| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yowtin (0) - 2 freq rowtin (1) - 4 freq yowlin (1) - 16 freq yowtit (1) - 1 freq lowtin (1) - 1 freq bowtin (1) - 1 freq coatin (2) - 1 freq jottin (2) - 1 freq lowpin (2) - 91 freq jowltin (2) - 1 freq lowrin (2) - 2 freq wtin (2) - 1 freq footin (2) - 1 freq bootin (2) - 2 freq yawin (2) - 1 freq powin (2) - 4 freq powtit (2) - 2 freq yokhin (2) - 1 freq mowin (2) - 2 freq yowie (2) - 1 freq rowin (2) - 30 freq pawtin (2) - 1 freq cowrin (2) - 5 freq doutin (2) - 1 freq lownin (2) - 2 freq |
yowtin (0) - 2 freq wtin (2) - 1 freq lowtin (2) - 1 freq bowtin (2) - 1 freq yowtit (2) - 1 freq yowlin (2) - 16 freq rowtin (2) - 4 freq dootin (3) - 5 freq yawnin (3) - 12 freq notin (3) - 6 freq yowt (3) - 1 freq votin (3) - 45 freq boatin (3) - 1 freq waitin (3) - 411 freq hootin (3) - 4 freq weetin (3) - 2 freq poutin (3) - 2 freq yowts (3) - 2 freq doitin (3) - 3 freq wytin (3) - 66 freq owain (3) - 1 freq outin (3) - 4 freq optin (3) - 1 freq rootin (3) - 3 freq ottin (3) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - Y350 yet-an - 2 freq yit-an - 2 freq yotun - 9 freq yowtin - 2 freq yae-time - 1 freq ythan - 6 freq ydm - 1 freq ytno - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - YTN yet-an - 2 freq yit-an - 2 freq yotun - 9 freq yowtin - 2 freq |
YOWTIN |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.710184 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 - 1.789252 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 - 0.104121 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 - 0.199113 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 - 0.001479 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. |