| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lawful (0) - 3 freq lawfu (1) - 4 freq awful (1) - 162 freq lapdul (2) - 1 freq aawfu (2) - 1 freq aweful (2) - 1 freq lawfae (2) - 2 freq lawbur (2) - 1 freq laafu (2) - 9 freq earful (2) - 2 freq awfu (2) - 132 freq awfal (2) - 1 freq awfil (2) - 4 freq playful (2) - 5 freq auwful (2) - 1 freq lawfully (2) - 3 freq lawfou (2) - 1 freq awfu' (2) - 1 freq laafu' (2) - 1 freq awfull (2) - 2 freq aaful (2) - 2 freq hanfu (3) - 10 freq laws' (3) - 1 freq handful (3) - 3 freq hawl (3) - 1 freq |
lawful (0) - 3 freq awful (2) - 162 freq lawfu (2) - 4 freq auwful (3) - 1 freq awfil (3) - 4 freq lawfully (3) - 3 freq aweful (3) - 1 freq lawfou (3) - 1 freq awfal (3) - 1 freq lawfae (3) - 2 freq laafu' (4) - 1 freq woful (4) - 2 freq woeful (4) - 4 freq awfle (4) - 1 freq awfu' (4) - 1 freq aaful (4) - 2 freq awfull (4) - 2 freq lwf (4) - 1 freq playful (4) - 5 freq aawfu (4) - 1 freq laafu (4) - 9 freq lawbur (4) - 1 freq awfu (4) - 132 freq earful (4) - 2 freq lapdul (4) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - L140 label - 57 freq lovely - 165 freq level - 148 freq lively - 10 freq law-plea - 2 freq lawfully - 3 freq lawful - 3 freq luvely - 9 freq luvelie - 3 freq luvlee - 2 freq laybil - 2 freq luvuly - 1 freq luvulee - 1 freq lapel - 3 freq livvel - 2 freq luv'ly - 1 freq liable - 4 freq 'lovely - 1 freq luvly - 5 freq laevil - 1 freq lavell - 2 freq leafully - 1 freq lovel - 1 freq lvl - 1 freq lovell - 1 freq loaf'll - 1 freq luffly - 3 freq luvvly - 1 freq llvl - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - LFL lovely - 165 freq level - 148 freq lively - 10 freq lawfully - 3 freq lawful - 3 freq luvely - 9 freq luvelie - 3 freq luvlee - 2 freq luvuly - 1 freq luvulee - 1 freq livvel - 2 freq lughole - 3 freq luv'ly - 1 freq 'lovely - 1 freq luvly - 5 freq laevil - 1 freq lavell - 2 freq leafully - 1 freq lovel - 1 freq lvl - 1 freq lovell - 1 freq loaf'll - 1 freq luffly - 3 freq luvvly - 1 freq llvl - 1 freq |
LAWFUL |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.481528 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 - 1.202648 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 - 0.110806 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 - 0.102649 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 - 0.000895 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. |