| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| alf (0) - 7 freq aif (1) - 6 freq calf (1) - 12 freq half (1) - 539 freq elf (1) - 10 freq aaf (1) - 23 freq ali (1) - 165 freq alo (1) - 1 freq al' (1) - 24 freq lf (1) - 5 freq aff (1) - 4397 freq alt (1) - 5 freq palf (1) - 1 freq af (1) - 14 freq ulf (1) - 4 freq balf (1) - 1 freq alh (1) - 1 freq aalf (1) - 1 freq hlf (1) - 2 freq auf (1) - 13 freq aly (1) - 5 freq alp (1) - 1 freq aln (1) - 1 freq al- (1) - 2 freq awf (1) - 2 freq |
alf (0) - 7 freq lf (1) - 5 freq elf (1) - 10 freq aalf (1) - 1 freq ulf (1) - 4 freq als (2) - 27 freq ald (2) - 14 freq qlf (2) - 1 freq awf (2) - 2 freq ale (2) - 52 freq all (2) - 1288 freq lyf (2) - 3 freq al (2) - 237 freq olaf (2) - 292 freq laf (2) - 1 freq aloof (2) - 2 freq olif (2) - 1 freq lef (2) - 7 freq ayelf (2) - 1 freq al- (2) - 2 freq alfie (2) - 28 freq laif (2) - 5 freq lof (2) - 1 freq laef (2) - 6 freq al' (2) - 24 freq |
SoundEx code - A410 alive - 160 freq alba - 75 freq aleive - 1 freq aleeve - 1 freq aloof - 2 freq alfie - 28 freq alive' - 1 freq alibi - 2 freq alf - 7 freq aleppo - 1 freq alph - 1 freq alpha - 5 freq a'luv - 1 freq alewife - 1 freq alva - 2 freq alba' - 1 freq alp - 1 freq €™alba - 1 freq alab - 1 freq ayelf - 1 freq aalf - 1 freq alyve - 1 freq allyboy - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - ALF alive - 160 freq aleive - 1 freq aleeve - 1 freq aloof - 2 freq alfie - 28 freq alive' - 1 freq alf - 7 freq alph - 1 freq alpha - 5 freq a'luv - 1 freq alva - 2 freq aalf - 1 freq alyve - 1 freq |
ALF |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.178623 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 - 0.356833 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 - 0.027921 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 - 0.037235 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 - 0.000918 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. |