| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nasl (0) - 1 freq njsl (1) - 1 freq nal (1) - 1 freq nash (1) - 2 freq nail (1) - 46 freq nasal (1) - 9 freq nasa (1) - 17 freq nael (1) - 2 freq asl (1) - 1 freq gass (2) - 4 freq noel (2) - 1 freq call (2) - 220 freq wail (2) - 9 freq nav (2) - 3 freq ast (2) - 8 freq ease (2) - 94 freq mail (2) - 54 freq fsl (2) - 1 freq noas (2) - 2 freq nil (2) - 7 freq nirl (2) - 1 freq nad (2) - 1 freq warl (2) - 164 freq jas (2) - 1 freq nape (2) - 2 freq |
nasl (0) - 1 freq nasal (1) - 9 freq nasa (2) - 17 freq asl (2) - 1 freq nael (2) - 2 freq njsl (2) - 1 freq nail (2) - 46 freq nal (2) - 1 freq nash (2) - 2 freq naist (3) - 7 freq nose (3) - 216 freq neil (3) - 87 freq nosy (3) - 6 freq nell (3) - 13 freq sail (3) - 100 freq nis (3) - 2 freq sayl (3) - 3 freq nsm (3) - 1 freq neast (3) - 1 freq nsz (3) - 1 freq anas (3) - 9 freq nosn (3) - 1 freq nest (3) - 81 freq easle (3) - 2 freq bsl (3) - 22 freq |
SoundEx code - N240 nicely - 16 freq nasally - 2 freq 'nasally' - 1 freq noisily - 9 freq njal - 8 freq nicole - 2 freq nuzzle - 2 freq nasal - 9 freq nigel - 49 freq nicola - 128 freq 'nigel - 5 freq nasl - 1 freq nyuggel - 1 freq nikolai - 2 freq nicol - 19 freq nikola - 3 freq nicoll - 5 freq nichol - 25 freq nicholl - 2 freq nuisle - 1 freq ngilea - 1 freq nescol - 1 freq njl - 1 freq njsl - 1 freq nikhil - 1 freq nkhl - 1 freq nigella - 1 freq nhiqqyiol - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - NSL nicely - 16 freq nasally - 2 freq 'nasally' - 1 freq noisily - 9 freq nuzzle - 2 freq nasal - 9 freq nasl - 1 freq nuisle - 1 freq |
NASL |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.312012 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 - 0.539547 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 - 0.030295 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 - 0.041019 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 - 0.001043 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. |