
coum (2) - 2 freq
collum (2) - 1 freq
columba (2) - 2 freq
lumn (2) - 1 freq
coun (2) - 1 freq
collman (2) - 1 freq
comunn (2) - 1 freq
colon (2) - 1 freq
coburn (2) - 3 freq
calum (2) - 12 freq
column (0) - 20 freq
colum (2) - 2 freq
solumn (2) - 1 freq
columns (2) - 9 freq
collman (3) - 1 freq
columba (3) - 2 freq
calman (3) - 1 freq
lumn (3) - 1 freq
clump (3) - 18 freq
climin (3) - 6 freq
clamin (3) - 1 freq
coalman (3) - 1 freq
colon (3) - 1 freq
calum (3) - 12 freq
colin (3) - 56 freq
collin (3) - 2 freq
calmin (3) - 3 freq
solemn (3) - 25 freq
coln (3) - 2 freq
colvin (3) - 1 freq
columbo (3) - 2 freq
clims (4) - 1 freq
calton (4) - 10 freq
calvin (4) - 8 freq
commin (4) - 8 freq
SoundEx code - C450
clean - 349 freq
clim - 33 freq
ceilin - 64 freq
colony - 9 freq
clown - 35 freq
callin - 31 freq
calm - 128 freq
clammy - 4 freq
'calm - 10 freq
chilean - 3 freq
column - 20 freq
callan - 3 freq
clam - 10 freq
chillin - 6 freq
clan - 56 freq
claim - 80 freq
'clean - 2 freq
claen - 7 freq
caulm - 5 freq
clime - 7 freq
cloyin - 3 freq
coolin - 2 freq
callum - 81 freq
collin - 2 freq
cullen - 16 freq
clawin - 10 freq
caalin - 2 freq
cleen - 3 freq
clain - 13 freq
cloon - 8 freq
claain - 3 freq
'claim - 4 freq
clone - 5 freq
calum - 12 freq
colin - 56 freq
cal'in - 1 freq
caalm - 1 freq
claim' - 1 freq
cöllyin - 1 freq
calleen - 1 freq
chuilín - 1 freq
collum - 1 freq
clane - 4 freq
clame - 1 freq
colum - 2 freq
cuillyin - 1 freq
caalan - 2 freq
clem - 4 freq
clene - 3 freq
cleane - 1 freq
ceilan - 1 freq
colon - 1 freq
climm - 5 freq
caallin - 1 freq
coulna - 1 freq
cleem - 1 freq
cweelin - 1 freq
ceylon - 4 freq
culyiein - 2 freq
cloan - 1 freq
colline - 1 freq
€˜clean - 1 freq
€˜coln - 1 freq
coln - 2 freq
€˜colin - 1 freq
€˜calm - 2 freq
cline - 4 freq
claem - 2 freq
cailín - 1 freq
cailean - 1 freq
cluny - 2 freq
cuilin - 1 freq
cln - 1 freq
chaaalynn - 1 freq
celin - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - KLMN
gloamin - 76 freq
column - 20 freq
gleamin - 21 freq
climbin - 18 freq
climin - 6 freq
claimin - 14 freq
climmin - 16 freq
clamin - 1 freq
climbin' - 1 freq
climmen - 1 freq
glammin - 3 freq
columbine - 2 freq
kelman - 6 freq
calamine - 1 freq
killymain - 1 freq
coalman - 1 freq
glomin - 3 freq
calmin - 3 freq
climban - 2 freq
clayman - 1 freq
gloaman - 2 freq
glæmin - 1 freq
'gloamin' - 1 freq
glaumin - 1 freq
gullie-men - 1 freq
glimmin - 1 freq
calman - 1 freq
glimin - 1 freq
collman - 1 freq
gleaman - 1 freq
€˜kilmeny - 2 freq
kilmeny - 8 freq
€œkilmeny - 4 freq
“gloamin” - 1 freq
glamin' - 1 freq
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Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.194477 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 - 0.379423 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 - 0.027278 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 - 0.042534 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 - 0.000846 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.