| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| luftwafe (0) - 1 freq luftwaffe (1) - 1 freq liftwart (3) - 1 freq saftware (3) - 6 freq outwale (3) - 3 freq liftward (3) - 1 freq quctae (4) - 1 freq lasswade (4) - 2 freq uktwfz (4) - 1 freq lucozade (4) - 1 freq kufae (4) - 1 freq oulwife (4) - 1 freq suitcase (4) - 14 freq liftoff (4) - 2 freq langwife (4) - 1 freq lufe (4) - 1 freq gustave (4) - 1 freq luewarm (4) - 1 freq outwales (4) - 1 freq unsafe (4) - 2 freq lukewatt (4) - 1 freq lanewife (4) - 1 freq untape (4) - 1 freq loatsae (4) - 1 freq fuftie (4) - 4 freq |
luftwafe (0) - 1 freq luftwaffe (2) - 1 freq liftward (5) - 1 freq saftware (5) - 6 freq liftoff (5) - 2 freq liftwart (5) - 1 freq luff (6) - 4 freq liftan (6) - 3 freq lyffe (6) - 3 freq luft (6) - 2 freq leftie (6) - 1 freq lufts (6) - 2 freq auldwife (6) - 1 freq leftower (6) - 3 freq luftit (6) - 7 freq luftin (6) - 2 freq lanewife (6) - 1 freq outwale (6) - 3 freq oulwife (6) - 1 freq langwife (6) - 1 freq lufted (6) - 5 freq lofts (7) - 1 freq lustie (7) - 1 freq lift (7) - 496 freq ae-twae (7) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - L131 laptop - 25 freq luvvy-duvvy - 1 freq laptops - 1 freq luftwafe - 1 freq lovey-dovey - 1 freq lift-pod - 2 freq liftoff - 2 freq leftovers - 3 freq leftpeggers - 106 freq lbtppuaftn - 1 freq lptpyuk - 1 freq lowpitbower - 1 freq laptoap - 1 freq luftwaffe - 1 freq leftover - 1 freq laptap - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - LFTWF luftwafe - 1 freq luftwaffe - 1 freq |
LUFTWAFE |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.191951 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 - 0.364944 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 - 0.028889 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 - 0.037756 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 - 0.000945 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. |