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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to chains in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
chains (0) - 38 freq
chain (1) - 61 freq
cains (1) - 1 freq
chans (1) - 1 freq
hains (1) - 5 freq
chaine (1) - 6 freq
cheins (1) - 2 freq
chairs (1) - 63 freq
chins (1) - 5 freq
chainge (2) - 50 freq
chein (2) - 2 freq
chases (2) - 7 freq
chair' (2) - 2 freq
cans (2) - 45 freq
chine (2) - 2 freq
chain'd (2) - 1 freq
churns (2) - 4 freq
haines (2) - 1 freq
china (2) - 53 freq
chyint (2) - 1 freq
caint (2) - 3 freq
havins (2) - 1 freq
chiks (2) - 17 freq
harns (2) - 52 freq
chaos (2) - 24 freq
chains (0) - 38 freq
chans (1) - 1 freq
chins (1) - 5 freq
cheins (1) - 2 freq
choons (2) - 1 freq
cheyns (2) - 1 freq
cheens (2) - 4 freq
cheans (2) - 2 freq
chines (2) - 7 freq
chns (2) - 1 freq
chinos (2) - 1 freq
cains (2) - 1 freq
chain (2) - 61 freq
hains (2) - 5 freq
chaine (2) - 6 freq
chairs (2) - 63 freq
chaain (3) - 7 freq
chants (3) - 6 freq
thins (3) - 2 freq
chainges (3) - 7 freq
chan (3) - 1 freq
chars (3) - 1 freq
crans (3) - 1 freq
cheynes (3) - 1 freq
chats (3) - 3 freq
SoundEx code - C520
comes - 926 freq
chance - 530 freq
coins - 50 freq
chinese - 270 freq
chang - 5 freq
chaunce - 49 freq
chink - 13 freq
cheyns - 1 freq
cong' - 1 freq
chynge - 223 freq
cums - 111 freq
chinge - 23 freq
chimneys - 2 freq
chains - 38 freq
chunk - 17 freq
chancy - 6 freq
change - 299 freq
chunks - 8 freq
chimes - 7 freq
chunce - 82 freq
chinwag - 3 freq
ching - 14 freq
cans - 45 freq
chunky - 7 freq
chins - 5 freq
cumnock - 35 freq
cheynge - 15 freq
cams - 54 freq
coamic - 5 freq
cheenge - 42 freq
comic - 31 freq
chynes - 2 freq
cheinge - 12 freq
conn's - 4 freq
conshie - 2 freq
chainge - 50 freq
caaing - 1 freq
caw-ins - 1 freq
cons - 4 freq
chines - 7 freq
connach - 9 freq
cones - 2 freq
cammocks - 1 freq
cum's - 5 freq
chunse - 15 freq
cheyneese - 1 freq
cheynees - 1 freq
conk's - 1 freq
connie's - 2 freq
cinch - 4 freq
cence - 3 freq
can's - 1 freq
cynics - 3 freq
connecks - 3 freq
chns - 1 freq
canes - 2 freq
coing - 1 freq
cheynes - 1 freq
chinks - 1 freq
chan's' - 1 freq
chung's' - 1 freq
chung's - 3 freq
cumes - 1 freq
cannes - 1 freq
chinky - 1 freq
come's - 1 freq
comics - 19 freq
coinneach - 1 freq
cynic - 3 freq
chenge - 11 freq
'chynge' - 1 freq
'comics - 1 freq
change' - 1 freq
'change' - 1 freq
cunyies - 8 freq
cannas - 2 freq
cheins - 2 freq
chaenge - 6 freq
conk - 2 freq
chums - 13 freq
chöns - 1 freq
chymic - 1 freq
cuns - 1 freq
cheans - 2 freq
chemise - 2 freq
chaynge - 1 freq
coinage - 8 freq
conneck - 3 freq
conneks - 2 freq
china's - 1 freq
cheens - 4 freq
cowan's - 1 freq
chuang - 2 freq
cain's - 1 freq
conchie - 1 freq
con's - 3 freq
cims - 1 freq
chinese' - 1 freq
cumms - 2 freq
chancie - 2 freq
congo - 1 freq
conns - 1 freq
cammy's - 1 freq
chymmnis - 1 freq
canns - 1 freq
cheenese - 1 freq
coneys - 1 freq
€˜comic - 2 freq
conc - 1 freq
canus - 1 freq
'chums' - 1 freq
chung-chou - 1 freq
chainsaw - 1 freq
cinq - 1 freq
cawing - 3 freq
chomsky - 1 freq
congee - 1 freq
cheenj - 1 freq
€œchinese - 1 freq
commas - 3 freq
chans - 1 freq
changey - 1 freq
chummys - 1 freq
cmsy - 1 freq
chuncey - 1 freq
cnag - 1 freq
consi - 8 freq
chinos - 1 freq
cmq - 1 freq
cains - 1 freq
cmc - 1 freq
cxonwk - 1 freq
cnoc - 1 freq
comms - 1 freq
chunnaic - 1 freq
cwuhmuso - 1 freq
chamoix - 1 freq
cmack - 1 freq
choons - 1 freq
cumnocks - 1 freq
chinook - 1 freq
camz - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - XNS
chance - 530 freq
chinese - 270 freq
chaunce - 49 freq
cheyns - 1 freq
chains - 38 freq
sheens - 10 freq
chancy - 6 freq
chunce - 82 freq
chins - 5 freq
shuin's - 2 freq
'shines - 1 freq
chynes - 2 freq
shines - 37 freq
chines - 7 freq
chunse - 15 freq
cheyneese - 1 freq
cheynees - 1 freq
shins - 3 freq
shanesie - 2 freq
shanes - 1 freq
chns - 1 freq
cheynes - 1 freq
chan's' - 1 freq
cheins - 2 freq
sheena's - 3 freq
chöns - 1 freq
æshnis - 2 freq
cheans - 2 freq
china's - 1 freq
cheens - 4 freq
chinese' - 1 freq
chancie - 2 freq
cheenese - 1 freq
sions - 1 freq
shansi - 1 freq
chainsaw - 1 freq
shanzi - 4 freq
€œchinese - 1 freq
chans - 1 freq
shinzzaa - 1 freq
chuncey - 1 freq
chinos - 1 freq
sheenz - 37 freq
sheenaÂ’z - 1 freq
shaneÂ’s - 1 freq
shona's - 1 freq
choons - 1 freq
CHAINS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.262054 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 - 0.372567 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 - 0.027960 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 - 0.046540 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 - 0.001127 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.