| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| laidlaw (0) - 3 freq wardlaw (2) - 2 freq laidlin (2) - 1 freq i'law (3) - 1 freq lachlan (3) - 1 freq laid (3) - 270 freq lairdly (3) - 2 freq catlaw (3) - 1 freq wildlaw (3) - 13 freq jalaw (3) - 1 freq baidan (3) - 1 freq daidled (3) - 1 freq lidl (3) - 1 freq laidit (3) - 9 freq paidle (3) - 1 freq lanlay (3) - 2 freq danelaw (3) - 3 freq ladles (3) - 2 freq paidled (3) - 1 freq lairnan (3) - 3 freq faimlay (3) - 1 freq ladar (3) - 1 freq saidna (3) - 1 freq daidle (3) - 2 freq aidan (3) - 5 freq |
laidlaw (0) - 3 freq laidlin (3) - 1 freq ladled (4) - 2 freq ladle' (4) - 2 freq andylaw (4) - 2 freq lidls (4) - 3 freq lidl (4) - 1 freq ladle (4) - 8 freq ladles (4) - 2 freq wardlaw (4) - 2 freq wildlaw (4) - 13 freq laidin (5) - 2 freq landles (5) - 2 freq sidlaws (5) - 1 freq lallan (5) - 6 freq laidy (5) - 1 freq ablaw (5) - 10 freq glaidly (5) - 2 freq lilac (5) - 3 freq ladel (5) - 3 freq laada (5) - 2 freq loodly (5) - 11 freq ldl (5) - 2 freq lairdlie (5) - 1 freq madlad (5) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - L340 lately - 57 freq ladle - 8 freq little - 421 freq liddell - 4 freq little-' - 3 freq loodly - 11 freq ladle' - 2 freq loudly - 27 freq litill - 1 freq laithly - 2 freq lad'l - 1 freq laytly - 1 freq loddie'll - 1 freq liddel - 2 freq lythely - 1 freq lethal - 3 freq leetle - 2 freq lïttle - 2 freq laithlie - 1 freq 'little - 1 freq lad'll - 1 freq lyttle - 2 freq littil - 8 freq laetly - 2 freq lidl - 1 freq leitil - 1 freq lhttle - 1 freq little-wee - 5 freq laidlaw - 3 freq ladywell - 2 freq liddle - 1 freq littill - 1 freq ladel - 3 freq ldl - 2 freq |
MetaPhone code - LTL lately - 57 freq ladle - 8 freq little - 421 freq liddell - 4 freq little-' - 3 freq loodly - 11 freq ladle' - 2 freq loudly - 27 freq litill - 1 freq lad'l - 1 freq laytly - 1 freq loddie'll - 1 freq liddel - 2 freq leetle - 2 freq lïttle - 2 freq 'little - 1 freq lad'll - 1 freq lyttle - 2 freq littil - 8 freq laetly - 2 freq lidl - 1 freq leitil - 1 freq lhttle - 1 freq laidlaw - 3 freq liddle - 1 freq littill - 1 freq ladel - 3 freq ldl - 2 freq |
LAIDLAW |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.300778 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 - 0.500817 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 - 0.033594 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 - 0.037227 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 - 0.000997 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. |