| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kidnap (0) - 4 freq cidna (2) - 2 freq hidnae (2) - 55 freq cidnae (2) - 2 freq widna (2) - 443 freq didnay (2) - 2 freq didnae (2) - 1693 freq knap (2) - 9 freq widnad (2) - 1 freq hidna (2) - 103 freq didna (2) - 1636 freq kidney (2) - 10 freq kinna (2) - 281 freq widnae (2) - 435 freq 'kidnap' (2) - 1 freq didna' (2) - 1 freq kinnae (2) - 10 freq dinnae (3) - 1942 freq knas (3) - 1 freq didnt (3) - 3 freq kind (3) - 691 freq disna' (3) - 1 freq kiyan (3) - 1 freq kmdnbv (3) - 1 freq saidna (3) - 1 freq |
kidnap (0) - 4 freq knap (3) - 9 freq kidney (3) - 10 freq widnae (4) - 435 freq kinna (4) - 281 freq didna' (4) - 1 freq kidneys (4) - 6 freq kdp (4) - 1 freq kinnae (4) - 10 freq didna (4) - 1636 freq 'kidnap' (4) - 1 freq cidna (4) - 2 freq hidna (4) - 103 freq hidnae (4) - 55 freq widna (4) - 443 freq cidnae (4) - 2 freq widnad (4) - 1 freq didnay (4) - 2 freq didnae (4) - 1693 freq kirnin (5) - 5 freq kines (5) - 21 freq kin- (5) - 1 freq didn (5) - 25 freq kinnd (5) - 2 freq knaps (5) - 4 freq |
SoundEx code - K351 kidnap - 4 freq kidnapped - 5 freq 'kidnapped' - 1 freq 'kidnappit' - 1 freq kidnappin - 1 freq kywetmb - 1 freq 'kidnap' - 1 freq katehumble - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - KTNP kidnap - 4 freq gaitnip - 2 freq catnip - 2 freq 'kidnap' - 1 freq |
KIDNAP |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.211320 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 - 0.354663 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 - 0.027521 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 - 0.037694 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. |