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Similar words to deaf in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
deaf (0) - 27 freq
deas (1) - 1 freq
deal (1) - 190 freq
deff (1) - 1 freq
dear (1) - 419 freq
leaf (1) - 39 freq
def (1) - 4 freq
deef (1) - 43 freq
derf (1) - 2 freq
decaf (1) - 1 freq
deaw (1) - 1 freq
deif (1) - 28 freq
deat (1) - 1 freq
dean (1) - 18 freq
seaf (1) - 1 freq
dead (1) - 272 freq
eam (2) - 7 freq
demi (2) - 1 freq
meal (2) - 128 freq
weff (2) - 1 freq
d'a (2) - 1 freq
leah (2) - 1 freq
gead (2) - 2 freq
deman (2) - 1 freq
det (2) - 3 freq
deaf (0) - 27 freq
deif (1) - 28 freq
deef (1) - 43 freq
def (1) - 4 freq
dif (2) - 1 freq
dof (2) - 1 freq
dead (2) - 272 freq
doof (2) - 1 freq
daef (2) - 1 freq
defo (2) - 208 freq
seaf (2) - 1 freq
df (2) - 2 freq
defy (2) - 6 freq
deafie (2) - 3 freq
deal (2) - 190 freq
deff (2) - 1 freq
decaf (2) - 1 freq
leaf (2) - 39 freq
dean (2) - 18 freq
dear (2) - 419 freq
deas (2) - 1 freq
derf (2) - 2 freq
deat (2) - 1 freq
deaw (2) - 1 freq
deco (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - D100
deep - 562 freq
dip - 21 freq
dab - 58 freq
div - 506 freq
deafie - 3 freq
dive - 43 freq
dowf - 17 freq
deif - 28 freq
'div - 6 freq
dowp - 53 freq
daev - 10 freq
'daev - 2 freq
dowff - 6 freq
douff - 2 freq
deave - 8 freq
dope - 11 freq
defo - 208 freq
deip - 14 freq
deef - 43 freq
doup - 18 freq
davie - 229 freq
deefie - 3 freq
dub - 27 freq
duff - 24 freq
daff - 5 freq
deaf - 27 freq
daffy - 1 freq
defy - 6 freq
dpve - 1 freq
dap - 1 freq
dayvee - 1 freq
dav - 1 freq
davee - 1 freq
davey - 13 freq
daveye - 1 freq
'davy - 1 freq
'doof - 1 freq
doof' - 1 freq
dwp - 2 freq
dowfie - 1 freq
dovie - 1 freq
dave - 62 freq
dubby - 12 freq
doff - 3 freq
divvy - 3 freq
daub - 3 freq
daef - 1 freq
deeve - 5 freq
dubh - 4 freq
davy - 70 freq
dopey - 1 freq
duffy - 52 freq
da've - 1 freq
dubbie - 7 freq
doof - 1 freq
dub-pie - 1 freq
'deep' - 1 freq
daep - 1 freq
diff - 2 freq
dev - 4 freq
dee-eep - 2 freq
dove - 7 freq
dob - 1 freq
diep - 3 freq
daeve - 1 freq
defoe - 3 freq
dewfaa - 1 freq
deive - 1 freq
dhuibh - 1 freq
'dave - 1 freq
dovey - 3 freq
daph - 1 freq
dtp - 1 freq
debbie - 2 freq
'dowp - 1 freq
depe - 1 freq
€˜deaf - 4 freq
€˜deif - 2 freq
deifie - 4 freq
daffie- - 1 freq
depp - 1 freq
dhabi - 1 freq
dupe - 1 freq
dwab - 1 freq
dyoub - 1 freq
€œdiva - 1 freq
€œdavie - 3 freq
€œdiv - 11 freq
€œdave - 1 freq
devo - 2 freq
dfp - 9 freq
€œdeep - 1 freq
dup - 5 freq
divi - 2 freq
d'bi - 1 freq
diva - 1 freq
db - 2 freq
def - 4 freq
dp - 3 freq
”div - 1 freq
dv - 5 freq
‘deep - 1 freq
diveÂ’ - 1 freq
dof - 1 freq
deff - 1 freq
