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Similar words to john in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
john (0) - 802 freq
johns (1) - 9 freq
jon (1) - 4 freq
johne (1) - 1 freq
join (1) - 123 freq
joan (1) - 30 freq
'john (1) - 6 freq
joh (1) - 1 freq
johni (1) - 1 freq
jeh (2) - 1 freq
lorn (2) - 1 freq
nohin (2) - 1 freq
'oh' (2) - 1 freq
horn (2) - 57 freq
xohw (2) - 1 freq
jorg (2) - 1 freq
boun (2) - 10 freq
john's (2) - 43 freq
johnne (2) - 1 freq
poon (2) - 2 freq
jokin (2) - 46 freq
ron (2) - 12 freq
sown (2) - 5 freq
joint (2) - 50 freq
born (2) - 324 freq
john (0) - 802 freq
johni (1) - 1 freq
johne (1) - 1 freq
joahny (2) - 13 freq
jhon (2) - 2 freq
johns (2) - 9 freq
joh (2) - 1 freq
johnie (2) - 9 freq
jon (2) - 4 freq
'john (2) - 6 freq
join (2) - 123 freq
joan (2) - 30 freq
jen (3) - 6 freq
johnny (3) - 111 freq
jun (3) - 7 freq
juin (3) - 25 freq
jean (3) - 167 freq
ohne (3) - 1 freq
jqn (3) - 1 freq
hahn (3) - 2 freq
kahn (3) - 2 freq
jeyn (3) - 1 freq
jhg (3) - 1 freq
jowin (3) - 4 freq
gahn (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - J500
jam - 80 freq
jyne - 115 freq
jeannie - 91 freq
'jonah' - 1 freq
john - 802 freq
join - 123 freq
june - 101 freq
jean - 167 freq
jan - 25 freq
jeanie - 34 freq
johnnie - 28 freq
jona - 1 freq
juin - 25 freq
jamie - 118 freq
jim - 234 freq
jine - 37 freq
jimmy - 136 freq
'jean - 4 freq
jammy - 19 freq
johnny - 111 freq
'johnny - 1 freq
jenny - 175 freq
joana - 1 freq
jane - 50 freq
jannie - 10 freq
jonah - 30 freq
jenna - 5 freq
joan - 30 freq
'john - 6 freq
'jenny - 1 freq
jawin - 2 freq
jon - 4 freq
jeenie - 1 freq
jeyn - 1 freq
jimmie - 9 freq
jum - 3 freq
jn - 11 freq
jinny - 28 freq
jeemie - 61 freq
jimmy' - 1 freq
jain - 1 freq
jun - 7 freq
jennie - 7 freq
jhone - 71 freq
jshone - 1 freq
jannai - 3 freq
johanna - 2 freq
jammie - 2 freq
joan' - 1 freq
jm - 57 freq
juno - 2 freq
jhon - 2 freq
joanna - 7 freq
jön - 1 freq
jayne - 2 freq
'jeannie - 2 freq
jaanie - 1 freq
jame - 3 freq
johnie - 9 freq
jonny - 5 freq
janny - 22 freq
'jam - 1 freq
jowin - 4 freq
johann - 4 freq
jeemy - 3 freq
johnne - 1 freq
johne - 1 freq
jemmy - 5 freq
jen - 6 freq
joannie - 1 freq
€˜jimmy - 1 freq
jemmie - 4 freq
joanie - 1 freq
€˜john - 2 freq
jonnie - 1 freq
jen- - 1 freq
joni - 3 freq
joahny - 13 freq
joahnny - 3 freq
jeamie - 9 freq
jaimie - 4 freq
'jimmy - 5 freq
€˜jenny - 2 freq
jaune' - 1 freq
€œjonnie - 1 freq
johonnie - 1 freq
jeemmie - 1 freq
€œjohnny - 1 freq
€œjohn - 2 freq
jeanne - 1 freq
j'aime - 1 freq
jimi - 1 freq
joom - 1 freq
jenni - 1 freq
jiim - 1 freq
janey - 10 freq
jom - 1 freq
jnw - 1 freq
jcwme - 1 freq
jxn - 1 freq
jgzn - 1 freq
janie - 1 freq
johni - 1 freq
jeane - 1 freq
jamma - 1 freq
jkscwem - 1 freq
jynuuh - 1 freq
jqn - 1 freq
jcqn - 1 freq
joanne - 1 freq
jin - 1 freq
jaan - 1 freq
johnneh - 6 freq
MetaPhone code - JN
giein - 436 freq
gin - 1982 freq
gien - 1014 freq
jyne - 115 freq
jeannie - 91 freq
'jonah' - 1 freq
john - 802 freq
gein - 37 freq
join - 123 freq
'gin - 37 freq
june - 101 freq
jean - 167 freq
jan - 25 freq
'giein - 3 freq
jeanie - 34 freq
johnnie - 28 freq
geein - 42 freq
jona - 1 freq
juin - 25 freq
gean - 10 freq
jine - 37 freq
gie'in - 2 freq
gi'en - 7 freq
'jean - 4 freq
johnny - 111 freq
'johnny - 1 freq
jenny - 175 freq
joana - 1 freq
jane - 50 freq
jannie - 10 freq
jonah - 30 freq
jenna - 5 freq
genie - 7 freq
joan - 30 freq
hygiene - 8 freq
geen - 77 freq
'john - 6 freq
'jenny - 1 freq
jon - 4 freq
giein' - 4 freq
jeenie - 1 freq
jeyn - 1 freq
jn - 11 freq
jinny - 28 freq
gene - 2 freq
gen - 11 freq
ginnae - 1 freq
jain - 1 freq
jun - 7 freq
jennie - 7 freq
jannai - 3 freq
gi'n - 3 freq
joan' - 1 freq
gin' - 1 freq
juno - 2 freq
joanna - 7 freq
jön - 1 freq
giean - 4 freq
gie'n - 2 freq
jayne - 2 freq
'jeannie - 2 freq
jaanie - 1 freq
johnie - 9 freq
geian - 1 freq
jonny - 5 freq
janny - 22 freq
genoa - 1 freq
johnne - 1 freq
johne - 1 freq
gie-in - 2 freq
jen - 6 freq
joannie - 1 freq
€˜gien - 2 freq
€˜gin - 4 freq
joanie - 1 freq
€œgien - 1 freq
€¦gin - 1 freq
€œgin - 25 freq
€˜john - 2 freq
jonnie - 1 freq
jen- - 1 freq
gey-an - 1 freq
joni - 3 freq
joahny - 13 freq
joahnny - 3 freq
€˜jenny - 2 freq
jaune' - 1 freq
€œjonnie - 1 freq
gein' - 1 freq
€œjohnny - 1 freq
€œjohn - 2 freq
jeanne - 1 freq
gena - 1 freq
jenni - 1 freq
janey - 10 freq
geeeeeeoannnnn - 1 freq
jnw - 1 freq
gino - 1 freq
genny - 1 freq
janie - 1 freq
johni - 1 freq
jeane - 1 freq
gien” - 2 freq
jynuuh - 1 freq
gioni - 1 freq
joanne - 1 freq
jin - 1 freq
jaan - 1 freq
johnneh - 6 freq
JOHN
john - 802 freq
johnathan - freq
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.186306 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 - 0.344657 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 - 0.027376 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 - 0.036730 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 - 0.001017 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.