| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| isaboy (0) - 1 freq inaby (2) - 2 freq savoy (2) - 5 freq isabel (2) - 40 freq abody (3) - 90 freq isley (3) - 1 freq abby (3) - 16 freq 'boy (3) - 1 freq tabor (3) - 1 freq ably (3) - 1 freq 'isabel (3) - 3 freq boy (3) - 530 freq linkboy (3) - 1 freq injoy (3) - 2 freq in-box (3) - 1 freq isa's (3) - 8 freq abou (3) - 1 freq aby (3) - 11 freq inaboot (3) - 35 freq sarry (3) - 2 freq ashby (3) - 1 freq 'aabody (3) - 1 freq asbo (3) - 1 freq hoabby (3) - 1 freq boabby (3) - 23 freq |
isaboy (0) - 1 freq asbo (3) - 1 freq inaby (3) - 2 freq sab (3) - 9 freq isabel (3) - 40 freq savoy (3) - 5 freq syboe (3) - 1 freq sib (4) - 106 freq aboo (4) - 2 freq isno (4) - 36 freq isaiah (4) - 20 freq disobey (4) - 5 freq boaby (4) - 6 freq ibo (4) - 1 freq inby (4) - 69 freq baby (4) - 121 freq saaty (4) - 2 freq isobel (4) - 47 freq sabre (4) - 2 freq sado (4) - 1 freq toyboy (4) - 1 freq saucy (4) - 1 freq sairy (4) - 5 freq misobey (4) - 1 freq cisab (4) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - I210 is-'be - 2 freq i'shoop - 1 freq is'be - 1 freq igwv - 1 freq iqkjb - 1 freq ixqv - 1 freq iagp - 1 freq igf - 1 freq isp - 3 freq iehjzb - 1 freq isaboy - 1 freq iogsjf - 1 freq ijzcb - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - ISB is-'be - 2 freq is'be - 1 freq isaboy - 1 freq |
ISABOY |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.484525 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 - 0.901144 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 - 0.088141 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 - 0.099322 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 - 0.001201 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. |