dvo - 2 freq
dfy - 1 freq
dpe - 2 freq
dveo - 1 freq
deb - 2 freq
defiaye - 4 freq
dvh - 1 freq
'deif - 1 freq
'deif' - 1 freq
dubai - 1 freq
davbhoy - 1 freq
dobbie - 1 freq
dop - 1 freq
deffo - 3 freq
'dub' - 2 freq
dvu - 1 freq
dep - 2 freq
df - 2 freq
dif - 1 freq
'dove' - 2 freq
'dive' - 2 freq
dufv - 1 freq
dib - 1 freq
dbv - 1 freq
devi - 1 freq
dwwb - 1 freq
‘deaf’ - 1 freq
“deaf” - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - TF
div - 506 freq
tae've - 4 freq
toffee - 26 freq
deafie - 3 freq
dive - 43 freq
tf - 9 freq
tv - 207 freq
dowf - 17 freq
deif - 28 freq
'div - 6 freq
daev - 10 freq
'daev - 2 freq
dowff - 6 freq
douff - 2 freq
deave - 8 freq
defo - 208 freq
toffey - 1 freq
toff - 12 freq
t've - 4 freq
tough - 38 freq
deef - 43 freq
davie - 229 freq
deefie - 3 freq
'tough - 1 freq
duff - 24 freq
taffy - 1 freq
daff - 5 freq
deaf - 27 freq
daffy - 1 freq
defy - 6 freq
dayvee - 1 freq
dav - 1 freq
davee - 1 freq
davey - 13 freq
'davy - 1 freq
'doof - 1 freq
doof' - 1 freq
t'v - 1 freq
dowfie - 1 freq
dovie - 1 freq
dave - 62 freq
doff - 3 freq
divvy - 3 freq
daef - 1 freq
deeve - 5 freq
davy - 70 freq
tofu - 2 freq
duffy - 52 freq
da've - 1 freq
tovey - 2 freq
doof - 1 freq
toff' - 1 freq
tif - 1 freq
diff - 2 freq
dev - 4 freq
hdöv - 1 freq
dove - 7 freq
't've - 1 freq
tiff - 1 freq
tief - 3 freq
teefy - 1 freq
tiffy - 1 freq
daeve - 1 freq
defoe - 3 freq
dewfaa - 1 freq
tove - 3 freq
toffy - 2 freq
tv' - 1 freq
deive - 1 freq
tiefe - 1 freq
teeff - 1 freq
'dave - 1 freq
dovey - 3 freq
daph - 1 freq
toffie - 1 freq
€˜deaf - 4 freq
€˜deif - 2 freq
deifie - 4 freq
daffie- - 1 freq
taffee - 1 freq
typhoo - 1 freq
€œdiva - 1 freq
€œdavie - 3 freq
€œdiv - 11 freq
€œdave - 1 freq
devo - 2 freq
toaffay - 1 freq
teugh - 1 freq
dòigh - 1 freq
divi - 2 freq
diva - 1 freq
def - 4 freq
wtf - 14 freq
”div - 1 freq
tfi - 2 freq
dv - 5 freq
diveÂ’ - 1 freq
dof - 1 freq
deff - 1 freq
dvo - 2 freq
tuff - 6 freq
dfy - 1 freq
teevee - 1 freq
dveo - 1 freq
dvh - 1 freq
'deif - 1 freq
'deif' - 1 freq
tvh - 1 freq
taf - 1 freq
deffo - 3 freq
dvu - 1 freq
toof - 1 freq
df - 2 freq
ytfh - 1 freq
dif - 1 freq
'dove' - 2 freq
'dive' - 2 freq
devi - 1 freq
tuffy - 1 freq
to've - 1 freq
tvah - 1 freq
‘deaf’ - 1 freq
“deaf” - 1 freq
DEAF
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.178813 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 - 0.324882 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 - 0.028115 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 - 0.039352 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 - 0.000848 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.