| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| whalers (0) - 8 freq whaler (1) - 1 freq whales (1) - 15 freq whalps (2) - 3 freq haters (2) - 1 freq hales (2) - 1 freq whare's (2) - 1 freq havers (2) - 35 freq waters (2) - 18 freq whaurs (2) - 9 freq while's (2) - 4 freq whales' (2) - 1 freq wheelers (2) - 1 freq weavers (2) - 9 freq wavers (2) - 1 freq whaes (2) - 27 freq wagers (2) - 1 freq shalders (2) - 6 freq 'havers (2) - 1 freq walters (2) - 4 freq whyles (2) - 85 freq wha'es (2) - 3 freq waaters (2) - 4 freq waders (2) - 4 freq walkers (2) - 18 freq |
whalers (0) - 8 freq wheelers (2) - 1 freq whaler (2) - 1 freq whales (2) - 15 freq whyles (3) - 85 freq whars (3) - 3 freq while's (3) - 4 freq whaurs (3) - 9 freq whalps (3) - 3 freq whiles (3) - 478 freq wheekers (4) - 1 freq wheeler (4) - 4 freq awhyles (4) - 1 freq whores (4) - 2 freq whauras (4) - 5 freq whalp's (4) - 1 freq wales (4) - 37 freq shakers (4) - 2 freq balers (4) - 1 freq wheels (4) - 83 freq whelks (4) - 14 freq whaaras (4) - 23 freq shoulers (4) - 6 freq awhaurs (4) - 1 freq whurs (4) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - W462 walrus - 9 freq weel-rigged - 1 freq weel-respected - 1 freq whalers - 8 freq wheelers - 1 freq well-respected - 1 freq weill-wrocht - 2 freq weel-wrocht - 3 freq waalruses - 1 freq weel-regairdit - 2 freq weel-respectit - 1 freq weel-wirked - 1 freq woolwork - 2 freq wlrqslwr - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - WLRS walrus - 9 freq whalers - 8 freq wheelers - 1 freq |
WHALERS |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.379899 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 - 0.712977 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 - 0.027312 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 - 0.089751 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 - 0.000849 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. |