| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nuances (0) - 3 freq nuance (1) - 3 freq nuanced (1) - 2 freq dunces (2) - 5 freq frances (2) - 11 freq quinces (2) - 1 freq dances (2) - 43 freq lances (2) - 1 freq enhances (2) - 1 freq glances (2) - 13 freq nancies (2) - 1 freq stances (2) - 4 freq scances (2) - 4 freq chances (2) - 60 freq nance (2) - 7 freq ounces (2) - 1 freq nance's (2) - 1 freq prances (2) - 1 freq nonces (2) - 2 freq anced (3) - 1 freq punnies (3) - 4 freq laces (3) - 11 freq uncos (3) - 3 freq chanced (3) - 6 freq saaces (3) - 1 freq |
nuances (0) - 3 freq nancies (2) - 1 freq nuance (2) - 3 freq nonces (2) - 2 freq nuanced (2) - 2 freq nance (3) - 7 freq ounces (3) - 1 freq enhances (3) - 1 freq nance's (3) - 1 freq dunces (3) - 5 freq dances (3) - 43 freq quinces (3) - 1 freq lances (3) - 1 freq nancy (4) - 37 freq bounces (4) - 4 freq funcies (4) - 5 freq fancies (4) - 27 freq fences (4) - 22 freq nans (4) - 3 freq finances (4) - 6 freq nun's (4) - 1 freq pences (4) - 3 freq nuncy's (4) - 1 freq nannies (4) - 2 freq oonces (4) - 3 freq |
SoundEx code - N522 nancies - 1 freq nemisis - 1 freq nemsake - 1 freq non-existent - 5 freq nance's - 1 freq nuances - 3 freq neo-nazis - 1 freq nuncy's - 1 freq nancy's - 1 freq nemesis - 2 freq namesake - 4 freq nanosekind - 1 freq nonces - 2 freq |
MetaPhone code - NNSS nancies - 1 freq nance's - 1 freq nuances - 3 freq neo-nazis - 1 freq nuncy's - 1 freq nancy's - 1 freq nonces - 2 freq |
NUANCES |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.233139 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 - 0.399472 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 - 0.027657 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 - 0.037833 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 - 0.000899 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. |