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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to hired in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
hired (0) - 27 freq
tired (1) - 98 freq
hized (1) - 1 freq
wired (1) - 15 freq
hied (1) - 16 freq
hered (1) - 2 freq
shired (1) - 5 freq
heired (1) - 3 freq
hiked (1) - 2 freq
mired (1) - 2 freq
hire (1) - 12 freq
hirded (1) - 1 freq
hird (1) - 27 freq
haired (1) - 5 freq
hared (1) - 1 freq
hirer (1) - 1 freq
hires (1) - 1 freq
fired (1) - 59 freq
sired (1) - 2 freq
hitec (2) - 1 freq
hained (2) - 27 freq
hurled (2) - 20 freq
hare (2) - 199 freq
aire (2) - 61 freq
riled (2) - 9 freq
hired (0) - 27 freq
hird (1) - 27 freq
heired (1) - 3 freq
hered (1) - 2 freq
haired (1) - 5 freq
hared (1) - 1 freq
heird (2) - 1 freq
heared (2) - 14 freq
hirada (2) - 1 freq
herod (2) - 49 freq
hurd (2) - 2 freq
haird (2) - 124 freq
heryd (2) - 1 freq
herd (2) - 157 freq
hard (2) - 782 freq
heered (2) - 2 freq
sired (2) - 2 freq
fired (2) - 59 freq
shired (2) - 5 freq
hiked (2) - 2 freq
hied (2) - 16 freq
wired (2) - 15 freq
tired (2) - 98 freq
hized (2) - 1 freq
huird (2) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - H630
heard - 1263 freq
hard - 782 freq
hairt - 341 freq
herd - 157 freq
hert - 762 freq
hertie - 11 freq
haurd - 150 freq
haerd - 26 freq
hurrit - 11 freq
hurt - 115 freq
haird - 124 freq
hearth - 30 freq
hurried - 57 freq
hearty - 9 freq
heart - 171 freq
'hard - 2 freq
'here't - 1 freq
here't - 2 freq
hired - 27 freq
hurrayed - 1 freq
hairty - 3 freq
haired - 5 freq
hearit - 2 freq
huird - 2 freq
hairdo - 3 freq
hair-do - 2 freq
herrit - 1 freq
heairt - 1 freq
harit - 1 freq
harried - 6 freq
hairth - 26 freq
howard - 4 freq
hardy - 22 freq
hear't - 33 freq
herty - 9 freq
haert - 43 freq
heared - 14 freq
hairriet - 2 freq
hird - 27 freq
hoard - 9 freq
heyrd - 3 freq
haard - 17 freq
heryd - 1 freq
horatio - 2 freq
hirth - 1 freq
hirada - 1 freq
heired - 3 freq
heerd - 93 freq
hair-dye - 4 freq
heirt - 4 freq
harriet - 1 freq
hurriet - 4 freq
hart - 28 freq
hardie - 26 freq
herod - 49 freq
hoord - 3 freq
hairtie - 1 freq
hurdie - 4 freq
he'ard - 1 freq
her'd - 1 freq
herriet - 4 freq
horreed - 1 freq
hrt - 1 freq
heered - 2 freq
hert- - 1 freq
horrid - 9 freq
heard- - 1 freq
hærth - 1 freq
horde - 1 freq
heir'd - 1 freq
hort - 5 freq
herth - 3 freq
hearadh - 1 freq
he'rt - 4 freq
harraed - 2 freq
hered - 2 freq
herried - 4 freq
€˜heart - 1 freq
€˜hert - 2 freq
harte - 1 freq
harrit - 1 freq
hairrit - 1 freq
h'ard - 1 freq
€œhard - 2 freq
hiraeth - 1 freq
harrot - 3 freq
hir't - 1 freq
hared - 1 freq
€˜hairt - 1 freq
‘hard - 2 freq
hurdy - 1 freq
hurd - 2 freq
heird - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - HRT
heard - 1263 freq
hard - 782 freq
hairt - 341 freq
herd - 157 freq
hert - 762 freq
hertie - 11 freq
haurd - 150 freq
haerd - 26 freq
hurrit - 11 freq
hurt - 115 freq
haird - 124 freq
hurried - 57 freq
hearty - 9 freq
heart - 171 freq
'hard - 2 freq
'here't - 1 freq
here't - 2 freq
hired - 27 freq
hairty - 3 freq
haired - 5 freq
hearit - 2 freq
huird - 2 freq
hairdo - 3 freq
hair-do - 2 freq
herrit - 1 freq
heairt - 1 freq
harit - 1 freq
harried - 6 freq
hardy - 22 freq
hear't - 33 freq
herty - 9 freq
haert - 43 freq
heared - 14 freq
hairriet - 2 freq
hird - 27 freq
hoard - 9 freq
heyrd - 3 freq
haard - 17 freq
heryd - 1 freq
hirada - 1 freq
heired - 3 freq
heerd - 93 freq
heirt - 4 freq
harriet - 1 freq
hurriet - 4 freq
hart - 28 freq
hardie - 26 freq
herod - 49 freq
hoord - 3 freq
hairtie - 1 freq
hurdie - 4 freq
he'ard - 1 freq
her'd - 1 freq
herriet - 4 freq
horreed - 1 freq
heered - 2 freq
hert- - 1 freq
horrid - 9 freq
heard- - 1 freq
horde - 1 freq
heir'd - 1 freq
hort - 5 freq
hearadh - 1 freq
he'rt - 4 freq
harraed - 2 freq
hered - 2 freq
herried - 4 freq
€˜heart - 1 freq
€˜hert - 2 freq
harte - 1 freq
harrit - 1 freq
hairrit - 1 freq
€œhard - 2 freq
harrot - 3 freq
hir't - 1 freq
hared - 1 freq
€˜hairt - 1 freq
‘hard - 2 freq
hurdy - 1 freq
hurd - 2 freq
heird - 1 freq
HIRED
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.188718 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 - 0.366413 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 - 0.027879 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 - 0.039574 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 - 0.000857 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.