| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| formal (0) - 59 freq ormal (1) - 1 freq forman (1) - 13 freq format (1) - 37 freq firmal (1) - 1 freq gormal (1) - 1 freq furmal (1) - 1 freq normal (1) - 133 freq fergal (2) - 1 freq formats (2) - 9 freq foreman (2) - 5 freq worman (2) - 1 freq corral (2) - 2 freq oral (2) - 23 freq ferfal (2) - 8 freq foraa (2) - 1 freq formt (2) - 2 freq former (2) - 40 freq foal (2) - 2 freq foryat (2) - 2 freq forms (2) - 113 freq foray (2) - 1 freq norman (2) - 58 freq forfar (2) - 10 freq fordil (2) - 1 freq |
formal (0) - 59 freq firmal (1) - 1 freq furmal (1) - 1 freq firmil (2) - 2 freq normal (2) - 133 freq formula (2) - 8 freq gormal (2) - 1 freq forman (2) - 13 freq ormal (2) - 1 freq format (2) - 37 freq informal (3) - 18 freq feral (3) - 6 freq fismal (3) - 1 freq firmly (3) - 42 freq formulae (3) - 3 freq formit (3) - 6 freq noarmal (3) - 1 freq formin (3) - 16 freq fordil (3) - 1 freq fordel (3) - 7 freq formed (3) - 47 freq ferman (3) - 1 freq form' (3) - 2 freq form (3) - 290 freq formally (3) - 7 freq |
SoundEx code - F654 firmly - 42 freq formally - 7 freq formal - 59 freq freenly - 22 freq formula - 8 freq fernlie - 1 freq formulae - 3 freq formality - 4 freq formulas - 2 freq ferm-life - 1 freq frienly - 5 freq frien'liness - 1 freq freenly-lookin - 1 freq formless - 2 freq frienless - 1 freq furmal - 1 freq freinlie - 5 freq fairmlan - 1 freq fernielea - 1 freq formulation - 2 freq formaldehyde - 2 freq ferm-louns - 1 freq freenlie - 2 freq frumlie - 3 freq 'frumlie' - 1 freq freinlier' - 1 freq free-online - 18 freq fermlan - 1 freq freinlie-lik - 1 freq furmality - 1 freq freinly - 3 freq fermlaun - 1 freq fermland - 1 freq firmal - 1 freq furmless - 1 freq firm-like - 1 freq formulatin - 1 freq formulate - 2 freq frenulum - 1 freq firmlee - 1 freq firmil - 2 freq €œfirmil - 1 freq franwella - 4 freq |
MetaPhone code - FRML firmly - 42 freq formally - 7 freq formal - 59 freq formula - 8 freq formulae - 3 freq furmal - 1 freq frumlie - 3 freq 'frumlie' - 1 freq firmal - 1 freq firmlee - 1 freq firmil - 2 freq €œfirmil - 1 freq |
FORMAL |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.428222 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 - 1.072685 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 - 0.099691 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 - 0.108405 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 - 0.000908 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. |