| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wowzers (0) - 1 freq powers (2) - 16 freq mowsers (2) - 1 freq wonders (2) - 5 freq owners (2) - 19 freq powkers (2) - 1 freq wonners (2) - 1 freq dowters (2) - 1 freq cowsers (2) - 1 freq gowfers (2) - 1 freq workers (2) - 34 freq boozers (2) - 4 freq cowzer (2) - 1 freq mowers (2) - 1 freq rowers (2) - 3 freq howlers (2) - 1 freq owers (2) - 2 freq howkers (2) - 1 freq rozzers (2) - 1 freq howders (2) - 2 freq dowers (2) - 1 freq lowers (2) - 7 freq bowers (2) - 1 freq fowers (2) - 7 freq rowlers (2) - 3 freq |
wowzers (0) - 1 freq rozzers (4) - 1 freq howders (4) - 2 freq howkers (4) - 1 freq owers (4) - 2 freq howlers (4) - 1 freq dowers (4) - 1 freq bowers (4) - 1 freq towers (4) - 19 freq tweezers (4) - 3 freq rowlers (4) - 3 freq fowers (4) - 7 freq rowers (4) - 3 freq lowers (4) - 7 freq gowpers (4) - 2 freq wonders (4) - 5 freq powkers (4) - 1 freq mowsers (4) - 1 freq powers (4) - 16 freq mowers (4) - 1 freq wonners (4) - 1 freq owners (4) - 19 freq dowters (4) - 1 freq workers (4) - 34 freq boozers (4) - 4 freq |
SoundEx code - W262 whiskers - 22 freq whuskers - 12 freq washer's - 1 freq washers - 1 freq wagers - 1 freq waxwarks - 2 freq wikkers - 1 freq wieghorst - 1 freq waukers - 1 freq wiskers - 1 freq wuqrqlodfj - 1 freq wheekers - 1 freq wgjgrecg - 1 freq wowzers - 1 freq wickers - 1 freq weekirstyw - 1 freq wzroqhl - 1 freq wzrz - 1 freq wyqrwcrfw - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - WSRS wowzers - 1 freq |
WOWZERS |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.221394 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 - 0.397099 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 - 0.029347 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 - 0.041411 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 - 0.000898 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. |