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Similar words to direct in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
direct (0) - 53 freq
directs (1) - 5 freq
direck (1) - 30 freq
directly (2) - 33 freq
defect (2) - 1 freq
direk (2) - 2 freq
directin (2) - 4 freq
directit (2) - 6 freq
direckit (2) - 2 freq
director (2) - 30 freq
dirlt (2) - 4 freq
fire't (2) - 2 freq
tire't (2) - 4 freq
dirt (2) - 69 freq
divent (2) - 1 freq
dire (2) - 9 freq
indirect (2) - 5 freq
dirl't (2) - 1 freq
erect (2) - 3 freq
divert (2) - 16 freq
redirect (2) - 1 freq
dialect (2) - 262 freq
digest (2) - 5 freq
dirdit (2) - 5 freq
tiret (2) - 1 freq
direct (0) - 53 freq
directs (2) - 5 freq
direck (2) - 30 freq
erect (3) - 3 freq
detect (3) - 5 freq
dreck (3) - 7 freq
indirect (3) - 5 freq
redirect (3) - 1 freq
dirt (3) - 69 freq
directet (3) - 2 freq
firct (3) - 1 freq
dirdit (3) - 5 freq
dialect (3) - 262 freq
directed (3) - 12 freq
directit (3) - 6 freq
directin (3) - 4 freq
defect (3) - 1 freq
directly (3) - 33 freq
direckit (3) - 2 freq
director (3) - 30 freq
dirlit (3) - 1 freq
dirlt (3) - 4 freq
derelict (4) - 2 freq
dilicat (4) - 1 freq
dreelt (4) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - D623
directories - 1 freq
drookit - 88 freq
direct - 53 freq
directions - 36 freq
dressed - 117 freq
driest - 7 freq
direction - 120 freq
doorstane - 5 freq
drugged - 4 freq
drouked - 1 freq
droukit - 21 freq
dracchts - 1 freq
drastic - 5 freq
drauchts - 4 freq
direckit - 2 freq
draggit - 11 freq
doorguidsakes - 1 freq
draucht - 16 freq
director - 30 freq
dragged - 37 freq
drawstring - 1 freq
daurk-heidit - 2 freq
draughts - 3 freq
durisdeer - 2 freq
dourest - 3 freq
draigit - 2 freq
draught - 6 freq
drought - 4 freq
directed - 12 freq
drawstrings - 1 freq
draughty - 1 freq
draiggit - 4 freq
dyrectien - 1 freq
drasteik - 1 freq
directien - 1 freq
dreesed - 3 freq
directien's - 2 freq
draiged - 2 freq
dearest - 19 freq
directit - 6 freq
directs - 5 freq
directly - 33 freq
daurg-days - 1 freq
drystane - 5 freq
druchtit - 1 freq
directors - 3 freq
doorstep - 17 freq
dreekit - 2 freq
directet - 2 freq
directory - 4 freq
dresst - 10 freq
dry-stane - 2 freq
dressit - 3 freq
draigged - 2 freq
draigg'd - 1 freq
drochtit - 1 freq
draucht-ox - 1 freq
darged - 1 freq
drauchtit - 1 freq
drystones - 1 freq
doorsteps - 2 freq
derogatory - 1 freq
drystone - 1 freq
drogheda - 1 freq
drog--drunk - 1 freq
dreucht - 1 freq
draacht - 1 freq
durestane - 3 freq
directionless - 1 freq
drouchtit - 1 freq
derk-eed - 4 freq
drouchty - 1 freq
door-stane - 1 freq
directorate - 3 freq
drauchty - 1 freq
directioun - 1 freq
drauchtin - 1 freq
dorset - 2 freq
drauchtsmen - 1 freq
direcktor - 1 freq
durkit - 1 freq
doricdictionary - 18 freq
drysdale's - 1 freq
dray-shod - 1 freq
drochty - 2 freq
drocht - 3 freq
directive - 4 freq
droggit - 2 freq
drauchtisman - 1 freq
drauchtins - 2 freq
dray-stane - 2 freq
droug-treffekin - 1 freq
deerstalker - 1 freq
draa-string - 1 freq
dresden - 1 freq
durkadale - 2 freq
derogatin - 1 freq
drysauters - 1 freq
dargit - 2 freq
directional - 1 freq
doorstepped - 1 freq
directin - 4 freq
€œdearest - 1 freq
drysteen - 1 freq
drakkit - 1 freq
draughtsman - 1 freq
durst - 1 freq
draagged - 1 freq
doorstap - 2 freq
diarist - 1 freq
drookid - 1 freq
drochaid - 1 freq
drochts - 1 freq
drastically - 1 freq
drookithoor - 1 freq
doricdj - 1 freq
dorichotel - 1 freq
drochdhuine - 1 freq
doricskateboard - 3 freq
drewstew - 14 freq
drookitfutrit - 1 freq
drjaydrno - 2 freq
doric-scots - 1 freq
darkside - 1 freq
darrksquid - 1 freq
drochtloff - 1 freq
drshtayyeh - 1 freq
doricdialect - 1 freq
dressdymeatsackhoweverduwants - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - TRKT
drookit - 88 freq
direct - 53 freq
drugged - 4 freq
drouked - 1 freq
droukit - 21 freq
trackied - 1 freq
direckit - 2 freq
draggit - 11 freq
dragged - 37 freq
trickit - 26 freq
draiggit - 4 freq
trikket - 5 freq
tracked - 8 freq
dreekit - 2 freq
trekked - 1 freq
trukkit - 1 freq
truckit - 1 freq
traikit - 2 freq
trackit - 1 freq
draigged - 2 freq
draigg'd - 1 freq
traiked - 3 freq
trackid - 1 freq
traikid - 1 freq
triggit - 4 freq
tract - 1 freq
derk-eed - 4 freq
trokit - 4 freq
trägt - 1 freq
trigged - 1 freq
durkit - 1 freq
droggit - 2 freq
troked - 1 freq
terracotta - 1 freq
tricked - 1 freq
drakkit - 1 freq
draagged - 1 freq
drookid - 1 freq
tricket - 9 freq
triket - 1 freq
DIRECT
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.271325 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 - 0.327846 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 - 0.027413 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 - 0.036940 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 - 0.000783 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.