| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| elbow (0) - 20 freq elbows (1) - 8 freq eliot (2) - 1 freq abow (2) - 1 freq elbowin (2) - 4 freq elbba (2) - 1 freq slow (2) - 153 freq elbas (2) - 9 freq elbuk (2) - 1 freq flow (2) - 32 freq elba (2) - 15 freq elbower (2) - 1 freq laow (2) - 1 freq abbow (2) - 1 freq elbae (2) - 12 freq enyow (2) - 2 freq mellow (2) - 4 freq elroy (2) - 2 freq blow (2) - 51 freq fellow (2) - 33 freq eenow (2) - 1 freq allow (2) - 36 freq lbw (2) - 1 freq bellow (2) - 3 freq yellow (2) - 39 freq |
elbow (0) - 20 freq elbows (2) - 8 freq lbw (2) - 1 freq yellow (3) - 39 freq elbae (3) - 12 freq elw (3) - 1 freq allow (3) - 36 freq elby (3) - 2 freq elabwu (3) - 1 freq bow (3) - 74 freq abbow (3) - 1 freq alow (3) - 46 freq low (3) - 214 freq elbuk (3) - 1 freq elbowin (3) - 4 freq elba (3) - 15 freq laow (3) - 1 freq abow (3) - 1 freq elbower (3) - 1 freq elbas (3) - 9 freq elbba (3) - 1 freq bw (4) - 3 freq alowe (4) - 13 freq lowe (4) - 112 freq baw (4) - 132 freq |
SoundEx code - E410 elba - 15 freq elbow - 20 freq elbae - 12 freq elby - 2 freq elphe - 1 freq elf - 10 freq eelive - 1 freq elph - 1 freq elbba - 1 freq elabwu - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - ELB elba - 15 freq elbow - 20 freq elbae - 12 freq elby - 2 freq elbba - 1 freq |
ELBOW |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.225940 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 - 0.451907 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 - 0.036742 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 - 0.049005 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 - 0.000929 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. |