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Similar words to laafu in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
laafu (0) - 9 freq
aafu (1) - 14 freq
lawfu (1) - 3 freq
laafu' (1) - 1 freq
caaf (2) - 4 freq
lawfou (2) - 1 freq
laan (2) - 9 freq
lau (2) - 1 freq
lafn (2) - 1 freq
arfu (2) - 1 freq
aawfu (2) - 1 freq
laads (2) - 7 freq
laav (2) - 1 freq
saaft (2) - 5 freq
laar (2) - 2 freq
leafy (2) - 6 freq
afu (2) - 3 freq
lawful (2) - 3 freq
leaf (2) - 39 freq
laif (2) - 5 freq
laam (2) - 1 freq
laada (2) - 2 freq
liefu (2) - 1 freq
loafy (2) - 1 freq
laf (2) - 1 freq
laafu (0) - 9 freq
laef (2) - 6 freq
leaf (2) - 39 freq
leafy (2) - 6 freq
liefu (2) - 1 freq
laf (2) - 1 freq
loaf (2) - 81 freq
leefu (2) - 1 freq
leafa (2) - 63 freq
loafy (2) - 1 freq
laif (2) - 5 freq
lawfu (2) - 3 freq
laafu' (2) - 1 freq
aafu (2) - 14 freq
loafs (3) - 9 freq
waefu (3) - 25 freq
lyf (3) - 3 freq
aaf (3) - 23 freq
leafs (3) - 43 freq
laift (3) - 1 freq
naafi (3) - 1 freq
liefe (3) - 1 freq
faaf (3) - 1 freq
laft (3) - 26 freq
raaf (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - L100
lowp - 106 freq
life - 1934 freq
luve - 329 freq
lobby - 79 freq
lip - 84 freq
leaf - 39 freq
loof - 21 freq
love - 881 freq
leave - 447 freq
live - 418 freq
loup - 61 freq
lifie - 5 freq
leive - 25 freq
lap - 70 freq
leap - 17 freq
lf - 5 freq
lyfe - 38 freq
leeve - 81 freq
loabby - 24 freq
loaf - 81 freq
lave - 227 freq
'live - 2 freq
'leave - 10 freq
luv - 183 freq
leefu - 1 freq
lv - 6 freq
life' - 5 freq
luif - 34 freq
'loup - 1 freq
lowpoo - 1 freq
lavvy - 37 freq
'lave - 1 freq
layby - 3 freq
lp - 8 freq
leif - 2 freq
leep - 2 freq
lab - 29 freq
liv - 12 freq
laeve - 37 freq
leav - 1 freq
libby - 10 freq
lawfou - 1 freq
lippy - 1 freq
loafy - 1 freq
'luve' - 1 freq
leev - 3 freq
lavee - 1 freq
luviee - 2 freq
lobbee - 1 freq
'love' - 1 freq
lief - 3 freq
lep - 5 freq
'life' - 1 freq
lava - 4 freq
laff - 7 freq
libbie - 1 freq
lay-by - 3 freq
lavvie - 18 freq
lib - 13 freq
low-pey - 2 freq
low-pay - 1 freq
leve - 2 freq
liff - 2 freq
loopy - 3 freq
lef - 7 freq
lepp - 2 freq
'love - 3 freq
levi - 12 freq
loop - 9 freq
'live' - 2 freq
lawvie - 1 freq
liefe - 1 freq
labeo - 1 freq
laafu - 9 freq
'laeve - 1 freq
leafy - 6 freq
'leaf' - 1 freq
liffey - 2 freq
lawvy - 1 freq
laif - 5 freq
laef - 6 freq
lefe - 1 freq
love-' - 1 freq
live' - 3 freq
lof - 1 freq
lyf - 3 freq
laav - 1 freq
'loab - 1 freq
laev - 3 freq
lob - 5 freq
lev - 1 freq
laep - 2 freq
lif' - 17 freq
laafu' - 1 freq
laive - 3 freq
læv - 1 freq
lieve - 1 freq
löf - 3 freq
love' - 2 freq
leefie - 4 freq
lufe - 1 freq
lavey - 2 freq
'life - 3 freq
lavvy' - 1 freq
lup - 1 freq
luiv - 7 freq
lyvia - 2 freq
lawfu - 3 freq
looby - 1 freq
livvy - 49 freq
