| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| annual (0) - 24 freq annuals (1) - 2 freq anneal (1) - 2 freq annoay (2) - 1 freq animal (2) - 100 freq annals (2) - 5 freq annad (2) - 1 freq annay (2) - 4 freq annuff (2) - 1 freq anal (2) - 1 freq anna (2) - 18 freq annan (2) - 4 freq annas (2) - 2 freq annaw (2) - 2 freq actual (2) - 109 freq annaa (2) - 1 freq manual (2) - 6 freq acual (2) - 1 freq aqual (2) - 3 freq annum (2) - 2 freq connul (3) - 2 freq uizual (3) - 12 freq and-aa (3) - 1 freq annalls (3) - 1 freq arnuts (3) - 1 freq |
annual (0) - 24 freq anneal (1) - 2 freq annuals (2) - 2 freq annaw (3) - 2 freq annan (3) - 4 freq annaa (3) - 1 freq annum (3) - 2 freq anna (3) - 18 freq manual (3) - 6 freq annas (3) - 2 freq annad (3) - 1 freq annals (3) - 5 freq anal (3) - 1 freq annay (3) - 4 freq animal (3) - 100 freq annoay (3) - 1 freq neal (4) - 1 freq ennui (4) - 1 freq annies (4) - 1 freq enna (4) - 11 freq ainsel (4) - 2 freq anny (4) - 1 freq annew (4) - 1 freq unreal (4) - 10 freq rinnal (4) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - A540 ainly - 231 freq anelie - 25 freq an'll - 2 freq anely - 326 freq ainlie - 138 freq 'ainly - 3 freq annual - 24 freq amyl - 1 freq amly - 1 freq anneal - 2 freq ainly' - 1 freq an'wul - 1 freq anlie - 15 freq ainle - 2 freq anly - 1 freq amelia - 1 freq aenly - 1 freq amyelle - 2 freq anawl - 1 freq anal - 1 freq aimeelou - 4 freq |
MetaPhone code - ANL ainly - 231 freq anelie - 25 freq an'll - 2 freq anely - 326 freq ainlie - 138 freq 'ainly - 3 freq annual - 24 freq anneal - 2 freq ainly' - 1 freq anlie - 15 freq ainle - 2 freq anly - 1 freq anawl - 1 freq anal - 1 freq |
ANNUAL |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.203508 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 - 0.485702 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 - 0.061694 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 - 0.038183 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 - 0.000938 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. |