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Similar words to grease in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
grease (0) - 12 freq
greased (1) - 3 freq
greasy (1) - 23 freq
greast (1) - 1 freq
crease (1) - 3 freq
geise (2) - 1 freq
greiss (2) - 1 freq
gras (2) - 5 freq
lease (2) - 14 freq
reese (2) - 10 freq
grave (2) - 130 freq
preasa (2) - 1 freq
gress' (2) - 1 freq
preas (2) - 1 freq
greve (2) - 2 freq
areas (2) - 93 freq
dreame (2) - 6 freq
grees (2) - 18 freq
geese (2) - 42 freq
grass (2) - 101 freq
graze (2) - 9 freq
greece (2) - 23 freq
grasp (2) - 27 freq
greys (2) - 5 freq
grouse (2) - 29 freq
grease (0) - 12 freq
greasy (1) - 23 freq
greys (2) - 5 freq
grees (2) - 18 freq
grouse (2) - 29 freq
groose (2) - 4 freq
greesie (2) - 1 freq
gerse (2) - 2 freq
grose (2) - 1 freq
greased (2) - 3 freq
gras (2) - 5 freq
greast (2) - 1 freq
crease (2) - 3 freq
grefe (3) - 2 freq
gregs (3) - 1 freq
greasier (3) - 1 freq
rase (3) - 37 freq
grasse (3) - 1 freq
giese (3) - 2 freq
gress (3) - 199 freq
rese (3) - 1 freq
grane (3) - 4 freq
grete (3) - 2 freq
greene (3) - 2 freq
glase (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - G620
gress - 199 freq
grows - 40 freq
grass - 101 freq
girse - 90 freq
gray's - 3 freq
george - 170 freq
greik - 1 freq
garioch - 19 freq
growes - 31 freq
girssie - 2 freq
girzie - 2 freq
gurrs - 1 freq
grace - 153 freq
gairs - 1 freq
gaars - 1 freq
greece - 23 freq
greek - 75 freq
graze - 9 freq
gressy - 15 freq
gracie - 21 freq
gaurs - 2 freq
grush - 1 freq
greig - 9 freq
gars - 89 freq
greasy - 23 freq
garage - 56 freq
gears - 14 freq
georgie - 2 freq
gourock - 4 freq
greys - 5 freq
grouse - 29 freq
grease - 12 freq
gross - 6 freq
gruoch - 1 freq
girss - 16 freq
goarse - 1 freq
gairage - 6 freq
gaireyge - 1 freq
geer's - 1 freq
gar's - 2 freq
grassy - 7 freq
gruaig's - 1 freq
gris - 1 freq
gorge - 5 freq
gorgie - 3 freq
goers - 3 freq
grees - 18 freq
gers - 8 freq
groggy - 1 freq
'grice' - 3 freq
girs - 4 freq
grous - 2 freq
gurs - 1 freq
greg - 5 freq
greeks - 9 freq
gorse - 6 freq
gress' - 1 freq
garrs - 2 freq
groose - 4 freq
grice - 38 freq
garcia - 1 freq
garrioch - 1 freq
gairsay - 1 freq
'grace' - 1 freq
greyish - 3 freq
greiks - 2 freq
gruche - 1 freq
gerss - 5 freq
gary's - 7 freq
greggs - 14 freq
groke - 1 freq
grouws - 1 freq
gorehouse - 1 freq
gorie's - 1 freq
gorsh - 1 freq
graws - 4 freq
'grees - 2 freq
georgia - 6 freq
grushie - 3 freq
grigg's - 1 freq
grey's - 2 freq
gerse - 2 freq
giric - 1 freq
girsy - 1 freq
girssy - 3 freq
greiss - 1 freq
geerie's - 1 freq
gruggie - 2 freq
gros - 8 freq
greesie - 1 freq
grays - 2 freq
gruws - 2 freq
geirs - 1 freq
gryss - 3 freq
grues - 1 freq
groce - 4 freq
grose - 1 freq
gruesie - 1 freq
grosch - 1 freq
€˜grossa - 2 freq
€œgrossa - 1 freq
gurkha - 1 freq
grasse - 1 freq
grigio - 2 freq
€œgracie - 1 freq
gryce - 1 freq
gracia - 2 freq
€œgrace - 2 freq
girsey - 2 freq
gregs - 1 freq
grayÂ’s - 3 freq
giros - 1 freq
gras - 5 freq
grcu - 1 freq
gear's - 1 freq
'georg - 1 freq
gork - 1 freq
'girse' - 1 freq
“george - 1 freq
gairk - 1 freq
garish - 1 freq
gwurkyo - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - KRS
