CSpell

LHC Spelling Correction Tools Comparison

The table below shows a comparison on three spelling correction tools developed in LHC:

gSpellRussell's SpellEnsemble
Year2000200X201X
DeveloperGuy DivitaDr. Russell LoaneDr. Halil Kilicoglu
LanguageJavaJavaJava
PublicationAMIA PaperNoneAMIA Paper
DocumentsSomeNoneNone
Java CodeDistributableNot-PortableResearch code, portable
TestNoneNoneTest set: 472 cases
ApplicationsLexBuildClinical TrialConsumer Health Question
CandidatePre-calculated bigramsPre-calculated bigramsTable Look up with restrictions (Edit Distance)
RankingEdit Distance
  • Edit Distance
  • Frequency
Ensemble:
  • Edit Distance
  • Phonetic
  • Overlapping
  • Frequency
  • Context
Non-Word ErrorYesYesYes
Real-Word ErrorNoNoYes
SuggestionNoneNoneSelected as baseline