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Similar words to plays in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
plays (0) - 123 freq
play (1) - 719 freq
pleys (1) - 30 freq
flays (1) - 1 freq
playd (1) - 2 freq
pays (1) - 13 freq
plaes (1) - 1 freq
'plays (1) - 1 freq
play's (1) - 2 freq
plans (1) - 102 freq
playt (1) - 3 freq
plags (1) - 4 freq
prays (1) - 4 freq
clays (1) - 2 freq
ploys (1) - 74 freq
lays (1) - 30 freq
fleys (2) - 1 freq
plav (2) - 1 freq
plus (2) - 69 freq
lass (2) - 495 freq
playin (2) - 338 freq
lads (2) - 494 freq
plae (2) - 1 freq
peans (2) - 1 freq
lay (2) - 385 freq
plays (0) - 123 freq
plaes (1) - 1 freq
ploys (1) - 74 freq
pleys (1) - 30 freq
ploos (2) - 6 freq
plees (2) - 6 freq
plies (2) - 3 freq
pals (2) - 357 freq
pleas (2) - 9 freq
plaese (2) - 5 freq
plous (2) - 3 freq
pulys (2) - 1 freq
plsay (2) - 1 freq
peals (2) - 2 freq
plus (2) - 69 freq
plaise (2) - 10 freq
palais (2) - 2 freq
pls (2) - 13 freq
play's (2) - 2 freq
playt (2) - 3 freq
plags (2) - 4 freq
'plays (2) - 1 freq
pays (2) - 13 freq
play (2) - 719 freq
flays (2) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - P420
pools - 19 freq
please - 561 freq
place - 1675 freq
plays - 123 freq
ploys - 74 freq
pulls - 58 freq
poles - 29 freq
poloko - 27 freq
'poloko - 2 freq
polis - 261 freq
plus - 69 freq
pool-she - 3 freq
pals - 357 freq
plash - 6 freq
peals - 2 freq
plaque - 17 freq
polish - 69 freq
place' - 8 freq
'please - 35 freq
pal's - 15 freq
plush - 6 freq
playhous - 4 freq
plug - 28 freq
pillas - 3 freq
pills - 16 freq
police - 77 freq
pulse - 22 freq
paul's - 7 freq
pulys - 1 freq
pliss - 11 freq
ple-e-e-ase - 1 freq
puil-she - 1 freq
pleugh - 2 freq
pliskie - 11 freq
placey - 2 freq
pleece - 1 freq
pleys - 30 freq
palace - 98 freq
plack - 3 freq
plook - 21 freq
'polis - 1 freq
pals's - 1 freq
pleuch - 12 freq
pails - 14 freq
piles - 26 freq
plees - 6 freq
pleas - 9 freq
plague - 24 freq
pales - 2 freq
peels - 30 freq
plous - 3 freq
pluck - 11 freq
pillage - 4 freq
plaece - 11 freq
puuls - 1 freq
plaza - 3 freq
pillows - 4 freq
puils - 9 freq
plaice - 13 freq
peelce - 1 freq
plaise - 10 freq
pill's - 1 freq
paal's - 1 freq
plooks - 8 freq
policy - 149 freq
placie - 14 freq
pals' - 2 freq
poliacs - 1 freq
palais - 2 freq
palsy - 2 freq
puhlease - 1 freq
pollis - 4 freq
plish - 2 freq
peleg - 3 freq
pillaes - 7 freq
plough - 7 freq
ploos - 6 freq
pleuch' - 1 freq
pauls - 1 freq
pallas - 2 freq
plaicie - 1 freq
plouks - 9 freq
pleg - 2 freq
plaese - 5 freq
plukey - 4 freq
'palais - 1 freq
'palácio - 1 freq
'palace - 1 freq
palace' - 2 freq
'please' - 1 freq
plece - 13 freq
palliasse - 11 freq
pleise - 2 freq
pailace - 8 freq
powls - 2 freq
plies - 3 freq
pulleys - 2 freq
plaags - 1 freq
polka - 6 freq
'place' - 1 freq
'plaece' - 2 freq
plicko - 1 freq
policie - 23 freq
playock - 1 freq
plashy - 1 freq
plags - 4 freq
polks - 1 freq
pollocks - 1 freq
poalis - 1 freq
palak - 1 freq
phyleus - 2 freq
plaess - 18 freq
placks - 3 freq
please' - 1 freq
pollok - 7 freq
plexie - 1 freq
palus - 1 freq
plouk - 11 freq
plaes - 1 freq
€œplease - 10 freq
€˜policy - 1 freq
plisky - 1 freq
poliss - 8 freq
puls - 4 freq
pollock - 3 freq
polls - 20 freq
plsay - 1 freq
palazzo - 1 freq
plews - 2 freq
peills - 1 freq
