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Levenshtein Distance

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Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
results (0) - 70 freq
result (1) - 116 freq
resulted (2) - 1 freq
reuts (2) - 2 freq
rests (2) - 11 freq
renaults (2) - 1 freq
insults (2) - 18 freq
resultat (2) - 1 freq
risult (2) - 1 freq
regulus (2) - 2 freq
resultin (2) - 7 freq
revolts (2) - 1 freq
reuls (2) - 2 freq
resets (2) - 1 freq
resultit (2) - 5 freq
resumt (2) - 1 freq
€˜results (2) - 1 freq
resultan (2) - 1 freq
resiles (2) - 1 freq
requests (3) - 7 freq
presets (3) - 1 freq
resuman (3) - 1 freq
jesuit (3) - 1 freq
restis (3) - 1 freq
jesus (3) - 835 freq
results (0) - 70 freq
result (2) - 116 freq
revolts (3) - 1 freq
resets (3) - 1 freq
resultin (3) - 7 freq
resultan (3) - 1 freq
risult (3) - 1 freq
resultit (3) - 5 freq
resiles (3) - 1 freq
resulted (3) - 1 freq
renaults (3) - 1 freq
rests (3) - 11 freq
resultat (3) - 1 freq
insults (3) - 18 freq
regulus (4) - 2 freq
assaults (4) - 1 freq
salts (4) - 1 freq
reists (4) - 1 freq
rusts (4) - 1 freq
rivulets (4) - 1 freq
restis (4) - 1 freq
resumt (4) - 1 freq
reuls (4) - 2 freq
reuts (4) - 2 freq
€˜results (4) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - R243
resultit - 5 freq
result - 116 freq
resiled - 2 freq
reschuiled - 1 freq
regulate - 3 freq
reeshelt - 2 freq
'rock-solid - 1 freq
resolution - 19 freq
rigwelter - 1 freq
rigweltit - 1 freq
resolutions - 4 freq
resolute - 8 freq
resulted - 1 freq
resultin - 7 freq
results - 70 freq
regulations - 5 freq
rasseled - 1 freq
russelt - 1 freq
raclette - 1 freq
resultan - 1 freq
rickled - 1 freq
rissolution - 4 freq
regulaetors - 1 freq
regolith - 1 freq
reeseled - 1 freq
reeshlet - 1 freq
recoilt - 2 freq
reishelt - 1 freq
rochled - 2 freq
regulatit - 2 freq
regulation - 4 freq
regoolations - 1 freq
recalled - 1 freq
resolutely - 3 freq
raigulations - 1 freq
reeshled - 1 freq
re-solet - 1 freq
resultat - 1 freq
rauchled - 1 freq
regaled - 2 freq
regalate - 1 freq
reeselled - 1 freq
reesled - 1 freq
€˜results - 1 freq
risult - 1 freq
rkylyd - 1 freq
racludgie - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - RSLTS
results - 70 freq
€˜results - 1 freq
RESULTS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.228748 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 - 0.411827 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 - 0.030411 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 - 0.039976 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 - 0.000852 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.