A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Levenshtein Distance

Enter a word to find nearest neighbouring words, for example ahint

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - fine-grain concord -

Similar words to flows in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
flows (0) - 10 freq
flown (1) - 15 freq
flowes (1) - 2 freq
floss (1) - 16 freq
flowe (1) - 10 freq
slows (1) - 4 freq
lows (1) - 1 freq
blows (1) - 12 freq
flow (1) - 30 freq
flops (1) - 6 freq
glows (1) - 6 freq
floes (1) - 1 freq
flaws (1) - 11 freq
blobs (2) - 4 freq
fiown (2) - 1 freq
floo (2) - 1 freq
fowls (2) - 1 freq
fews (2) - 1 freq
flags (2) - 44 freq
thows (2) - 1 freq
blowts (2) - 1 freq
flour (2) - 15 freq
flow'd (2) - 1 freq
lobs (2) - 1 freq
slaws (2) - 1 freq
flows (0) - 10 freq
flowes (1) - 2 freq
flaws (1) - 11 freq
flops (2) - 6 freq
flawis (2) - 1 freq
floes (2) - 1 freq
flow (2) - 30 freq
glows (2) - 6 freq
flown (2) - 15 freq
blows (2) - 12 freq
flowe (2) - 10 freq
floss (2) - 16 freq
slows (2) - 4 freq
lows (2) - 1 freq
flowin (3) - 22 freq
flores (3) - 1 freq
lowes (3) - 6 freq
flips (3) - 2 freq
floats (3) - 13 freq
flopsy (3) - 5 freq
flans (3) - 3 freq
plews (3) - 2 freq
flams (3) - 2 freq
fleps (3) - 1 freq
flower (3) - 14 freq
SoundEx code - F420
flees - 70 freq
folk - 1669 freq
fleg - 84 freq
feels - 153 freq
folks - 110 freq
fyles - 44 freq
files - 108 freq
flakie - 3 freq
flock - 41 freq
flask - 22 freq
flash - 76 freq
flesh - 121 freq
flisks - 1 freq
fellas' - 1 freq
floozy - 3 freq
fellas - 12 freq
fella's - 2 freq
flegs - 10 freq
flag - 70 freq
flicks - 7 freq
false - 33 freq
flisk - 2 freq
flags - 44 freq
flowes - 2 freq
'flees - 1 freq
fleas - 13 freq
falls - 15 freq
flies - 32 freq
follows - 19 freq
flashy - 4 freq
fleece - 11 freq
fleys - 1 freq
fills - 34 freq
foolish - 4 freq
fellaes - 9 freq
folies - 1 freq
fliskie - 4 freq
flax - 3 freq
flake - 7 freq
flows - 10 freq
follaes - 58 freq
folk's - 25 freq
folks' - 14 freq
foals - 4 freq
flick - 25 freq
flexi - 2 freq
fells - 2 freq
floss - 16 freq
fallaes - 1 freq
flaws - 11 freq
flaes - 1 freq
fauls - 2 freq
flech - 8 freq
flocks - 10 freq
faalls - 1 freq
fules - 2 freq
fleshie - 1 freq
flosi - 2 freq
flaisk - 2 freq
flaky - 4 freq
flookie - 1 freq
flask's - 1 freq
full's - 1 freq
flux - 2 freq
flush - 25 freq
fails - 20 freq
folke - 1 freq
fiel's - 1 freq
fals - 1 freq
fiels - 23 freq
flooch - 2 freq
floozie - 3 freq
folly's - 1 freq
folk' - 3 freq
followeq - 1 freq
flakey - 4 freq
'folk - 2 freq
fliche - 1 freq
fly's - 1 freq
flea's - 2 freq
flays - 1 freq
faals - 1 freq
fuels - 6 freq
fools - 12 freq
follies - 8 freq
fellows - 1 freq
flex - 1 freq
fulls - 2 freq
fleish - 3 freq
fuils - 7 freq
fellah's - 2 freq
felix - 1 freq
fallguy - 1 freq
flook - 1 freq
fallas' - 3 freq
flags' - 2 freq
f-holes - 1 freq
flak - 6 freq
flesk - 5 freq
flesch - 2 freq
folyies - 1 freq
fluke - 1 freq
flossy - 1 freq
floss's - 1 freq
fooils - 1 freq
faalse - 1 freq
flasks - 9 freq
flaigs - 1 freq
flakki - 1 freq
fuilish - 5 freq
falso - 1 freq
feelies - 1 freq
fulische - 1 freq
flecks - 3 freq
foulk - 15 freq
