| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| waaddled (0) - 1 freq waddled (1) - 4 freq waddles (2) - 1 freq paddled (2) - 5 freq waddle (2) - 1 freq waddlet (2) - 2 freq saiddled (2) - 1 freq waaled (2) - 2 freq addled (2) - 3 freq wadded (2) - 1 freq saddled (2) - 2 freq swaddled (2) - 2 freq raddled (2) - 1 freq hoddled (3) - 5 freq waddlin (3) - 2 freq wrassled (3) - 1 freq wheedled (3) - 2 freq waddeen (3) - 2 freq dadded (3) - 1 freq waffled (3) - 1 freq guddled (3) - 9 freq huddled (3) - 20 freq wedded (3) - 4 freq daadle (3) - 1 freq haandle (3) - 2 freq |
waaddled (0) - 1 freq waddled (1) - 4 freq wadded (3) - 1 freq saddled (3) - 2 freq raddled (3) - 1 freq addled (3) - 3 freq swaddled (3) - 2 freq paddled (3) - 5 freq waddle (3) - 1 freq waddles (3) - 1 freq waddlet (3) - 2 freq saiddled (3) - 1 freq piddled (4) - 1 freq riddled (4) - 7 freq waddlan (4) - 1 freq hiddled (4) - 6 freq fuddled (4) - 1 freq fiddled (4) - 1 freq widded (4) - 1 freq cuddled (4) - 7 freq peddled (4) - 1 freq waddered (4) - 2 freq coddled (4) - 1 freq puddled (4) - 2 freq diddled (4) - 2 freq |
SoundEx code - W343 wheedlt - 1 freq waddled - 4 freq watld - 1 freq whittlt - 1 freq whittled - 2 freq wheedlit - 4 freq whittilt - 1 freq withheld - 1 freq wheedled - 2 freq whit'll-wedae-noo - 1 freq whit'll-i-dae-aboot-yon-thing-ye-ken - 1 freq whitelet - 1 freq waddlet - 2 freq waaddled - 1 freq whittelt - 1 freq whuttled - 2 freq |
MetaPhone code - WTLT wheedlt - 1 freq waddled - 4 freq watld - 1 freq whittlt - 1 freq whittled - 2 freq wheedlit - 4 freq whittilt - 1 freq wheedled - 2 freq whitelet - 1 freq waddlet - 2 freq waaddled - 1 freq whittelt - 1 freq whuttled - 2 freq |
WAADDLED |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.263099 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 - 0.512476 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 - 0.031170 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 - 0.039779 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 - 0.000944 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. |