| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| spear (0) - 28 freq sear (1) - 2 freq spean (1) - 2 freq swear (1) - 63 freq pear (1) - 9 freq sper (1) - 1 freq smear (1) - 2 freq speer (1) - 21 freq speir (1) - 214 freq speal (1) - 1 freq shear (1) - 9 freq spar (1) - 14 freq spears (1) - 28 freq speak (1) - 565 freq spex (2) - 1 freq pecr (2) - 1 freq spaars (2) - 1 freq schar (2) - 1 freq shar (2) - 6 freq 'peer (2) - 4 freq -year (2) - 1 freq €˜ear (2) - 22 freq spen (2) - 29 freq spews (2) - 5 freq sugar (2) - 88 freq |
spear (0) - 28 freq speir (1) - 214 freq speer (1) - 21 freq spar (1) - 14 freq sper (1) - 1 freq spoor (2) - 2 freq spier (2) - 42 freq spray (2) - 42 freq spare (2) - 100 freq super (2) - 37 freq spur (2) - 5 freq aspar (2) - 1 freq speak (2) - 565 freq spair (2) - 1 freq swear (2) - 63 freq spean (2) - 2 freq sear (2) - 2 freq smear (2) - 2 freq pear (2) - 9 freq spears (2) - 28 freq shear (2) - 9 freq speal (2) - 1 freq appear (3) - 98 freq spein (3) - 2 freq speno (3) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - S160 spier - 42 freq supper - 173 freq siberia - 5 freq shipraw - 1 freq spur - 5 freq shiver - 35 freq s'faur - 1 freq speir - 214 freq spray - 42 freq spare - 100 freq spear - 28 freq super - 37 freq safer - 18 freq 'speir - 1 freq skipper - 51 freq shaver - 2 freq swipper - 8 freq 'spare' - 2 freq sipper - 6 freq severe - 15 freq spar - 14 freq sparrae - 3 freq sober - 31 freq suffer - 58 freq savoury - 1 freq speer - 21 freq syver - 4 freq sabre - 2 freq saviour - 14 freq savour - 18 freq saifer - 3 freq spair - 1 freq sub-par - 1 freq spry - 3 freq scaffer - 1 freq sper - 1 freq siver - 2 freq sparra - 11 freq sphere - 14 freq sweeper - 3 freq safari - 2 freq sever - 3 freq 'safari - 3 freq 'sober - 1 freq spree - 12 freq siffer - 3 freq 'sphere - 1 freq sphere' - 1 freq savory - 1 freq saufer - 2 freq seffer - 1 freq scabra - 1 freq spire - 5 freq sober' - 1 freq sapphira - 1 freq skyipper - 2 freq sapphire - 1 freq siever - 2 freq suiffer - 1 freq suffre - 1 freq spoor - 2 freq €˜spray - 1 freq swaver - 1 freq sauviour - 1 freq sparrow - 5 freq soapbar - 1 freq €œsparra - 1 freq soepboer - 1 freq €˜spier - 1 freq saufier - 1 freq sover - 1 freq speir' - 1 freq €˜suffer - 1 freq shopper - 3 freq €œspare - 1 freq €œspeir - 1 freq sapr - 1 freq soubry - 1 freq siferry - 4 freq sppry - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - SPR spier - 42 freq supper - 173 freq spur - 5 freq speir - 214 freq spray - 42 freq spare - 100 freq spear - 28 freq super - 37 freq 'speir - 1 freq 'spare' - 2 freq sipper - 6 freq spar - 14 freq sparrae - 3 freq speer - 21 freq spair - 1 freq spry - 3 freq sper - 1 freq sparra - 11 freq spree - 12 freq spire - 5 freq záparo - 1 freq sapphira - 1 freq sapphire - 1 freq spoor - 2 freq €˜spray - 1 freq sparrow - 5 freq €œsparra - 1 freq €˜spier - 1 freq speir' - 1 freq €œspare - 1 freq €œspeir - 1 freq sapr - 1 freq sppry - 1 freq |
SPEAR |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.165371 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 - 0.323930 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 - 0.036762 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 - 0.000863 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. |