| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| aloof (0) - 2 freq aloot (1) - 1 freq aloo (1) - 8 freq aloos (1) - 4 freq loof (1) - 21 freq alood (1) - 27 freq lood (2) - 154 freq aboor (2) - 2 freq alloo (2) - 51 freq anoo (2) - 7 freq also (2) - 324 freq loot (2) - 9 freq floo (2) - 1 freq allo (2) - 2 freq alloy (2) - 2 freq anof (2) - 4 freq ploom (2) - 11 freq doof (2) - 1 freq allou (2) - 35 freq galoot (2) - 8 freq ploo (2) - 45 freq cloot (2) - 129 freq allow (2) - 36 freq spoof (2) - 2 freq blood (2) - 141 freq |
aloof (0) - 2 freq loof (1) - 21 freq alf (2) - 7 freq loaf (2) - 82 freq aloot (2) - 1 freq lof (2) - 1 freq alood (2) - 27 freq aloo (2) - 8 freq aloos (2) - 4 freq alok (3) - 1 freq loor (3) - 2 freq alowe (3) - 13 freq alooed (3) - 2 freq boof (3) - 3 freq oof (3) - 6 freq aloft (3) - 3 freq coof (3) - 7 freq aloe (3) - 1 freq alon (3) - 2 freq aloan (3) - 1 freq loog (3) - 6 freq alot (3) - 18 freq aloat (3) - 8 freq aloes (3) - 1 freq alloa (3) - 4 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 |
ALOOF |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.505233 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 - 0.614504 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 - 0.062875 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 - 0.039185 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 - 0.000856 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. |