| Levenshtein | Double Levenshtein | SoundEx | MetaPhone | Manually curated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pistil (0) - 3 freq pistils (1) - 4 freq pistol (1) - 28 freq distil (1) - 1 freq pistoia (2) - 1 freq postal (2) - 3 freq distils (2) - 2 freq picti (2) - 3 freq stil (2) - 5 freq tistin (2) - 1 freq postin (2) - 21 freq kistie (2) - 14 freq ristin (2) - 3 freq piston (2) - 2 freq pictir (2) - 19 freq pikkil (2) - 2 freq pintit (2) - 14 freq mistit (2) - 1 freq tissil (2) - 1 freq fistin (2) - 1 freq sistir (2) - 1 freq pistols (2) - 18 freq pincil (2) - 22 freq listin (2) - 4 freq pintin (2) - 17 freq |
pistil (0) - 3 freq pistol (1) - 28 freq postal (2) - 3 freq pastel (2) - 2 freq distil (2) - 1 freq pistils (2) - 4 freq pistols (3) - 18 freq distal (3) - 2 freq pastie (3) - 1 freq pistoll (3) - 1 freq epistle (3) - 5 freq piestir (3) - 1 freq pigtail (3) - 3 freq pystle (3) - 2 freq postie (3) - 24 freq epistola (3) - 1 freq pastin (3) - 2 freq stil (3) - 5 freq pist (3) - 3 freq pistoia (3) - 1 freq instil (3) - 1 freq postin (3) - 21 freq postit (3) - 13 freq piston (3) - 2 freq pastit (3) - 1 freq |
SoundEx code - P234 pystle - 2 freq post-lockdoon - 1 freq pistols - 18 freq pistol - 28 freq pestilence - 6 freq pastel-coloured - 1 freq picket-lines - 1 freq pauchtily - 1 freq pigtails - 13 freq pigtail - 3 freq pistoll-shot - 1 freq pickit-lookin - 1 freq piccadilly - 2 freq pecadillos - 1 freq pastel - 2 freq pistil - 3 freq pecht-lik - 1 freq pistils - 4 freq posstal - 1 freq postalveolar - 3 freq postaladdress - 10 freq postal - 3 freq pistoll - 1 freq pechtland - 2 freq pastless - 1 freq pastilles - 1 freq pkdhl - 1 freq postalworkersday - 1 freq |
MetaPhone code - PSTL pystle - 2 freq pistol - 28 freq pastel - 2 freq pistil - 3 freq posstal - 1 freq postal - 3 freq pistoll - 1 freq |
PISTIL |
| Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.199794 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 - 0.416378 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 - 0.028422 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 - 0.037480 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 - 0.000906 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. |