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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to leerie in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
leerie (0) - 22 freq
geerie (1) - 1 freq
leerin (1) - 5 freq
peerie (1) - 626 freq
beerie (1) - 7 freq
deerie (1) - 1 freq
leeries (1) - 6 freq
leefie (1) - 4 freq
feerie (1) - 5 freq
eerie (1) - 34 freq
reerie (1) - 4 freq
leevin (2) - 194 freq
teenie (2) - 54 freq
leer (2) - 4 freq
cherie (2) - 2 freq
heerin (2) - 3 freq
skeerie (2) - 6 freq
peirie (2) - 5 freq
jeelie (2) - 11 freq
eenie (2) - 4 freq
leeve (2) - 81 freq
veerin (2) - 1 freq
leverin (2) - 2 freq
needie (2) - 3 freq
peeric (2) - 1 freq
leerie (0) - 22 freq
reerie (2) - 4 freq
eerie (2) - 34 freq
leer (2) - 4 freq
lere (2) - 2 freq
lyrie (2) - 1 freq
feerie (2) - 5 freq
lurie (2) - 1 freq
lairie (2) - 2 freq
peerie (2) - 626 freq
leerin (2) - 5 freq
geerie (2) - 1 freq
leefie (2) - 4 freq
beerie (2) - 7 freq
leeries (2) - 6 freq
deerie (2) - 1 freq
aleerie' (3) - 1 freq
beirie (3) - 1 freq
eelie (3) - 1 freq
peeree (3) - 2 freq
leegue (3) - 2 freq
learit (3) - 3 freq
a-leerie (3) - 1 freq
verie (3) - 23 freq
leeze (3) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - L600
leerie - 22 freq
lory - 42 freq
lower - 57 freq
leear - 16 freq
lure - 6 freq
lair - 57 freq
lawer - 10 freq
lere - 2 freq
larry - 105 freq
lawyer - 33 freq
'leear - 1 freq
lairie - 2 freq
laayer - 5 freq
leir - 20 freq
liar - 24 freq
lorry - 14 freq
lear - 107 freq
lour - 5 freq
lore - 12 freq
leary - 1 freq
lara - 1 freq
laura - 190 freq
laur - 1 freq
lora - 1 freq
leer - 4 freq
laar - 2 freq
lare - 7 freq
layower - 1 freq
loire - 8 freq
loor - 2 freq
layer - 13 freq
lowry - 2 freq
lowrie - 19 freq
lyrie - 1 freq
lowra - 1 freq
lyare - 1 freq
lire - 2 freq
lauri - 1 freq
laer - 1 freq
lee-er - 1 freq
l'or' - 1 freq
lyre - 1 freq
'larry - 1 freq
lawrie - 4 freq
larrie - 2 freq
lori - 1 freq
larrea - 1 freq
lir - 16 freq
lr - 5 freq
lurie - 1 freq
ler - 1 freq
lri - 1 freq
'lorry - 1 freq
'lower - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - LR
leerie - 22 freq
lory - 42 freq
leear - 16 freq
lure - 6 freq
lair - 57 freq
lere - 2 freq
larry - 105 freq
'leear - 1 freq
lairie - 2 freq
leir - 20 freq
liar - 24 freq
lorry - 14 freq
lear - 107 freq
lour - 5 freq
lore - 12 freq
leary - 1 freq
lara - 1 freq
laura - 190 freq
laur - 1 freq
lora - 1 freq
leer - 4 freq
laar - 2 freq
lare - 7 freq
loire - 8 freq
loor - 2 freq
lowry - 2 freq
lowrie - 19 freq
lyrie - 1 freq
lowra - 1 freq
lire - 2 freq
lauri - 1 freq
laer - 1 freq
lee-er - 1 freq
l'or' - 1 freq
lyre - 1 freq
'larry - 1 freq
lawrie - 4 freq
larrie - 2 freq
lori - 1 freq
larrea - 1 freq
lir - 16 freq
lr - 5 freq
lurie - 1 freq
ler - 1 freq
wler - 1 freq
lri - 1 freq
'lorry - 1 freq
LEERIE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.197428 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 - 0.334494 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 - 0.028040 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 - 0.037000 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 - 0.000864 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.