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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to fam in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
fam (0) - 23 freq
iam (1) - 2 freq
sam (1) - 364 freq
'am (1) - 15 freq
eam (1) - 7 freq
lam (1) - 1 freq
fag (1) - 100 freq
faem (1) - 25 freq
am (1) - 1527 freq
oam (1) - 2 freq
kam (1) - 24 freq
gam (1) - 2 freq
fac (1) - 18 freq
fan (1) - 1354 freq
fawm (1) - 2 freq
cam (1) - 2618 freq
fai (1) - 2 freq
mam (1) - 246 freq
fah (1) - 9 freq
fm (1) - 90 freq
faz (1) - 1 freq
fa' (1) - 15 freq
wam (1) - 1 freq
yam (1) - 2 freq
fat (1) - 295 freq
fam (0) - 23 freq
fom (1) - 2 freq
faim (1) - 1 freq
fum (1) - 1 freq
fim (1) - 4 freq
fami (1) - 1 freq
fm (1) - 90 freq
foam (1) - 16 freq
fame (1) - 47 freq
faem (1) - 25 freq
bam (2) - 38 freq
fax (2) - 9 freq
fram (2) - 1 freq
sam (2) - 364 freq
faw (2) - 144 freq
aam (2) - 9 freq
'am (2) - 15 freq
eam (2) - 7 freq
dam (2) - 28 freq
faa (2) - 280 freq
fak (2) - 10 freq
fav (2) - 7 freq
tam (2) - 519 freq
oam (2) - 2 freq
pam (2) - 5 freq
SoundEx code - F500
fine - 1588 freq
fawin - 83 freq
fin - 1547 freq
faa'n - 8 freq
funny - 359 freq
fan - 1354 freq
faa'en - 1 freq
fin' - 13 freq
faain - 60 freq
faan - 69 freq
fun - 635 freq
fawen - 9 freq
faem - 25 freq
fen - 47 freq
funn - 25 freq
fain - 44 freq
'fine - 7 freq
feem - 11 freq
fame - 47 freq
fawn - 23 freq
foon - 7 freq
'fan - 2 freq
foun - 45 freq
fyne - 38 freq
faen - 7 freq
faim - 1 freq
foamy - 4 freq
fa'in - 19 freq
fyin - 1 freq
faaen - 11 freq
finn - 47 freq
faw'n - 2 freq
fume - 4 freq
femme - 2 freq
fouin - 1 freq
foam - 16 freq
fowne - 1 freq
feyn - 7 freq
fein - 3 freq
fone - 8 freq
fim - 4 freq
faun - 40 freq
fawin' - 1 freq
fanny - 36 freq
'fiona - 1 freq
fuin - 4 freq
fam - 23 freq
fiona - 42 freq
fa'en - 4 freq
'-fun - 1 freq
fyn - 8 freq
feein - 4 freq
famou - 1 freq
faemy - 2 freq
foun' - 7 freq
faun' - 2 freq
fa'n - 1 freq
funie - 1 freq
fiann - 1 freq
fon - 3 freq
foan - 1 freq
fawm - 2 freq
fiown - 1 freq
fionn - 1 freq
funna - 1 freq
faa'in - 2 freq
f''an - 1 freq
f'an - 1 freq
fann - 1 freq
fauna - 3 freq
fee'in - 1 freq
'fin - 6 freq
feinn - 1 freq
€˜fan - 3 freq
€˜fane - 1 freq
fne - 1 freq
€¦fin - 2 freq
fenn - 1 freq
fonn - 1 freq
€œfine - 7 freq
€œfun - 1 freq
famie - 1 freq
€œfam - 1 freq
'fame - 1 freq
fun' - 1 freq
f-in - 1 freq
€œfin - 1 freq
fa-in - 1 freq
finnie - 1 freq
féin - 1 freq
€˜finn - 2 freq
fianna - 1 freq
fuan - 2 freq
€˜fine - 1 freq
fm - 90 freq
feehan - 1 freq
fvn - 1 freq
fn - 4 freq
fum - 1 freq
fane - 1 freq
fion - 2 freq
fino - 1 freq
femi - 1 freq
fÂ’n - 1 freq
fimo - 1 freq
fom - 2 freq
fhm - 1 freq
fine' - 1 freq
funow - 1 freq
fonuu - 1 freq
fhma - 1 freq
fami - 1 freq
finÂ’ - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - FM
faem - 25 freq
vaam - 3 freq
feem - 11 freq
fame - 47 freq
faim - 1 freq
foamy - 4 freq
hvamm - 1 freq
fume - 4 freq
femme - 2 freq
foam - 16 freq
fim - 4 freq
fam - 23 freq
famou - 1 freq
vom - 1 freq
faemy - 2 freq
fawm - 2 freq
phemie - 2 freq
phem - 1 freq
famie - 1 freq
€œfam - 1 freq
'fame - 1 freq
vim - 1 freq
fm - 90 freq
vmmw - 1 freq
vm - 11 freq
vem - 1 freq
fum - 1 freq
yywvm - 1 freq
femi - 1 freq
fimo - 1 freq
fom - 2 freq
fhm - 1 freq
vimeo - 2 freq
fhma - 1 freq
fami - 1 freq
FAM
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.185555 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 - 0.323607 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 - 0.027494 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 - 0.036961 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 - 0.000828 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.