| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gowster (0) - 2 freq bowster (1) - 12 freq gouster (1) - 5 freq gowsters (1) - 1 freq gowsteri (1) - 1 freq wooster (2) - 1 freq lobster (2) - 23 freq sooster (2) - 1 freq gowsterie (2) - 1 freq monster (2) - 52 freq dowter (2) - 8 freq bowsier (2) - 1 freq browster (2) - 1 freq oxster (2) - 4 freq bowser (2) - 4 freq mowser (2) - 12 freq rowsted (2) - 6 freq glister (2) - 6 freq pooster (2) - 5 freq poster (2) - 23 freq bouster (2) - 1 freq bolster (2) - 4 freq moister (2) - 7 freq posster (2) - 1 freq gowstie (2) - 6 freq |
gowster (0) - 2 freq gowsteri (1) - 1 freq bowster (2) - 12 freq gouster (2) - 5 freq gowsterie (2) - 1 freq gowsters (2) - 1 freq glister (3) - 6 freq gowstie (3) - 6 freq wooster (3) - 1 freq gester (3) - 2 freq gowsty (3) - 5 freq towser (4) - 6 freq booster (4) - 3 freq gousters (4) - 3 freq coster (4) - 1 freq gowfer (4) - 1 freq houster (4) - 1 freq dowser (4) - 1 freq roaster (4) - 17 freq rooster (4) - 18 freq gowsterous (4) - 3 freq gestur (4) - 1 freq twuster (4) - 4 freq glistery (4) - 1 freq gawston (4) - 25 freq |
SoundEx code - G236 gesture - 32 freq gestures - 21 freq gastrous - 3 freq gester - 2 freq gestered - 1 freq gowster - 2 freq gowsterous - 3 freq gestured - 12 freq gowsterie - 1 freq gastropods - 2 freq gouster - 5 freq gectaar - 1 freq gesturin - 18 freq gastro-enteritis - 1 freq gestur - 1 freq gousters - 3 freq gowsters - 1 freq gowsternous - 1 freq gastropod - 1 freq geisterlaut - 1 freq gestern - 1 freq ghosters - 1 freq gestert - 2 freq gesturt - 1 freq gesturet - 1 freq gestural - 2 freq go-getter - 1 freq gowstrous - 1 freq gousterie - 1 freq gazetteer - 1 freq gowsteri - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - KSTR coaster - 18 freq gowster - 2 freq gowsterie - 1 freq gouster - 5 freq 'castor - 1 freq 'castor' - 1 freq castor - 3 freq caster - 2 freq gousterie - 1 freq coster - 1 freq gazetteer - 1 freq gowsteri - 1 freq |
GOWSTER |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.226521 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 - 0.419398 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 - 0.031455 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 - 0.051593 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 - 0.004642 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. |