| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| spatula (0) - 2 freq spatular (1) - 1 freq spatulate (2) - 1 freq paula (2) - 4 freq spauls (2) - 1 freq status (3) - 118 freq sattl (3) - 1 freq sparklan (3) - 2 freq scala (3) - 1 freq shalla (3) - 9 freq scapular (3) - 1 freq spull (3) - 2 freq natura (3) - 1 freq saul (3) - 68 freq spail (3) - 2 freq statute (3) - 5 freq padua (3) - 1 freq sattle (3) - 21 freq shaul (3) - 1 freq spartilt (3) - 1 freq scauld (3) - 1 freq pamela (3) - 1 freq spangly (3) - 2 freq stule (3) - 1 freq spat (3) - 52 freq |
spatula (0) - 2 freq spatular (2) - 1 freq spital (3) - 1 freq spatulate (3) - 1 freq ospital (4) - 8 freq speitel (4) - 1 freq spats (4) - 3 freq spael (4) - 1 freq spat (4) - 52 freq spates (4) - 2 freq spittle (4) - 8 freq spaell (4) - 4 freq sattul (4) - 1 freq spreul (4) - 1 freq patel (4) - 1 freq spate (4) - 42 freq seattle (4) - 3 freq sparl (4) - 1 freq stule (4) - 1 freq stately (4) - 8 freq spitals (4) - 1 freq spall (4) - 1 freq sputum (4) - 1 freq spail (4) - 2 freq sattle (4) - 21 freq |
SoundEx code - S134 saftly - 64 freq subtle - 27 freq soaftly - 1 freq spittle - 8 freq spotlight - 4 freq subdolous - 1 freq spotlicht - 2 freq spotlights - 1 freq speedily - 3 freq softly - 12 freq spatula - 2 freq saft-lik - 1 freq spotless - 7 freq saftlie - 2 freq swiftly - 12 freq subtlety - 4 freq spitals - 1 freq saftlike - 6 freq softly-softly - 1 freq spot-licht - 1 freq swift-like - 3 freq saftlins - 1 freq spital - 1 freq 'spotlessly - 1 freq spittled - 1 freq shiftless - 2 freq sawbathlie - 1 freq saft-like - 1 freq spatular - 1 freq spotlicht's - 1 freq subtleties - 1 freq septiles - 16 freq septile - 5 freq spotlieht - 1 freq shiftily - 1 freq spittal - 1 freq spatulate - 1 freq speitel - 1 freq sftliuzcxg - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - SPTL spittle - 8 freq speedily - 3 freq spatula - 2 freq spital - 1 freq septile - 5 freq spittal - 1 freq speitel - 1 freq |
SPATULA |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.394757 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 - 0.631683 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 - 0.033654 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 - 0.060549 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 - 0.001218 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. |