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Similar words to dour in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
dour (0) - 124 freq
doer (1) - 1 freq
dor (1) - 5 freq
douro (1) - 1 freq
hour (1) - 132 freq
pour (1) - 29 freq
doyr (1) - 1 freq
doun (1) - 1274 freq
sour (1) - 7 freq
dur (1) - 1 freq
douk (1) - 8 freq
our (1) - 1 freq
dorr (1) - 43 freq
mour (1) - 4 freq
your (1) - 1688 freq
deur (1) - 2 freq
doup (1) - 18 freq
dour' (1) - 1 freq
bour (1) - 1 freq
dou (1) - 13 freq
doar (1) - 29 freq
tour (1) - 87 freq
four (1) - 176 freq
lour (1) - 5 freq
'our (1) - 4 freq
dour (0) - 124 freq
odour (1) - 3 freq
doar (1) - 29 freq
daur (1) - 73 freq
doyr (1) - 1 freq
deur (1) - 2 freq
dur (1) - 1 freq
door (1) - 1896 freq
doer (1) - 1 freq
douro (1) - 1 freq
dor (1) - 5 freq
dyr (2) - 1 freq
doire (2) - 1 freq
dura (2) - 1 freq
deir (2) - 7 freq
der (2) - 302 freq
doug (2) - 81 freq
doori (2) - 1 freq
dear (2) - 419 freq
dir (2) - 400 freq
dory (2) - 1 freq
dair (2) - 11 freq
dar (2) - 86 freq
dr (2) - 199 freq
deer (2) - 69 freq
SoundEx code - D600
door - 1896 freq
dry - 471 freq
dour - 124 freq
daar - 11 freq
daur - 73 freq
doorwey - 13 freq
dearie - 37 freq
dare - 57 freq
drew - 190 freq
draw - 172 freq
drowe - 8 freq
dree - 54 freq
dear - 419 freq
draa - 51 freq
deer - 69 freq
'draw - 4 freq
'dear - 4 freq
doorway - 17 freq
deary - 4 freq
dr - 199 freq
diary - 43 freq
der - 302 freq
'drew - 1 freq
diarrhoea - 3 freq
dure - 64 freq
dor - 5 freq
deir - 7 freq
'dearie - 1 freq
dar - 86 freq
doar - 29 freq
deer'' - 1 freq
dire - 9 freq
daur' - 1 freq
doorr - 1 freq
dorr - 43 freq
dra - 4 freq
drow - 4 freq
dour' - 1 freq
dur - 1 freq
dere - 207 freq
dairy - 28 freq
doyr - 1 freq
dewar - 9 freq
drah - 1 freq
dreh - 2 freq
doer - 1 freq
door' - 2 freq
dower - 2 freq
deere - 3 freq
diaorrhea - 2 freq
derry - 49 freq
dair - 11 freq
draaw - 1 freq
doorie - 3 freq
dir - 400 freq
dey're - 32 freq
'dey're - 2 freq
douro - 1 freq
duoro - 6 freq
dear' - 1 freq
duir - 26 freq
dray - 4 freq
duirwey - 1 freq
dore - 3 freq
dooer - 1 freq
d'ir - 39 freq
dær - 4 freq
deerie - 1 freq
droo - 1 freq
dey'r - 1 freq
door-a - 1 freq
de'r - 51 freq
dø-er - 2 freq
drowie - 5 freq
dorie - 1 freq
dere - 1 freq
deyr - 1 freq
dorro - 1 freq
dey're - 1 freq
deirie - 1 freq
dear - 3 freq
draw- - 1 freq
diarie - 1 freq
deir - 1 freq
dowier - 1 freq
dewer - 2 freq
deur - 2 freq
doorwaiy - 1 freq
dear - 1 freq
dory - 1 freq
darry - 1 freq
dry - 1 freq
derri- - 2 freq
derri - 4 freq
doori - 1 freq
dearie - 2 freq
dr - 2 freq
draa' - 1 freq
durie - 1 freq
drewie - 1 freq
door - 1 freq
d’oor - 1 freq
dyr - 1 freq
dwra - 1 freq
dura - 1 freq
dahri - 1 freq
dere' - 1 freq
dury - 1 freq
drhue - 1 freq
doire - 1 freq
‘diary - 1 freq
'diary - 3 freq
MetaPhone code - TR
tree - 607 freq
door - 1896 freq
touer - 60 freq
dry - 471 freq
true - 525 freq
tear - 100 freq
dour - 124 freq
daar - 11 freq
teer - 5 freq
daur - 73 freq
try - 786 freq
terry - 16 freq
tire - 12 freq
tore - 69 freq
dearie - 37 freq
dare - 57 freq
drew - 190 freq
draw - 172 freq
