| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| waldo (0) - 1 freq wald (1) - 2 freq aldo (1) - 266 freq waldy (1) - 1 freq bardo (2) - 1 freq sado (2) - 1 freq wall- (2) - 1 freq wal (2) - 24 freq wild (2) - 236 freq wido (2) - 2 freq ballo (2) - 1 freq walee (2) - 1 freq aldi (2) - 9 freq warlds (2) - 40 freq walkn (2) - 1 freq wilno (2) - 2 freq swald (2) - 2 freq wuld (2) - 26 freq laldy (2) - 42 freq walop (2) - 1 freq pallo (2) - 1 freq nald (2) - 1 freq wld (2) - 1 freq watld (2) - 1 freq swallo (2) - 1 freq |
waldo (0) - 1 freq waldy (1) - 1 freq wald (1) - 2 freq wulda (2) - 1 freq wuld (2) - 26 freq wld (2) - 1 freq wouldo (2) - 1 freq waled (2) - 29 freq wyld (2) - 6 freq awald (2) - 3 freq weld (2) - 1 freq wilde (2) - 3 freq aldo (2) - 266 freq wold (2) - 1 freq wild (2) - 236 freq wyled (3) - 2 freq ald (3) - 14 freq waid (3) - 1 freq woulda (3) - 4 freq walin (3) - 39 freq wauled (3) - 1 freq waldit (3) - 1 freq wall (3) - 76 freq waly (3) - 27 freq baldy (3) - 28 freq |
SoundEx code - W430 wild - 236 freq would - 690 freq waled - 29 freq woulda - 4 freq wauled - 1 freq wilt - 3 freq walthie - 6 freq walth - 35 freq wheeled - 14 freq weel-ah-wat - 1 freq wealth - 25 freq wealthy - 11 freq wailed - 4 freq wellwood - 13 freq walthy - 10 freq wuld - 26 freq wealthie - 1 freq 'wuld - 1 freq wulda - 1 freq walit - 11 freq wheelt - 5 freq wheel't - 1 freq wallowed - 1 freq walt - 10 freq wallet - 23 freq willed - 4 freq 'wealth - 2 freq wielt - 3 freq waaled - 2 freq walled - 2 freq wull't - 2 freq wilde - 3 freq would' - 2 freq waylaid - 2 freq wyld - 6 freq waallet - 1 freq wiled - 1 freq weld - 1 freq wullt - 1 freq wallit - 1 freq waeled - 5 freq wailit - 1 freq wealt - 1 freq willit - 1 freq wyled - 2 freq wold - 1 freq welt - 1 freq 'wild - 1 freq waelit - 1 freq weylaid - 1 freq wald - 2 freq waldy - 1 freq weel-looed - 1 freq weel-lo'ed - 1 freq waldo - 1 freq wield - 2 freq wouldo - 1 freq wheelied - 1 freq €œwould - 1 freq wuild - 4 freq weild - 1 freq wailth - 1 freq wld - 1 freq wheeld - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - WLT wild - 236 freq would - 690 freq waled - 29 freq woulda - 4 freq wauled - 1 freq wilt - 3 freq wheeled - 14 freq wailed - 4 freq wuld - 26 freq 'wuld - 1 freq wulda - 1 freq walit - 11 freq wheelt - 5 freq wheel't - 1 freq walt - 10 freq wallet - 23 freq willed - 4 freq wielt - 3 freq waaled - 2 freq walled - 2 freq wull't - 2 freq wilde - 3 freq would' - 2 freq waylaid - 2 freq waallet - 1 freq wiled - 1 freq weld - 1 freq wullt - 1 freq wallit - 1 freq waeled - 5 freq wailit - 1 freq wealt - 1 freq willit - 1 freq wold - 1 freq welt - 1 freq 'wild - 1 freq waelit - 1 freq weylaid - 1 freq wald - 2 freq waldy - 1 freq waldo - 1 freq wield - 2 freq wouldo - 1 freq wheelied - 1 freq €œwould - 1 freq wuild - 4 freq weild - 1 freq wheeld - 1 freq |
WALDO |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.198526 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 - 0.372835 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 - 0.028936 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 - 0.039274 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 - 0.000897 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. |