folloos - 1 freq
fleish' - 1 freq
foula's - 1 freq
föl's - 1 freq
filk - 12 freq
filikie - 2 freq
filch - 1 freq
flag's - 1 freq
fowls - 1 freq
flesks - 1 freq
flok - 1 freq
flugs - 2 freq
fleech - 1 freq
flechy - 2 freq
failyeis - 1 freq
foilage - 1 freq
flegg - 2 freq
flech' - 1 freq
floes - 1 freq
feel's - 1 freq
follas - 1 freq
fleesh - 3 freq
flawis - 1 freq
foulis - 1 freq
foliage - 2 freq
flaaki - 1 freq
flog - 1 freq
'flock' - 1 freq
€œfolk - 1 freq
fallacy - 1 freq
flack - 2 freq
folios - 2 freq
flehg - 1 freq
fouls - 2 freq
faills - 1 freq
foalies - 1 freq
failzie - 1 freq
fallows - 1 freq
f''lyke - 1 freq
folloes - 1 freq
flossie - 1 freq
faels - 1 freq
flechie - 9 freq
fool's - 1 freq
foolÂ’s - 1 freq
flacky - 1 freq
fowlk - 1 freq
fleck - 1 freq
flys - 4 freq
fylse - 4 freq
folkÂ’s - 2 freq
fulca - 1 freq
'feels - 1 freq
follys - 1 freq
flushy - 1 freq
flushie - 1 freq
feuls - 1 freq
flc - 1 freq
folyx - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - FLS
flees - 70 freq
feels - 153 freq
fyles - 44 freq
files - 108 freq
villas - 2 freq
fellas' - 1 freq
floozy - 3 freq
fellas - 12 freq
fella's - 2 freq
false - 33 freq
'flees - 1 freq
fleas - 13 freq
falls - 15 freq
flies - 32 freq
follows - 19 freq
fleece - 11 freq
fleys - 1 freq
fills - 34 freq
fellaes - 9 freq
folies - 1 freq
ghouls - 5 freq
values - 14 freq
flows - 10 freq
follaes - 58 freq
foals - 4 freq
ghoulies - 2 freq
fells - 2 freq
floss - 16 freq
fallaes - 1 freq
flaws - 11 freq
flaes - 1 freq
voles - 2 freq
fauls - 2 freq
ghillies - 1 freq
volleys - 2 freq
faalls - 1 freq
fules - 2 freq
flosi - 2 freq
veils - 3 freq
full's - 1 freq
fails - 20 freq
fiel's - 1 freq
fals - 1 freq
fiels - 23 freq
floozie - 3 freq
folly's - 1 freq
fly's - 1 freq
flea's - 2 freq
flays - 1 freq
faals - 1 freq
fuels - 6 freq
valleys - 3 freq
fools - 12 freq
follies - 8 freq
valais - 1 freq
fellows - 1 freq
fulls - 2 freq
fuils - 7 freq
fellah's - 2 freq
villius - 2 freq
fallas' - 3 freq
vouels - 1 freq
vooels - 2 freq
flossy - 1 freq
fooils - 1 freq
faalse - 1 freq
velues - 6 freq
falso - 1 freq
feelies - 1 freq
phyleus - 2 freq
folloos - 1 freq
foula's - 1 freq
föl's - 1 freq
ghlas - 1 freq
vales - 4 freq
valles - 1 freq
fowls - 1 freq
floes - 1 freq
feel's - 1 freq
follas - 1 freq
phallus - 2 freq
foulis - 1 freq
vallies - 1 freq
phials - 1 freq
phil's - 4 freq
phyllis - 1 freq
fallacy - 1 freq
folios - 2 freq
fouls - 2 freq
faills - 1 freq
foalies - 1 freq
vailues - 2 freq
€˜valleys - 1 freq
failzie - 1 freq
fallows - 1 freq
folloes - 1 freq
flossie - 1 freq
vools - 3 freq
faels - 1 freq
fool's - 1 freq
foolÂ’s - 1 freq
flys - 4 freq
fylse - 4 freq
valley's - 1 freq
'feels - 1 freq
follys - 1 freq
vols - 1 freq
phils - 1 freq
feuls - 1 freq
vls - 1 freq
FLOWS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.173912 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 - 0.332590 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 - 0.027142 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 - 0.036699 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 - 0.000779 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.