terr - 8 freq
tther - 6 freq
dree - 54 freq
dear - 419 freq
tour - 87 freq
draa - 51 freq
deer - 69 freq
trio - 16 freq
trow - 132 freq
tara - 16 freq
tyr - 1 freq
tray - 48 freq
'try - 4 freq
'draw - 4 freq
trew - 28 freq
'dear - 4 freq
hydro - 10 freq
deary - 4 freq
tare - 4 freq
teary - 3 freq
dr - 199 freq
teir - 10 freq
diary - 43 freq
der - 302 freq
'drew - 1 freq
-tree - 1 freq
tarry - 20 freq
tyre - 17 freq
torry - 16 freq
tirr - 5 freq
tor - 4 freq
taur - 9 freq
trae - 1 freq
tar - 26 freq
dure - 64 freq
dor - 5 freq
toor - 7 freq
deir - 7 freq
tiree - 2 freq
'dearie - 1 freq
torrey - 1 freq
tre - 5 freq
dar - 86 freq
tae'r - 2 freq
tooer - 11 freq
tarrae - 1 freq
ter - 6 freq
doar - 29 freq
troo - 51 freq
deer'' - 1 freq
toorie - 13 freq
dire - 9 freq
turra - 22 freq
teri - 4 freq
daur' - 1 freq
doorr - 1 freq
dorr - 43 freq
dra - 4 freq
to'oer - 2 freq
tree' - 1 freq
drow - 4 freq
dour' - 1 freq
dur - 1 freq
hyter - 2 freq
tory - 131 freq
dere - 207 freq
tarrie - 2 freq
dairy - 28 freq
doyr - 1 freq
t'er - 6 freq
te'r - 2 freq
tery - 1 freq
true' - 2 freq
tearie - 1 freq
drah - 1 freq
dreh - 2 freq
treh - 3 freq
doer - 1 freq
door' - 2 freq
tr - 8 freq
deere - 3 freq
terra - 1 freq
tree-ee - 1 freq
tru - 1 freq
ytr - 1 freq
'true - 2 freq
derry - 49 freq
terah - 3 freq
ture - 2 freq
dair - 11 freq
trua - 1 freq
draaw - 1 freq
tier - 36 freq
doorie - 3 freq
dir - 400 freq
dey're - 32 freq
'dey're - 2 freq
'túria' - 1 freq
túria - 4 freq
douro - 1 freq
duoro - 6 freq
tur - 2 freq
dear' - 1 freq
duir - 26 freq
taurrie - 2 freq
dray - 4 freq
'trew - 1 freq
trei - 4 freq
trou - 39 freq
dore - 3 freq
dooer - 1 freq
d'ir - 39 freq
dær - 4 freq
trie - 2 freq
deerie - 1 freq
ta-ra - 29 freq
taer - 1 freq
tarra - 1 freq
droo - 1 freq
dey'r - 1 freq
tourie - 4 freq
triy - 2 freq
'tree - 1 freq
door-a - 1 freq
hydra - 11 freq
de'r - 51 freq
traui - 1 freq
dø-er - 2 freq
to'er - 1 freq
troy - 8 freq
dorie - 1 freq
terr' - 1 freq
dere - 1 freq
deyr - 1 freq
dorro - 1 freq
dey're - 1 freq
tör - 1 freq
deirie - 1 freq
turr - 1 freq
dear - 3 freq
taury - 1 freq
draw- - 1 freq
diarie - 1 freq
deir - 1 freq
true - 1 freq
trow - 1 freq
tooorie - 1 freq
deur - 2 freq
dear - 1 freq
dory - 1 freq
darry - 1 freq
dry - 1 freq
derri- - 2 freq
derri - 4 freq
doori - 1 freq
dearie - 2 freq
dr - 2 freq
draa' - 1 freq
durie - 1 freq
terrie - 2 freq
terrie - 1 freq
door - 1 freq
treu - 1 freq
d’oor - 1 freq
turra’ - 1 freq
dyr - 1 freq
tir - 4 freq
tree’ - 1 freq
terre - 1 freq
dwra - 1 freq
dura - 1 freq
dahri - 1 freq
ytri - 2 freq
dere' - 1 freq
dury - 1 freq
doire - 1 freq
‘diary - 1 freq
'diary - 3 freq
'trio' - 1 freq
tra - 1 freq
hdr - 1 freq
torra - 2 freq
tori - 1 freq
DOUR
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.198205 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 - 0.308101 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 - 0.027940 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 - 0.036996 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 - 0.000815 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.