| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| layer (0) - 15 freq layen (1) - 2 freq layert (1) - 2 freq laser (1) - 4 freq later (1) - 554 freq laayer (1) - 5 freq payer (1) - 1 freq lawyer (1) - 33 freq lager (1) - 39 freq layers (1) - 21 freq fayer (1) - 3 freq player (1) - 131 freq layed (1) - 16 freq lawer (1) - 10 freq laer (1) - 1 freq mayer (1) - 1 freq lacers (2) - 1 freq leer (2) - 4 freq layin (2) - 47 freq lasers (2) - 2 freq 'yer (2) - 52 freq aver (2) - 4 freq eager (2) - 27 freq dayes (2) - 1 freq -aye (2) - 3 freq |
layer (0) - 15 freq laayer (1) - 5 freq laer (1) - 1 freq elyer (2) - 1 freq lair (2) - 58 freq aaler (2) - 17 freq leer (2) - 4 freq laar (2) - 2 freq laur (2) - 1 freq ler (2) - 1 freq lare (2) - 7 freq layen (2) - 2 freq laser (2) - 4 freq mayer (2) - 1 freq lawyer (2) - 33 freq lager (2) - 39 freq payer (2) - 1 freq layert (2) - 2 freq later (2) - 554 freq layers (2) - 21 freq fayer (2) - 3 freq layed (2) - 16 freq lawer (2) - 10 freq player (2) - 131 freq paer (3) - 3 freq |
SoundEx code - L600 leerie - 22 freq lory - 42 freq lower - 57 freq leear - 16 freq lure - 6 freq lair - 58 freq lawer - 10 freq lere - 2 freq larry - 105 freq lawyer - 33 freq 'leear - 1 freq lairie - 2 freq laayer - 5 freq leir - 21 freq liar - 24 freq lorry - 14 freq lear - 107 freq lour - 5 freq lore - 12 freq layer - 15 freq learie - 1 freq leary - 1 freq lara - 1 freq laura - 190 freq laur - 1 freq lora - 1 freq leer - 4 freq laar - 2 freq lare - 7 freq layower - 1 freq loire - 8 freq loor - 2 freq lowry - 2 freq lowrie - 19 freq lyrie - 1 freq lowra - 1 freq lyare - 1 freq lire - 2 freq lauri - 1 freq laer - 1 freq lee-er - 1 freq l'or' - 1 freq lyre - 1 freq 'larry - 1 freq lawrie - 4 freq larrie - 2 freq lori - 1 freq larrea - 1 freq lir - 16 freq lr - 5 freq lurie - 1 freq ler - 1 freq lri - 1 freq 'lorry - 1 freq 'lower - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - LYR lawyer - 33 freq laayer - 5 freq layer - 15 freq lyare - 1 freq |
LAYER lay - 386 freq laid - 270 freq laying - 8 freq layer - 15 freq lays - 31 freq |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.183384 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 - 0.340745 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 - 0.027342 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 - 0.036641 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 - 0.000958 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. |