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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to legacy in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
legacy (0) - 44 freq
legat (2) - 1 freq
leaky (2) - 2 freq
leary (2) - 1 freq
leggy (2) - 1 freq
lacy (2) - 6 freq
legally (2) - 13 freq
lunacy (2) - 2 freq
leccy (2) - 2 freq
legal (2) - 84 freq
leafy (2) - 6 freq
legacie (2) - 2 freq
lepucy (2) - 1 freq
megan (3) - 10 freq
logans (3) - 1 freq
legend (3) - 91 freq
healy (3) - 4 freq
lach (3) - 62 freq
glegly (3) - 18 freq
lgc (3) - 1 freq
legion (3) - 26 freq
lack (3) - 135 freq
heavy (3) - 192 freq
lekly (3) - 2 freq
leggit (3) - 1 freq
legacy (0) - 44 freq
legacie (2) - 2 freq
elegaic (3) - 2 freq
legal (3) - 84 freq
lepucy (3) - 1 freq
lgc (3) - 1 freq
logic (3) - 21 freq
leccy (3) - 2 freq
lunacy (3) - 2 freq
leggy (3) - 1 freq
lacy (3) - 6 freq
legat (3) - 1 freq
loggy (4) - 1 freq
logan (4) - 12 freq
lgaur (4) - 1 freq
elegance (4) - 2 freq
lego (4) - 19 freq
elegy (4) - 6 freq
legacies (4) - 1 freq
megic (4) - 2 freq
lugache (4) - 1 freq
liga (4) - 1 freq
legs (4) - 371 freq
leg (4) - 199 freq
lucy (4) - 5 freq
SoundEx code - L220
likes - 523 freq
likewise - 43 freq
lochs - 30 freq
legacie - 2 freq
lassies - 296 freq
likesay - 25 freq
lassock's - 1 freq
lassies' - 11 freq
laughs - 56 freq
lassie's - 44 freq
lykewise - 1 freq
lauchs - 21 freq
lucas - 2 freq
lakis - 1 freq
lyggis - 1 freq
lucus - 1 freq
lasses - 69 freq
locus - 3 freq
luckies - 1 freq
lue-seek - 1 freq
lugosi - 1 freq
loses - 6 freq
lachs - 3 freq
lexis - 4 freq
logic - 21 freq
loch's - 1 freq
lizzie's - 9 freq
leggies - 10 freq
lackeys - 3 freq
lasheg - 1 freq
losses - 15 freq
lashes - 7 freq
loki's - 3 freq
lockis - 1 freq
lauch's - 3 freq
legacy - 44 freq
looses - 2 freq
lajos - 2 freq
likesae - 4 freq
leagues - 19 freq
lakewyes - 1 freq
leeches - 4 freq
lauches - 1 freq
lasses' - 1 freq
loasses - 5 freq
locke's - 1 freq
likweese - 1 freq
likeweese - 1 freq
lugache - 1 freq
lieges - 1 freq
'lassies - 2 freq
lassikie - 2 freq
lowses - 6 freq
laaghs - 3 freq
like's - 2 freq
laich-hoose - 11 freq
lisa's - 1 freq
lucky's - 1 freq
lizzik - 1 freq
laikewies - 1 freq
laikes - 1 freq
likesey - 1 freq
lykewake - 1 freq
lassock - 2 freq
lakes - 2 freq
loghs - 1 freq
likeweys - 4 freq
likewice - 2 freq
liegis - 2 freq
lykwyes - 1 freq
lasgies - 3 freq
lookeg - 1 freq
luscious - 1 freq
laces - 11 freq
lykes - 4 freq
laichs - 1 freq
lykwise - 1 freq
likewyse - 3 freq
leggis - 1 freq
luggage - 3 freq
lagos - 2 freq
luca's - 1 freq
luggies - 7 freq
like-wise - 1 freq
leaches - 3 freq
loco's - 1 freq
league's - 1 freq
likeÂ’s - 1 freq
lassiesÂ’s - 1 freq
luchs - 1 freq
lcawwxk - 1 freq
lszhx - 1 freq
lauzzygxo - 3 freq
MetaPhone code - LKS
likes - 523 freq
legs - 371 freq
lugs - 411 freq
looks - 464 freq
legacie - 2 freq
likesay - 25 freq
loacks - 3 freq
locks - 37 freq
leeks - 5 freq
ligs - 19 freq
leccie - 2 freq
luiks - 77 freq
'looks - 2 freq
licks - 12 freq
leuks - 113 freq
lucas - 2 freq
lakis - 1 freq
lyggis - 1 freq
lucus - 1 freq
lugs- - 2 freq
luks - 30 freq
lukks - 8 freq
locus - 3 freq
luckies - 1 freq
laigs - 2 freq
lugosi - 1 freq
loccie - 2 freq
lacks - 9 freq
leggies - 10 freq
lackeys - 3 freq
liks - 7 freq
loki's - 3 freq
lockis - 1 freq
leg's - 7 freq
look's - 4 freq
lug's - 1 freq
legacy - 44 freq
logs - 7 freq
likesae - 4 freq
'lugs - 1 freq
liggs - 21 freq
leagues - 19 freq
laiks - 3 freq
laix - 1 freq
luk's - 1 freq
lik's - 1 freq
'looks' - 1 freq
luck's - 5 freq
leigs - 5 freq
locke's - 1 freq
laeks - 18 freq
lugs' - 1 freq
like's - 2 freq
lucky's - 1 freq
læks - 1 freq
laegs - 3 freq
lucks - 4 freq
laikes - 1 freq
likesey - 1 freq
lakes - 2 freq
likks - 2 freq
loogs - 5 freq
looks' - 1 freq
lokks - 1 freq
lykes - 4 freq
luxe - 1 freq
lax - 2 freq
leegs - 1 freq
lex - 2 freq
lags - 1 freq
likewyse - 3 freq
loks - 1 freq
leggis - 1 freq
leuk-see - 1 freq
loxy - 4 freq
loxy- - 1 freq
lagos - 2 freq
leccy - 2 freq
luca's - 1 freq
luggies - 7 freq
€œlugs - 1 freq
lx - 3 freq
loco's - 1 freq
league's - 1 freq
lcz - 1 freq
likeÂ’s - 1 freq
liuks - 1 freq
lix - 1 freq
lyhx - 1 freq
lexi - 1 freq
lexy - 2 freq
lox - 1 freq
laks” - 1 freq
LEGACY
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.188933 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 - 0.368669 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 - 0.027938 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 - 0.037197 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 - 0.000869 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.