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Similar words to backside in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
backside (0) - 26 freq
backslide (1) - 1 freq
bakside (1) - 2 freq
backsides (1) - 2 freq
blackside (1) - 2 freq
backid (2) - 1 freq
backfire (2) - 1 freq
dockside (2) - 9 freq
jacksie (2) - 3 freq
backie (2) - 19 freq
backsyke (2) - 1 freq
blacksiden (2) - 1 freq
darkside (2) - 1 freq
backslider (2) - 1 freq
baeside (2) - 1 freq
backwise (2) - 1 freq
backake (3) - 1 freq
buckie (3) - 45 freq
affside (3) - 4 freq
backit (3) - 8 freq
backins (3) - 2 freq
gateside (3) - 1 freq
backshift (3) - 1 freq
wastside (3) - 3 freq
beside (3) - 63 freq
backside (0) - 26 freq
blackside (2) - 2 freq
backsides (2) - 2 freq
bakside (2) - 2 freq
backslide (2) - 1 freq
backsyke (3) - 1 freq
dockside (3) - 9 freq
backid (3) - 1 freq
bockid (4) - 1 freq
backseat (4) - 4 freq
backson (4) - 12 freq
backed (4) - 27 freq
buckshee (4) - 3 freq
backies (4) - 5 freq
backend (4) - 4 freq
backs (4) - 93 freq
backslider (4) - 1 freq
baeside (4) - 1 freq
darkside (4) - 1 freq
blacksiden (4) - 1 freq
backfire (4) - 1 freq
backie (4) - 19 freq
backwise (4) - 1 freq
jacksie (4) - 3 freq
bucks (5) - 8 freq
SoundEx code - B230
bizzed - 3 freq
basket - 62 freq
beast - 141 freq
beekit - 2 freq
biscuit - 35 freq
best - 1574 freq
baked - 28 freq
buskit - 33 freq
bakst - 1 freq
bocht - 217 freq
bashed - 8 freq
begood - 11 freq
biggit - 244 freq
begged - 30 freq
beast- - 1 freq
bossed - 6 freq
'best - 4 freq
buzzed - 1 freq
booked - 31 freq
beside - 63 freq
biscuity - 1 freq
bucket - 75 freq
based - 83 freq
begoud - 104 freq
beastie - 36 freq
bust - 8 freq
bought - 80 freq
backed - 27 freq
boakit - 3 freq
big-ee'd - 1 freq
boked - 2 freq
b'goad - 1 freq
biased - 4 freq
baist - 80 freq
beukit - 3 freq
baest - 27 freq
backside - 26 freq
begat - 2 freq
busked - 5 freq
boucht - 5 freq
backseat - 4 freq
buist - 5 freq
baukit - 12 freq
begot - 1 freq
bucht - 4 freq
bochte - 1 freq
beset - 4 freq
busied - 1 freq
beast' - 2 freq
bakt - 1 freq
bouquet - 3 freq
bakside - 2 freq
baisket - 1 freq
beachit - 6 freq
baaket - 1 freq
beestie - 5 freq
beest - 11 freq
boxed - 7 freq
boacht - 1 freq
bestow - 1 freq
bussed - 2 freq
bigged - 30 freq
bushido - 1 freq
best' - 2 freq
bassett - 1 freq
boost - 19 freq
bagged - 4 freq
backchat - 4 freq
'baked - 1 freq
boast - 7 freq
bookit - 3 freq
busty - 1 freq
bexit - 1 freq
baised - 3 freq
backid - 1 freq
baeside - 1 freq
boxt - 1 freq
baakt - 1 freq
backit - 8 freq
baistie - 3 freq
buckhead - 2 freq
besta - 2 freq
beaked - 1 freq
behest - 2 freq
beached - 8 freq
bakit - 8 freq
bst - 2 freq
beist - 6 freq
backeth - 1 freq
boakt - 1 freq
backt - 1 freq
bouquet' - 1 freq
big-shot - 2 freq
backhaud - 1 freq
back-seat - 1 freq
bockid - 1 freq
boaked - 3 freq
beskit - 3 freq
becked - 1 freq
'biggit - 1 freq
boukit - 5 freq
bakkit - 2 freq
baste - 8 freq
biggid - 4 freq
buskid - 1 freq
bosied - 7 freq
begude - 2 freq
busta - 6 freq
bukksed - 1 freq
boght - 2 freq
beget - 2 freq
baguette - 2 freq
bow-hoched - 1 freq
bigot - 4 freq
bicht - 2 freq
begoot - 2 freq
bogged - 3 freq
begouth - 2 freq
biest - 1 freq
baessed - 5 freq
biwast - 1 freq
bisooth - 1 freq
baggit - 4 freq
baestie - 1 freq
bisset - 4 freq
biegt - 1 freq
bash't - 1 freq
backet - 8 freq
bycht - 1 freq
bigget - 1 freq
bigg't - 1 freq
beckett - 3 freq
€˜best - 1 freq
besty - 2 freq
biked - 1 freq
bekked - 1 freq
bauxyte - 1 freq
bekeit - 1 freq
beistie - 1 freq
bouchtie - 1 freq
bekkit - 1 freq
back-sate - 1 freq
€œbest - 4 freq
bookt - 3 freq
biskit - 1 freq
bisto - 1 freq
baikit - 1 freq
baesed - 1 freq
€˜beukit - 1 freq
€˜booked - 1 freq
bestowe - 1 freq
buckt - 1 freq
bikit - 1 freq
boggit - 1 freq
beestee - 1 freq
back-chat - 1 freq
bwisd - 1 freq
bgt - 1 freq
bbcqt - 1 freq
boycott - 2 freq
boxset - 2 freq
bbsit - 1 freq
bbctwo - 1 freq
biscotti - 1 freq
bissett - 3 freq
bsqt - 1 freq
bag'd - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - BKST
bakst - 1 freq
biggest - 137 freq
backside - 26 freq
backseat - 4 freq
bakside - 2 freq
biggist - 2 freq
boxed - 7 freq
bexit - 1 freq
boxt - 1 freq
back-seat - 1 freq
bukksed - 1 freq
bauxyte - 1 freq
back-sate - 1 freq
BACKSIDE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.187625 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 - 0.322902 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 - 0.027361 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 - 0.036518 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 - 0.000826 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.