| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| waddle (0) - 1 freq wardle (1) - 11 freq waddled (1) - 4 freq waddlet (1) - 2 freq twaddle (1) - 1 freq saddle (1) - 9 freq paddle (1) - 23 freq waddles (1) - 1 freq waddeen (2) - 2 freq widdie (2) - 20 freq warsle (2) - 24 freq fiddle (2) - 52 freq ladle (2) - 8 freq daidle (2) - 2 freq waddlin (2) - 2 freq dawdle (2) - 10 freq wale (2) - 34 freq mardle (2) - 1 freq sandle (2) - 1 freq adele (2) - 1 freq meddle (2) - 9 freq wradtle (2) - 1 freq saddled (2) - 2 freq riddle (2) - 32 freq addlet (2) - 1 freq |
waddle (0) - 1 freq saddle (2) - 9 freq waddles (2) - 1 freq twaddle (2) - 1 freq paddle (2) - 23 freq waddlet (2) - 2 freq waddled (2) - 4 freq wardle (2) - 11 freq huddle (3) - 6 freq waaddled (3) - 1 freq muddle (3) - 9 freq toddle (3) - 3 freq waddir (3) - 1 freq waddlan (3) - 1 freq tweddle (3) - 1 freq windle (3) - 1 freq guddle (3) - 34 freq heddle (3) - 1 freq widdae (3) - 1 freq waddell (3) - 1 freq liddle (3) - 1 freq wadded (3) - 1 freq twiddle (3) - 1 freq hiddle (3) - 10 freq wardly (3) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - W340 whit'll - 15 freq whittle - 3 freq wheedle - 3 freq 'wit'll - 1 freq widely - 25 freq 'whit'll - 7 freq whuttil - 2 freq whitehall - 7 freq wetl - 1 freq wudll - 1 freq what'll - 3 freq whut'll - 1 freq 'whut'll - 1 freq watl - 1 freq 'w-whit'll - 1 freq widd'll - 1 freq withall - 1 freq whittil - 1 freq waddell - 1 freq withal - 1 freq whitll - 1 freq wdyal - 1 freq waddle - 1 freq whitelaw - 1 freq whitdale - 2 freq whitehill - 2 freq whitley - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - WTL whit'll - 15 freq whittle - 3 freq wheedle - 3 freq 'wit'll - 1 freq widely - 25 freq 'whit'll - 7 freq whuttil - 2 freq wetl - 1 freq wudll - 1 freq what'll - 3 freq whut'll - 1 freq 'whut'll - 1 freq watl - 1 freq widd'll - 1 freq whittil - 1 freq waddell - 1 freq whitll - 1 freq waddle - 1 freq whitelaw - 1 freq whitley - 1 freq |
WADDLE |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.217736 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 - 0.364269 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 - 0.027724 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 - 0.038161 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 - 0.000926 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. |