Evaluation metrics and uncertainty · MLD-1333
Word error rate
Word-level substitutions, deletions, and insertions divided by reference word count.
Original reference page · detailed expansion pending. Original definitions, examples, notes and citations are preserved below. New examples are illustrative, not benchmark results.
Original example
Evaluate speech transcription.
Original caveat
WER can exceed 100% because of insertions.
Context and aliases
Level: Intermediate. Stages: Evaluation · Research.
Tags: ML · DL · SLM · LLM.
Aliases: WER.
Related concepts
Concepts linking here
Original references
- scikit-learn: cross-validation ↗ · Reference link
- Google Machine Learning Glossary ↗ · Consulted
- scikit-learn: evaluation metrics ↗ · Reference link
- Original reference URL ↗