| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| blobs (0) - 4 freq blogs (1) - 9 freq blocs (1) - 2 freq globs (1) - 2 freq boobs (1) - 7 freq slobs (1) - 1 freq lobs (1) - 2 freq blois (1) - 5 freq blob (1) - 4 freq blebs (1) - 1 freq blows (1) - 14 freq bobs (1) - 9 freq blond (2) - 20 freq blois' (2) - 1 freq loos (2) - 3 freq logs (2) - 7 freq blens (2) - 1 freq blahs (2) - 1 freq bfbs (2) - 1 freq blowt (2) - 1 freq los (2) - 9 freq blo (2) - 2 freq loes (2) - 5 freq lois (2) - 1 freq barbs (2) - 1 freq |
blobs (0) - 4 freq blebs (1) - 1 freq blob (2) - 4 freq blows (2) - 14 freq bulbs (2) - 8 freq blibes (2) - 1 freq blois (2) - 5 freq bobs (2) - 9 freq lobs (2) - 2 freq blogs (2) - 9 freq globs (2) - 2 freq blocs (2) - 2 freq boobs (2) - 7 freq slobs (2) - 1 freq biebs (3) - 1 freq blouse (3) - 18 freq blab (3) - 3 freq clubs (3) - 104 freq bloose (3) - 5 freq bless (3) - 44 freq blads (3) - 9 freq blaes (3) - 4 freq libs (3) - 1 freq blues (3) - 29 freq blis (3) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - B412 boolie-backit - 1 freq balbogie - 2 freq beliefs - 24 freq blobs - 4 freq bulbs - 8 freq bellabeg - 1 freq believes - 18 freq bulbous - 4 freq bleeps - 1 freq bailiffs - 1 freq bilfawst - 35 freq belfast - 46 freq belfast's - 1 freq blawbag - 1 freq blebs - 1 freq bulovka - 3 freq blae-faced - 2 freq bouillabaisse - 1 freq belíeves - 1 freq blibes - 1 freq blae-backit - 1 freq beleves - 1 freq belfastpride - 1 freq belfastbooks - 2 freq belfastcc - 1 freq belfastman - 1 freq belfastblogs - 1 freq byleaveswelive - 49 freq bilbaokultura - 1 freq belfastairport - 1 freq belfastunionist - 1 freq billyvacant - 3 freq belfastbhoy - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - BLBS blobs - 4 freq bulbs - 8 freq bulbous - 4 freq blebs - 1 freq bouillabaisse - 1 freq blibes - 1 freq |
BLOBS |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.186289 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 - 0.348565 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 - 0.028002 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 - 0.037999 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 - 0.000921 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. |