Spell Checker Test Kernel Results


Scores

 Score  Total Not FoundTotal Found First1 - 51 - 101 - 251 - 50Any
Aspell .20 82.8 88 424 58.4 78.1 81.6 82.8 82.8 82.8
Aspell .21 80.9 98 414 58.0 76.6 79.7 80.7 80.9 80.9
Aspell .22 - .24 85.7 73 439 55.5 77.0 81.1 85.0 85.5 85.7
Aspell .25 - .28 83.2 86 426 56.2 78.1 80.9 83.2 83.2 83.2
Aspell .29.0 / Normal 93.9 31 481 59.0 85.5 89.8 93.6 93.8 93.9
Aspell .29.1 - .30 / Normal 92.8 37 475 59.0 85.5 89.8 92.6 92.8 92.8
Aspell Dmetaph / Normal 93.8 32 480 59.2 85.9 91.4 93.6 93.8 93.8
Aspell .29 - .30 / Fast 87.3 65 447 59.0 81.8 85.0 87.1 87.3 87.3
Aspell Dmetaph / Fast 88.1 61 451 58.6 82.6 86.5 87.9 88.1 88.1
Aspell .29 -.30 / Bad Spellers 98.0 10 502 59.6 82.8 87.3 94.5 96.5 98.0
Aspell Dmetaph / Bad Spellers 98.2 9 503 59.8 83.0 89.5 95.7 97.1 98.2
Ispell 3.1.20 w/ -S option 54.7 232 280 39.3 52.1 54.1 54.7 54.7 54.7
Word 97 70.7 150 362 57.2 69.1 70.7 70.7 70.7 70.7
Note: Only Data in which the correct spelling was found in all three dictionaries was counted.

The Score is: (Total Found)/(Total)*100
First is: (Total Found First On List)/(Total)*100, 1-5 is: (Total Found 1st - 5th)/(Total)*100, etc...

Dmetaph is Aspell .30.1 which uses the Double Metaphone algorithm. Please see my Metaphone page for more information. To see which words Aspell with the Double Metaphone algorithm got and Aspell .30.1 did not, and vice versa, please see this file.


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Number of Results Returned

Min 5% 25% 50% 75% 95% Max
Aspell .20 0 3 3 5 8 16 38
Aspell .21 0 3 3 5 11 26 76
Aspell .22 - .24 0 3 3 5 11 23 60
Aspell .25 - .28 0 2 3 5 8 18 32
Aspell .29.0 / Normal 3 5 10 17 31 82 100
Aspell .29.1 - .30 / Normal 3 4 8 12 20 36 100
Aspell Dmetaph / Normal 3 4 8 13 19 37 77
Aspell .29 - .30 / Fast 0 2 5 10 17 33 96
Aspell Dmetaph / Fast 0 3 5 9 17 33 77
Aspell .29 -.30 / Bad Spellers 3 11 29 74 173 470 1000
Aspell Dmetaph / Bad Spellers 4 9 31 75 168 414 1000
Ispell 3.1.20 w/ -S option 0 0 0 1 3 9 25
Word 97 0 0 1 2 4 10 20

The Raw Data


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