loaby - 3 freq
liefu - 1 freq
lb - 4 freq
levoy - 1 freq
lovey - 1 freq
€˜leave - 4 freq
luive - 9 freq
€œleave - 2 freq
€˜life - 1 freq
lippie - 1 freq
€™lb - 1 freq
lavy - 3 freq
€œlowp - 1 freq
líve - 2 freq
€œlife - 1 freq
lawfae - 2 freq
€˜lowp - 1 freq
lbao - 1 freq
lpb - 1 freq
lyffe - 3 freq
laavie - 1 freq
lwp - 1 freq
livi - 2 freq
lwb - 1 freq
lbw - 1 freq
laf - 1 freq
lvu - 1 freq
luvvie - 1 freq
lopp - 1 freq
lff - 1 freq
love” - 1 freq
llb - 1 freq
luvvy - 5 freq
luff - 4 freq
lwf - 1 freq
loff - 2 freq
lubowho - 5 freq
leibh - 1 freq
leafa - 63 freq
livie - 8 freq
lbh - 1 freq
lope - 1 freq
luvf - 1 freq
lfyw - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - LF
laugh - 247 freq
life - 1934 freq
luve - 329 freq
leaf - 39 freq
loof - 21 freq
love - 881 freq
laigh - 15 freq
leave - 447 freq
live - 418 freq
lifie - 5 freq
leive - 25 freq
lf - 5 freq
lyfe - 38 freq
leeve - 81 freq
loaf - 81 freq
lave - 227 freq
'live - 2 freq
'leave - 10 freq
luv - 183 freq
leefu - 1 freq
lv - 6 freq
life' - 5 freq
luif - 34 freq
lavvy - 37 freq
'lave - 1 freq
leif - 2 freq
liv - 12 freq
laeve - 37 freq
leav - 1 freq
lough - 18 freq
lawfou - 1 freq
loafy - 1 freq
'luve' - 1 freq
leev - 3 freq
lavee - 1 freq
luviee - 2 freq
'love' - 1 freq
lief - 3 freq
'life' - 1 freq
lava - 4 freq
laff - 7 freq
lavvie - 18 freq
leve - 2 freq
liff - 2 freq
lef - 7 freq
'love - 3 freq
levi - 12 freq
'live' - 2 freq
lawvie - 1 freq
liefe - 1 freq
laafu - 9 freq
'laeve - 1 freq
leafy - 6 freq
'leaf' - 1 freq
liffey - 2 freq
lawvy - 1 freq
laif - 5 freq
laagh - 2 freq
laef - 6 freq
lefe - 1 freq
love-' - 1 freq
live' - 3 freq
lof - 1 freq
lyf - 3 freq
laav - 1 freq
laev - 3 freq
lev - 1 freq
lif' - 17 freq
laafu' - 1 freq
hlf - 2 freq
laive - 3 freq
læv - 1 freq
lieve - 1 freq
löf - 3 freq
love' - 2 freq
leefie - 4 freq
lufe - 1 freq
lavey - 2 freq
'life - 3 freq
lavvy' - 1 freq
logh - 1 freq
luiv - 7 freq
lyvia - 2 freq
lawfu - 3 freq
livvy - 49 freq
liefu - 1 freq
levoy - 1 freq
lovey - 1 freq
€˜leave - 4 freq
luive - 9 freq
€œleave - 2 freq
€˜life - 1 freq
lavy - 3 freq
líve - 2 freq
€œlife - 1 freq
lawfae - 2 freq
lyffe - 3 freq
laavie - 1 freq
livi - 2 freq
leigh - 2 freq
laf - 1 freq
lvu - 1 freq
luvvie - 1 freq
lff - 1 freq
love” - 1 freq
luvvy - 5 freq
luff - 4 freq
lwf - 1 freq
loff - 2 freq
hlv - 1 freq
leafa - 63 freq
livie - 8 freq
lfyw - 1 freq
LAAFU
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.183822 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 - 0.355000 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 - 0.033756 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 - 0.038769 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 - 0.000855 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.