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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to lavvies in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
lavvies (0) - 10 freq
lawvies (1) - 1 freq
lavvie (1) - 18 freq
luvlies (2) - 1 freq
lassies (2) - 296 freq
ladies (2) - 51 freq
davies (2) - 13 freq
lawies (2) - 1 freq
rivvies (2) - 1 freq
lambies (2) - 4 freq
laeves (2) - 16 freq
lasgies (2) - 3 freq
javvie (2) - 1 freq
lawvie (2) - 1 freq
lovies (2) - 1 freq
laavie (2) - 1 freq
laves (2) - 3 freq
pavvie (2) - 2 freq
navies (2) - 1 freq
lanies (2) - 1 freq
lavvy's (2) - 1 freq
larries (2) - 8 freq
laudies (2) - 1 freq
lammies (2) - 5 freq
laddies (2) - 196 freq
lavvies (0) - 10 freq
lavvie (2) - 18 freq
lawvies (2) - 1 freq
lovies (3) - 1 freq
luvvie (3) - 1 freq
lavins (3) - 1 freq
lavvy's (3) - 1 freq
levies (3) - 1 freq
laves (3) - 3 freq
laeves (3) - 16 freq
rivvies (3) - 1 freq
livvys (3) - 1 freq
luvlies (3) - 1 freq
livvel (4) - 2 freq
lavvy' (4) - 1 freq
loves (4) - 63 freq
luvvers (4) - 1 freq
levils (4) - 1 freq
leeves (4) - 19 freq
liveries (4) - 1 freq
livveen (4) - 1 freq
lavroos (4) - 1 freq
lives (4) - 236 freq
leives (4) - 3 freq
leaves (4) - 203 freq
SoundEx code - L120
lives - 236 freq
leafs - 43 freq
lips - 193 freq
leaves - 203 freq
loofs - 6 freq
life's - 64 freq
laifs - 2 freq
luves - 16 freq
leeves - 19 freq
love's - 12 freq
loves - 63 freq
loups - 6 freq
laps - 7 freq
lifes - 48 freq
lowps - 29 freq
laves - 3 freq
leaps - 7 freq
luve's - 5 freq
lavvies - 10 freq
loabbies - 5 freq
lobby's - 1 freq
lyfe's - 4 freq
lyfis - 1 freq
levies - 1 freq
lobbies - 3 freq
luve''s - 1 freq
lapis - 1 freq
lavish - 2 freq
leps - 1 freq
luvs - 11 freq
loops - 4 freq
lippies - 1 freq
lawvies - 1 freq
loafs - 9 freq
'life's - 1 freq
lobs - 1 freq
loofache - 1 freq
lyf's - 1 freq
laeves - 16 freq
labs - 3 freq
laefs - 2 freq
leave's - 1 freq
löfs - 1 freq
lups - 1 freq
lawfowk - 1 freq
libs - 1 freq
lævs - 1 freq
luifs - 5 freq
lifcs - 1 freq
leefs - 1 freq
leifs - 3 freq
loufs - 1 freq
luipkie - 1 freq
leives - 3 freq
lovies - 1 freq
€˜lips - 2 freq
livvy's - 3 freq
liv's - 1 freq
lavvy's - 1 freq
lubeck - 2 freq
loaves - 5 freq
lapse - 2 freq
lives' - 1 freq
lhfic - 1 freq
llfox - 1 freq
lepps - 1 freq
lifeÂ’s - 2 freq
labs' - 1 freq
lbc - 1 freq
lbk - 1 freq
lvsz - 1 freq
lepucy - 1 freq
leaves' - 1 freq
lvg - 1 freq
lfc - 4 freq
lufc - 2 freq
livvys - 1 freq
lbx - 1 freq
lvfeze - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - LFS
lives - 236 freq
leafs - 43 freq
leaves - 203 freq
loofs - 6 freq
life's - 64 freq
laifs - 2 freq
luves - 16 freq
leeves - 19 freq
love's - 12 freq
loves - 63 freq
laughs - 56 freq
lifes - 48 freq
laves - 3 freq
luve's - 5 freq
lavvies - 10 freq
lyfe's - 4 freq
lyfis - 1 freq
levies - 1 freq
luve''s - 1 freq
luvs - 11 freq
lawvies - 1 freq
loafs - 9 freq
'life's - 1 freq
lyf's - 1 freq
laeves - 16 freq
laaghs - 3 freq
laefs - 2 freq
leave's - 1 freq
löfs - 1 freq
loghs - 1 freq
lævs - 1 freq
luifs - 5 freq
leefs - 1 freq
leifs - 3 freq
loufs - 1 freq
leives - 3 freq
lovies - 1 freq
livvy's - 3 freq
liv's - 1 freq
lavvy's - 1 freq
loaves - 5 freq
lives' - 1 freq
lifeÂ’s - 2 freq
leaves' - 1 freq
livvys - 1 freq
LAVVIES
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.193313 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 - 0.347304 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 - 0.027362 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 - 0.037357 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 - 0.000836 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.