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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to desirable in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
desirable (0) - 4 freq
undesirable (2) - 1 freq
despicable (2) - 1 freq
veritable (3) - 2 freq
reliable (3) - 5 freq
undesirables (3) - 1 freq
describable (3) - 1 freq
miserable (3) - 56 freq
heritable (3) - 4 freq
meeserable (3) - 6 freq
sitable (3) - 2 freq
meiserable (3) - 1 freq
bearable (3) - 5 freq
debatable (3) - 1 freq
desire (3) - 50 freq
venerable (3) - 1 freq
meisurable (3) - 2 freq
repairable (3) - 1 freq
desiree (3) - 1 freq
memorable (3) - 10 freq
meesrable (3) - 2 freq
describe (3) - 43 freq
vejitable (3) - 1 freq
disable (3) - 1 freq
reperable (3) - 1 freq
desirable (0) - 4 freq
undesirable (3) - 1 freq
meiserable (4) - 1 freq
meeserable (4) - 6 freq
meesrable (4) - 2 freq
meisurable (4) - 2 freq
miserable (4) - 56 freq
disable (4) - 1 freq
despicable (4) - 1 freq
memorable (5) - 10 freq
desiree (5) - 1 freq
miserably (5) - 3 freq
describe (5) - 43 freq
reperable (5) - 1 freq
meeserably (5) - 1 freq
adorable (5) - 8 freq
repairable (5) - 1 freq
deeable (5) - 1 freq
venerable (5) - 1 freq
undesirables (5) - 1 freq
sitable (5) - 2 freq
describable (5) - 1 freq
bearable (5) - 5 freq
debatable (5) - 1 freq
desire (5) - 50 freq
SoundEx code - D261
deserves - 32 freq
'deserve - 1 freq
deserve - 63 freq
describe - 43 freq
descryvin - 2 freq
descrive - 25 freq
descrived - 18 freq
descrivin - 9 freq
described - 33 freq
descreived - 4 freq
deserved - 58 freq
description - 38 freq
descreeved - 1 freq
describes - 19 freq
descriving - 1 freq
desairve - 1 freq
decrepit - 3 freq
describin - 11 freq
desirable - 4 freq
descreivit - 5 freq
describit - 3 freq
disruptive - 1 freq
disrupt - 1 freq
desarves - 1 freq
desarve - 2 freq
descrievit - 5 freq
descriptive - 5 freq
descriptors - 1 freq
descrives - 14 freq
disrepair - 3 freq
deskrieve - 1 freq
deskreived - 4 freq
deskreivin - 1 freq
deskreive - 2 freq
disservice - 2 freq
descrieves - 4 freq
desairved - 1 freq
discrepancy - 1 freq
decriptive - 1 freq
descryvit - 1 freq
descreeptions - 1 freq
descreive - 3 freq
descrieve - 8 freq
desairves - 2 freq
desarivedly - 1 freq
deservaidly - 1 freq
descryve - 2 freq
descreve - 1 freq
disreputable - 1 freq
describable - 1 freq
digraphs - 4 freq
digraph - 3 freq
digraph's - 1 freq
discribe - 2 freq
describing - 2 freq
descriptions - 3 freq
descrption - 1 freq
descrieved - 1 freq
deservin - 4 freq
disrupted - 1 freq
deskrive - 1 freq
descreivin - 1 freq
descreeption - 1 freq
deservedly - 1 freq
disruption - 3 freq
deservis - 1 freq
descrievin - 1 freq
deservit - 3 freq
dscriptions - 1 freq
descrivit - 2 freq
descraib - 1 freq
deskraibs - 2 freq
deskraibd - 1 freq
deskraiban - 1 freq
djrobingalloway - 3 freq
descripshin - 1 freq
dwzrhypkhy - 1 freq
dsreb - 1 freq
dgriffinphoto - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - TSRBL
desirable - 4 freq
DESIRABLE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.179487 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 - 0.373979 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 - 0.027605 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 - 0.037058 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 - 0.000864 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.