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Similar words to lerrit in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
lerrit (0) - 2 freq
learit (1) - 3 freq
lernit (1) - 1 freq
kerrit (1) - 1 freq
herrit (1) - 1 freq
merrit (1) - 6 freq
leirit (1) - 24 freq
learnt (2) - 153 freq
birrit (2) - 3 freq
perfit (2) - 31 freq
leapit (2) - 2 freq
leart (2) - 4 freq
clertit (2) - 1 freq
rearit (2) - 1 freq
lerrick (2) - 4 freq
leemit (2) - 14 freq
ferric (2) - 1 freq
lirkit (2) - 7 freq
hurrit (2) - 11 freq
werit (2) - 1 freq
leggit (2) - 1 freq
forrit (2) - 527 freq
terrie (2) - 2 freq
hermit (2) - 17 freq
larrie (2) - 2 freq
lerrit (0) - 2 freq
leirit (2) - 24 freq
merrit (2) - 6 freq
herrit (2) - 1 freq
learit (2) - 3 freq
lernit (2) - 1 freq
kerrit (2) - 1 freq
arrit (3) - 1 freq
lardit (3) - 1 freq
borrit (3) - 1 freq
larrie (3) - 2 freq
lerrum (3) - 3 freq
sorrit (3) - 4 freq
wirrit (3) - 3 freq
farrit (3) - 1 freq
lernt (3) - 4 freq
worrit (3) - 22 freq
ferret (3) - 6 freq
herriet (3) - 4 freq
varrit (3) - 1 freq
purrit (3) - 1 freq
merriet (3) - 39 freq
ferriet (3) - 1 freq
seurrit (3) - 1 freq
leart (3) - 4 freq
SoundEx code - L630
lairdie - 3 freq
laird - 172 freq
lord' - 3 freq
'lord - 8 freq
lord - 396 freq
lourdie - 2 freq
laired - 8 freq
lowert - 1 freq
lowered - 25 freq
lard - 4 freq
lourd - 11 freq
leered - 1 freq
leart - 4 freq
lyart - 7 freq
lairt - 5 freq
loured - 4 freq
leared - 1 freq
lowerit - 1 freq
lrouthie - 1 freq
lart - 1 freq
loard - 244 freq
'loard - 10 freq
loardo - 1 freq
loard' - 2 freq
'loard' - 1 freq
lured - 2 freq
lurid - 1 freq
'lord' - 1 freq
layert - 2 freq
leirit - 24 freq
lowurd - 1 freq
layered - 3 freq
loert - 2 freq
laureate - 3 freq
lairit - 1 freq
lorde - 4 freq
learit - 3 freq
€˜laird - 1 freq
leired - 1 freq
lerrit - 2 freq
€œlaird - 2 freq
lawert - 1 freq
€œlord - 2 freq
‘lurred’ - 1 freq
lurredÂ’ - 1 freq
lurred - 1 freq
“lord - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - LRT
lairdie - 3 freq
laird - 172 freq
lord' - 3 freq
'lord - 8 freq
lord - 396 freq
lourdie - 2 freq
laired - 8 freq
lard - 4 freq
lourd - 11 freq
leered - 1 freq
leart - 4 freq
lairt - 5 freq
loured - 4 freq
leared - 1 freq
lart - 1 freq
loard - 244 freq
'loard - 10 freq
loardo - 1 freq
loard' - 2 freq
'loard' - 1 freq
lured - 2 freq
lurid - 1 freq
'lord' - 1 freq
leirit - 24 freq
loert - 2 freq
laureate - 3 freq
lairit - 1 freq
lorde - 4 freq
learit - 3 freq
€˜laird - 1 freq
leired - 1 freq
lerrit - 2 freq
€œlaird - 2 freq
€œlord - 2 freq
‘lurred’ - 1 freq
lurredÂ’ - 1 freq
lurred - 1 freq
“lord - 1 freq
LERRIT
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.206250 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 - 0.404319 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 - 0.029430 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 - 0.038910 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 - 0.000796 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.