gress - 199 freq
coorse - 827 freq
course - 489 freq
grows - 40 freq
cries - 101 freq
grass - 101 freq
craws - 59 freq
gray's - 3 freq
cross - 244 freq
curious - 74 freq
croass - 8 freq
cares - 58 freq
cours - 1 freq
curse - 72 freq
gurrs - 1 freq
cairries - 36 freq
grace - 153 freq
cars - 91 freq
gairs - 1 freq
crouse - 32 freq
gaars - 1 freq
greece - 23 freq
cuirious - 3 freq
querious - 2 freq
crazy - 38 freq
graze - 9 freq
gressy - 15 freq
croose - 14 freq
craze - 6 freq
gracie - 21 freq
gaurs - 2 freq
caurs - 10 freq
corrie's - 2 freq
gars - 89 freq
greasy - 23 freq
caur's - 1 freq
coories - 5 freq
'cross - 4 freq
'course - 5 freq
coors - 4 freq
caress - 4 freq
curroos - 1 freq
craas - 6 freq
careous - 1 freq
queries - 1 freq
cairies - 4 freq
carse - 17 freq
greys - 5 freq
grouse - 29 freq
corries - 14 freq
curries - 7 freq
corse - 2 freq
grease - 12 freq
ycars - 1 freq
craw's - 5 freq
cures - 4 freq
gross - 6 freq
cros - 1 freq
hcro's - 1 freq
coarse - 67 freq
car's - 16 freq
goarse - 1 freq
cary's - 2 freq
gar's - 2 freq
grassy - 7 freq
crews - 4 freq
crows - 4 freq
gris - 1 freq
quires - 1 freq
quares - 1 freq
crusoe - 3 freq
carries - 10 freq
goers - 3 freq
carso - 1 freq
corss - 9 freq
'coorse - 14 freq
cora's - 3 freq
grees - 18 freq
cruise - 13 freq
crease - 3 freq
kerries - 8 freq
crehs - 1 freq
'grice' - 3 freq
grous - 2 freq
croas - 1 freq
criss - 5 freq
korea's - 1 freq
curios - 1 freq
gurs - 1 freq
craa's - 2 freq
cairres - 1 freq
cross' - 1 freq
currie's - 2 freq
gorse - 6 freq
gress' - 1 freq
garrs - 2 freq
craaws - 2 freq
currys - 1 freq
groose - 4 freq
grice - 38 freq
croy's - 2 freq
kerrs - 9 freq
croys - 1 freq
gairsay - 1 freq
'grace' - 1 freq
quarries - 4 freq
corry's - 1 freq
corrs - 2 freq
cores - 3 freq
gary's - 7 freq
kers - 6 freq
grouws - 1 freq
gorie's - 1 freq
caers - 1 freq
graws - 4 freq
'grees - 2 freq
croasss - 1 freq
crass - 4 freq
koors - 1 freq
quairs - 3 freq
grey's - 2 freq
cry's - 1 freq
keerious - 3 freq
crosshy - 1 freq
caress' - 1 freq
coars - 1 freq
cairrie's - 1 freq
greiss - 1 freq
kerr's - 1 freq
courries - 1 freq
gros - 8 freq
greesie - 1 freq
'curse - 1 freq
quarz - 2 freq
grays - 2 freq
courss - 2 freq
gruws - 2 freq
coorse' - 1 freq
quarry's - 4 freq
gryss - 3 freq
cuirs - 1 freq
grues - 1 freq
groce - 4 freq
grose - 1 freq
cruz - 1 freq
gruesie - 1 freq
€˜course - 1 freq
corsa - 1 freq
cawrs - 1 freq
€˜grossa - 2 freq
€œgrossa - 1 freq
€œcrazy - 1 freq
grasse - 1 freq
coires - 1 freq
cors - 1 freq
€œgracie - 1 freq
gryce - 1 freq
caries - 1 freq
carsie - 1 freq
cairious - 1 freq
crys - 1 freq
€œgrace - 2 freq
creus - 1 freq
grayÂ’s - 3 freq
ckeroos - 1 freq
carr's - 1 freq
craÂ’s - 1 freq
gras - 5 freq
carrie's - 1 freq
kris - 1 freq
caresÂ’ - 1 freq
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Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.217319 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 - 0.495613 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 - 0.029726 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 - 0.038018 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 - 0.000825 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.