pleese - 1 freq
phallus - 2 freq
€œpolice - 1 freq
€˜plays - 1 freq
plucks - 1 freq
plucky - 1 freq
€œpleeze - 1 freq
€˜please - 3 freq
play's - 2 freq
palls - 5 freq
phials - 1 freq
phil's - 4 freq
pòliss - 2 freq
phyllis - 1 freq
€¦polish - 1 freq
playhouse - 1 freq
plugs - 5 freq
playocks - 3 freq
€”please - 1 freq
plaiks - 1 freq
€™please - 2 freq
pleuchie - 1 freq
pls - 13 freq
pleuks - 1 freq
plz - 2 freq
placeÂ’ - 1 freq
paulza - 1 freq
pleeeeeaaase - 1 freq
pleasssssssssssssssssseeeeeee - 1 freq
pleeeeeeeeeease - 1 freq
pleeeeeeeease - 1 freq
pleeeeeease - 1 freq
pleeeeease - 6 freq
pleeeeeeeeeeease - 1 freq
pleeeease - 1 freq
pleeeees - 1 freq
pallas's - 1 freq
'plays - 1 freq
phils - 1 freq
pillls - 1 freq
'pleece' - 1 freq
polos - 1 freq
“pauls” - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - PLS
pools - 19 freq
please - 561 freq
place - 1675 freq
plays - 123 freq
ploys - 74 freq
pulls - 58 freq
poles - 29 freq
polis - 261 freq
plus - 69 freq
pals - 357 freq
peals - 2 freq
place' - 8 freq
'please - 35 freq
pal's - 15 freq
pillas - 3 freq
pills - 16 freq
police - 77 freq
pulse - 22 freq
paul's - 7 freq
pulys - 1 freq
pliss - 11 freq
ple-e-e-ase - 1 freq
placey - 2 freq
pleece - 1 freq
pleys - 30 freq
palace - 98 freq
'polis - 1 freq
pails - 14 freq
piles - 26 freq
plees - 6 freq
pleas - 9 freq
pales - 2 freq
peels - 30 freq
plous - 3 freq
plaece - 11 freq
puuls - 1 freq
plaza - 3 freq
pillows - 4 freq
puils - 9 freq
plaice - 13 freq
peelce - 1 freq
plaise - 10 freq
pill's - 1 freq
paal's - 1 freq
policy - 149 freq
placie - 14 freq
pals' - 2 freq
palais - 2 freq
palsy - 2 freq
puhlease - 1 freq
pollis - 4 freq
pillaes - 7 freq
ploos - 6 freq
pauls - 1 freq
pallas - 2 freq
plaicie - 1 freq
plaese - 5 freq
'palais - 1 freq
'palácio - 1 freq
'palace - 1 freq
palace' - 2 freq
'please' - 1 freq
plece - 13 freq
palliasse - 11 freq
pleise - 2 freq
pailace - 8 freq
powls - 2 freq
plies - 3 freq
pulleys - 2 freq
'place' - 1 freq
'plaece' - 2 freq
policie - 23 freq
poalis - 1 freq
plaess - 18 freq
please' - 1 freq
palus - 1 freq
plaes - 1 freq
€œplease - 10 freq
€˜policy - 1 freq
poliss - 8 freq
puls - 4 freq
polls - 20 freq
plsay - 1 freq
palazzo - 1 freq
plews - 2 freq
peills - 1 freq
pleese - 1 freq
€œpolice - 1 freq
€˜plays - 1 freq
€œpleeze - 1 freq
€˜please - 3 freq
play's - 2 freq
palls - 5 freq
pòliss - 2 freq
€”please - 1 freq
€™please - 2 freq
pls - 13 freq
plz - 2 freq
placeÂ’ - 1 freq
paulza - 1 freq
pleeeeeaaase - 1 freq
pleasssssssssssssssssseeeeeee - 1 freq
pleeeeeeeeeease - 1 freq
pleeeeeeeease - 1 freq
pleeeeeease - 1 freq
pleeeeease - 6 freq
pleeeeeeeeeeease - 1 freq
pleeeease - 1 freq
pleeeees - 1 freq
'plays - 1 freq
pillls - 1 freq
'pleece' - 1 freq
polos - 1 freq
“pauls” - 1 freq
PLAYS
play - 719 freq
playing - 51 freq
playin - 338 freq
plays - 123 freq
played - 255 freq
player - 116 freq
players - 151 freq
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.207617 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 - 0.381638 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 - 0.027726 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 - 0.036963 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 - 0.000881 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.