| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zbu (0) - 1 freq ibu (1) - 1 freq zb (1) - 3 freq abu (1) - 2 freq bu (1) - 13 freq hbu (1) - 1 freq zu (1) - 4 freq mbu (1) - 1 freq kb (2) - 4 freq obs (2) - 1 freq lu (2) - 17 freq zoo (2) - 49 freq zip (2) - 10 freq zz (2) - 6 freq zto (2) - 1 freq wu (2) - 9 freq ¸u (2) - 1 freq oru (2) - 1 freq zulu (2) - 2 freq obz (2) - 1 freq zlba (2) - 1 freq mbs (2) - 2 freq zse (2) - 1 freq tpu (2) - 1 freq 'b' (2) - 2 freq |
zbu (0) - 1 freq zb (1) - 3 freq mbu (2) - 1 freq ezb (2) - 1 freq zob (2) - 1 freq zu (2) - 4 freq hbu (2) - 1 freq ibu (2) - 1 freq bu (2) - 13 freq abu (2) - 2 freq gb (3) - 2 freq zc (3) - 3 freq qb (3) - 2 freq buy (3) - 385 freq 'by (3) - 9 freq aby (3) - 11 freq zv (3) - 3 freq zouk (3) - 1 freq abe (3) - 3 freq zs (3) - 5 freq wb (3) - 4 freq b (3) - 751 freq pba (3) - 1 freq zsb (3) - 1 freq sb (3) - 4 freq |
SoundEx code - Z100 zif - 13 freq zip - 10 freq zeph - 1 freq zippy - 3 freq zap - 1 freq zjgb - 1 freq zhbh - 1 freq zypvb - 1 freq zwhfp - 1 freq zbu - 1 freq zv - 3 freq zfe - 1 freq zob - 1 freq zb - 3 freq zp - 6 freq zvi - 1 freq zppow - 2 freq zjf - 1 freq zf - 2 freq zhuf - 1 freq zsb - 1 freq zxcb - 1 freq zjfu - 3 freq zippo - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - SB sib - 106 freq sob - 7 freq syboe - 1 freq sub - 9 freq sab - 9 freq sibh - 2 freq sibb - 2 freq sssba - 1 freq zhbh - 1 freq xhb - 1 freq zbu - 1 freq sb - 4 freq xb - 3 freq zob - 1 freq zb - 3 freq xbo - 1 freq xeb - 1 freq |
ZBU |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.221171 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 - 0.396051 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 - 0.028978 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 - 0.037770 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 - 0.000863 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. |