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Similar words to gowks in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
gowks (0) - 11 freq
gawks (1) - 6 freq
gows (1) - 2 freq
gowns (1) - 2 freq
cowks (1) - 1 freq
gowk (1) - 47 freq
fowks (1) - 90 freq
gowk's (1) - 1 freq
howks (1) - 7 freq
gowls (1) - 2 freq
bowks (1) - 1 freq
gowps (1) - 3 freq
gonks (1) - 1 freq
gowds (1) - 1 freq
owls (2) - 3 freq
goods (2) - 21 freq
onks (2) - 1 freq
cooks (2) - 5 freq
bowes (2) - 1 freq
gorms (2) - 2 freq
docks (2) - 27 freq
rowls (2) - 5 freq
towes (2) - 6 freq
wks (2) - 1 freq
gowan (2) - 16 freq
gowks (0) - 11 freq
gawks (1) - 6 freq
gowls (2) - 2 freq
bowks (2) - 1 freq
gonks (2) - 1 freq
howks (2) - 7 freq
gowps (2) - 3 freq
gowds (2) - 1 freq
gowns (2) - 2 freq
gows (2) - 2 freq
gowk's (2) - 1 freq
cowks (2) - 1 freq
fowks (2) - 90 freq
gowk (2) - 47 freq
gowkin (3) - 2 freq
gawds (3) - 3 freq
goksu (3) - 1 freq
begowks (3) - 1 freq
gawkt (3) - 1 freq
gowans (3) - 22 freq
gowkit (3) - 6 freq
gawky (3) - 1 freq
geeks (3) - 1 freq
hawks (3) - 2 freq
mawks (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - G200
gauze - 7 freq
goes - 319 freq
gowk - 47 freq
gaze - 43 freq
gough - 1 freq
gies - 501 freq
guess - 144 freq
goose - 28 freq
gie's - 76 freq
geese - 42 freq
gausie - 3 freq
gas - 85 freq
guys - 464 freq
gig - 36 freq
guy's - 12 freq
guckie - 1 freq
gash - 14 freq
guig - 1 freq
gees - 41 freq
'gees - 1 freq
gaig - 1 freq
'gie's - 8 freq
gesh - 1 freq
gizz - 19 freq
gaes - 173 freq
gawkie - 1 freq
'guess' - 1 freq
giez - 1 freq
guse - 1 freq
'gies - 2 freq
gous - 1 freq
guys' - 1 freq
gus - 19 freq
gauge - 4 freq
gis - 1 freq
gieq - 1 freq
gask - 2 freq
gawks - 6 freq
gowks - 11 freq
gaga - 1 freq
gags - 2 freq
gayge - 1 freq
gass - 4 freq
geis - 8 freq
guiy's - 1 freq
guise - 17 freq
goach - 1 freq
ga-ga - 1 freq
geez - 20 freq
giza - 1 freq
geeky - 1 freq
geek - 3 freq
geeks - 1 freq
geggie - 17 freq
gouch - 1 freq
geg - 15 freq
goochee' - 1 freq
gawk - 3 freq
'gig - 1 freq
gigs - 5 freq
giess - 4 freq
gok - 1 freq
gic - 2 freq
gause - 4 freq
geggy - 2 freq
goog - 1 freq
gouge - 1 freq
giz - 1 freq
goss - 1 freq
gays - 1 freq
gioco - 1 freq
gaeg - 1 freq
gaawk - 1 freq
gawsie - 4 freq
gaius - 1 freq
guik - 1 freq
'gosh - 1 freq
gogh - 1 freq
gos - 1 freq
gucci - 2 freq
ga's - 1 freq
gauzy - 1 freq
gess - 1 freq
geck - 6 freq
giy's - 1 freq
gyos - 1 freq
guga - 1 freq
gouk's - 1 freq
gog - 1 freq
gowk's - 1 freq
geisha - 1 freq
'ghs' - 1 freq
gaws - 1 freq
€œguiss - 1 freq
geise - 1 freq
gauss - 2 freq
ges - 1 freq
€œgesgie - 1 freq
geyse - 1 freq
€œgies - 2 freq
goch - 1 freq
goosey - 6 freq
€˜gies - 3 freq
gcses - 3 freq
gigo - 1 freq
gec - 1 freq
guiss - 1 freq
gows - 2 freq
gawky - 1 freq
geex - 1 freq
gegs - 1 freq
€™gies - 1 freq
gowkie - 1 freq
€œgowk - 1 freq
geos - 2 freq
gag - 3 freq
€™goggz - 1 freq
gwcia - 1 freq
gaz - 1 freq
gaza - 1 freq
gooch - 2 freq
goksu - 1 freq
giggs - 2 freq
giggsy - 24 freq
gaÂ’s - 1 freq
gazza - 3 freq
gush - 1 freq
“geez - 1 freq
geog - 1 freq
gieÂ’s - 1 freq
gyz - 2 freq
gyoza - 3 freq
'gowk' - 1 freq
gokc - 1 freq
gyox - 1 freq
gqzuzia - 1 freq
gaisge - 1 freq
guz - 1 freq
giese - 2 freq
ghzkq - 1 freq
goz - 1 freq
gazzah - 3 freq
gosh - 2 freq
goggsy - 1 freq
ghqce - 1 freq
gegc - 1 freq
gassy - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - KKS
cakes - 54 freq
kicks - 27 freq
cogs - 2 freq
guckie's - 1 freq
kegs - 8 freq
cuiks - 2 freq
keeks - 15 freq
cocks - 11 freq
kecks - 5 freq
cooks - 5 freq
coggies - 1 freq
gawks - 6 freq
gowks - 11 freq
gags - 2 freq
cuckoo's - 2 freq
cock's - 3 freq
cokes - 2 freq
quacks - 1 freq
cox - 5 freq
cookies - 10 freq
gucci - 2 freq
gcse - 5 freq
coks - 1 freq
kakes - 1 freq
kieks - 3 freq
coax - 4 freq
goggie's - 1 freq
cowks - 1 freq
coax' - 1 freq
gouk's - 1 freq
gowk's - 1 freq
€˜cacks - 1 freq
coke's - 1 freq
cokkis - 1 freq
cakies - 1 freq
keks - 4 freq
kecksie - 1 freq
€™goggz - 1 freq
cx - 5 freq
ckykzz - 1 freq
kx - 6 freq
cocoaooze - 1 freq
gx - 4 freq
gcsw - 1 freq
kczoe - 1 freq
qikz - 1 freq
kxx - 1 freq
ggks - 1 freq
gxx - 1 freq
goksu - 1 freq
coxÂ’ - 1 freq
hwkqz - 1 freq
kickass - 1 freq
gxh - 1 freq
kgs - 1 freq
gcs - 1 freq
koxo - 2 freq
ygx - 1 freq
cxi - 1 freq
cxy - 1 freq
kix - 1 freq
qiyx - 1 freq
qx - 1 freq
qex - 1 freq
kxo - 1 freq
kxiw - 1 freq
goggsy - 1 freq
cgsa - 1 freq
kaikos - 1 freq
GOWKS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.217457 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 - 0.369449 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 - 0.027933 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 - 0.036670 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 - 0.000839 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.