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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to referrin in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
referrin (0) - 11 freq
reserrin (1) - 1 freq
referring (1) - 6 freq
referin (1) - 1 freq
preferrin (1) - 5 freq
referrit (1) - 11 freq
reformin (2) - 3 freq
referrt (2) - 1 freq
revertin (2) - 2 freq
refrain (2) - 13 freq
preferrit (2) - 5 freq
reversin (2) - 4 freq
refarin (2) - 1 freq
recurrin (2) - 2 freq
inferrin (2) - 1 freq
reservin (2) - 1 freq
referred (2) - 18 freq
preferran (2) - 1 freq
heerin (3) - 3 freq
€˜fermin (3) - 1 freq
referencin (3) - 2 freq
severin (3) - 1 freq
eerin (3) - 2 freq
revellin (3) - 3 freq
revealin (3) - 14 freq
referrin (0) - 11 freq
reserrin (2) - 1 freq
preferrin (2) - 5 freq
referrit (2) - 11 freq
referin (2) - 1 freq
referring (2) - 6 freq
refarin (3) - 1 freq
inferrin (3) - 1 freq
referred (3) - 18 freq
recurrin (3) - 2 freq
referrt (3) - 1 freq
reformin (3) - 3 freq
preferran (3) - 1 freq
refrain (3) - 13 freq
furrin (4) - 7 freq
ferryin (4) - 2 freq
reframin (4) - 1 freq
reservin (4) - 1 freq
forrin (4) - 6 freq
preferrit (4) - 5 freq
revertin (4) - 2 freq
reversin (4) - 4 freq
reversan (5) - 1 freq
earrin (5) - 1 freq
rewirin (5) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - R165
refrences - 2 freq
reborn - 7 freq
repairin - 3 freq
reformation - 20 freq
reformer - 2 freq
reformers - 7 freq
reference - 53 freq
referring - 6 freq
referrin - 11 freq
rayburn - 1 freq
reverently - 4 freq
reverend - 40 freq
reverence - 10 freq
refrain - 13 freq
raivern - 1 freq
reformatioun - 3 freq
reformed - 5 freq
reprehensible - 3 freq
reaffirms - 1 freq
reprimandin - 1 freq
refrains - 1 freq
referendum - 151 freq
reform - 42 freq
reformin - 3 freq
reverent - 3 freq
references - 41 freq
raiferendum - 2 freq
raeburn - 1 freq
referent - 3 freq
referenced - 1 freq
referencin - 2 freq
referencing - 1 freq
refarin - 1 freq
raference - 1 freq
rebrand - 2 freq
refoarm - 1 freq
repreein-like - 1 freq
refoarmation - 1 freq
reprentit - 1 freq
reforms - 2 freq
reprent - 2 freq
rfairnie - 12 freq
reparein - 2 freq
reverant - 3 freq
referin - 1 freq
referential - 2 freq
referendums - 16 freq
reformt - 1 freq
refraint - 1 freq
€œreferendum - 1 freq
referenfum - 1 freq
reformist - 1 freq
reframe - 1 freq
reframin - 1 freq
refrained - 1 freq
re-born - 1 freq
re-appearance - 1 freq
reverrons - 1 freq
robreiner - 1 freq
repbrendanboyle - 1 freq
reprimanded - 1 freq
reprimandit - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - RFRN
referrin - 11 freq
refrain - 13 freq
raivern - 1 freq
refarin - 1 freq
rfairnie - 12 freq
referin - 1 freq
REFERRIN
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.215470 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 - 0.407085 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 - 0.031544 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 - 0.043589 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 - 0.001044 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.