| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| macphail (0) - 1 freq mcphail (1) - 5 freq mcphails (2) - 3 freq machair (2) - 3 freq macsnail (2) - 4 freq michael (3) - 130 freq rachael (3) - 13 freq michal (3) - 1 freq machar (3) - 9 freq marshal (3) - 1 freq marshall (3) - 5 freq machin (3) - 1 freq macsnai (3) - 1 freq machars (3) - 4 freq macwhir (3) - 1 freq mainsail (3) - 1 freq masail (3) - 1 freq maipil (3) - 1 freq mahal (3) - 3 freq maccuil (3) - 1 freq macneil (3) - 37 freq macphee (3) - 3 freq maccaig (3) - 5 freq locheil (4) - 3 freq cheil (4) - 85 freq |
macphail (0) - 1 freq mcphail (1) - 5 freq mcphails (3) - 3 freq michal (4) - 1 freq macphee (4) - 3 freq michael (4) - 130 freq machair (4) - 3 freq macsnail (4) - 4 freq maipil (5) - 1 freq maccuil (5) - 1 freq michel (5) - 3 freq mcphee (5) - 12 freq michl (5) - 1 freq macneil (5) - 37 freq mahal (5) - 3 freq machar (5) - 9 freq macwhir (5) - 1 freq machin (5) - 1 freq marshal (5) - 1 freq rachael (5) - 13 freq mauchtie (6) - 3 freq rauchil (6) - 2 freq mcpake (6) - 2 freq imachin (6) - 1 freq mauchit (6) - 2 freq |
SoundEx code - M214 macphail - 1 freq mcphail - 5 freq macavellian - 1 freq macavelli's - 1 freq misbelievable - 1 freq misplaced - 3 freq make-believe - 1 freq mochbaalled - 1 freq machiavellian - 1 freq misspellin - 1 freq misspellt - 1 freq 'mispellt' - 1 freq misspell - 1 freq moss-fluorescent - 1 freq mack-flees - 1 freq misspelt - 1 freq mcphails - 3 freq mossflow - 1 freq mis-spell - 1 freq misplease - 1 freq mickeyblue - 2 freq missgabillard - 1 freq missflybynight - 2 freq mickfealty - 2 freq mikebel - 1 freq mcflyharry - 4 freq mkblyth - 2 freq macphellimey - 1 freq massively - 3 freq mmcsqbl - 1 freq mozzaplays - 1 freq mcfluffybutt - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - MKFL macphail - 1 freq mcphail - 5 freq |
MACPHAIL |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.258523 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 - 0.431146 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 - 0.034725 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 - 0.046031 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 - 0.000868 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. |