| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| aalest (0) - 4 freq allest (1) - 1 freq aaldest (1) - 8 freq aulest (1) - 7 freq valet (2) - 1 freq aaldist (2) - 1 freq wales (2) - 39 freq aagust (2) - 1 freq vales (2) - 4 freq maest (2) - 15 freq dales (2) - 6 freq lest (2) - 218 freq alert (2) - 17 freq hanest (2) - 1 freq aafilest (2) - 1 freq alles (2) - 1 freq laest (2) - 48 freq baagest (2) - 7 freq tales (2) - 149 freq gales (2) - 12 freq arles (2) - 5 freq arrest (2) - 9 freq aale (2) - 1 freq ableist (2) - 1 freq ales (2) - 1 freq |
aalest (0) - 4 freq aulest (1) - 7 freq lest (2) - 218 freq oulest (2) - 5 freq alist (2) - 2 freq laest (2) - 48 freq allest (2) - 1 freq aaldest (2) - 8 freq alset (3) - 1 freq aagist (3) - 1 freq aless (3) - 26 freq aul'est (3) - 1 freq aest (3) - 21 freq last (3) - 1873 freq aflist (3) - 1 freq blest (3) - 1 freq aalt (3) - 2 freq leest (3) - 12 freq lawest (3) - 1 freq aldest (3) - 1 freq ageest (3) - 2 freq loest (3) - 1 freq lost (3) - 493 freq list (3) - 193 freq laist (3) - 110 freq |
SoundEx code - A423 alice'd - 2 freq alicht - 14 freq alist - 2 freq aalest - 4 freq alistair - 22 freq alasdair - 19 freq alligators - 1 freq aulest - 7 freq alsatian - 2 freq alloucd - 1 freq allwight - 2 freq awlwight - 1 freq alleged - 2 freq aul'est - 1 freq alsatians - 2 freq alligator - 3 freq aye-lestand - 1 freq alcudia - 1 freq aul-style - 1 freq alasdair's - 1 freq alistair's - 6 freq alastair - 10 freq alichts - 1 freq alight - 3 freq aðalsteinn - 2 freq allocatin - 1 freq aye-lestin - 1 freq allgitdee - 1 freq allister - 1 freq ayelestan - 4 freq allocated - 1 freq alister - 1 freq alset - 1 freq allest - 1 freq allegations - 1 freq allocate - 2 freq alisdair - 1 freq ayelestin - 1 freq alasdairfraser - 1 freq alcatraz's - 1 freq allstars - 1 freq alexdi - 2 freq alistairjegray - 1 freq alastairmci - 4 freq alasdairsampso - 2 freq alasdairstephen - 1 freq alextonemusic - 1 freq alexwtorrance - 1 freq alastairbishop - 1 freq alextomo - 1 freq alextually - 1 freq alisterwhite - 6 freq alastairdalton - 1 freq alcatraz - 1 freq alasdairallan - 5 freq alasdairmcintyr - 1 freq alastairforsyth - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - ALST alice'd - 2 freq alist - 2 freq aalest - 4 freq aulest - 7 freq aul'est - 1 freq alset - 1 freq allest - 1 freq |
AALEST |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.317446 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 - 0.401242 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 - 0.039700 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 - 0.049837 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 - 0.000913 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. |