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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to ruff in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
ruff (0) - 12 freq
ruffs (1) - 1 freq
fuff (1) - 6 freq
cuff (1) - 4 freq
rutf (1) - 1 freq
rufs (1) - 1 freq
puff (1) - 44 freq
duff (1) - 24 freq
'ruff (1) - 1 freq
gruff (1) - 16 freq
riff (1) - 1 freq
buff (1) - 15 freq
yuff (1) - 1 freq
luff (1) - 4 freq
guff (1) - 56 freq
ruft (1) - 1 freq
wuff (1) - 1 freq
ruif (1) - 77 freq
huff (1) - 34 freq
ouff (1) - 1 freq
tuff (1) - 6 freq
scuff (2) - 4 freq
ruby (2) - 8 freq
uffa (2) - 3 freq
ruefu (2) - 1 freq
ruff (0) - 12 freq
riff (1) - 1 freq
guff (2) - 56 freq
luff (2) - 4 freq
yuff (2) - 1 freq
wuff (2) - 1 freq
ruif (2) - 77 freq
tuff (2) - 6 freq
ouff (2) - 1 freq
huff (2) - 34 freq
buff (2) - 15 freq
ruft (2) - 1 freq
cuff (2) - 4 freq
fuff (2) - 6 freq
gruff (2) - 16 freq
ruffs (2) - 1 freq
rufs (2) - 1 freq
rutf (2) - 1 freq
'ruff (2) - 1 freq
duff (2) - 24 freq
puff (2) - 44 freq
reef (3) - 58 freq
raf- (3) - 1 freq
rebuff (3) - 2 freq
rfk (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - R100
ruif - 77 freq
ripe - 28 freq
rabbie - 63 freq
rev - 22 freq
rab - 169 freq
rob - 73 freq
raf - 7 freq
roof - 104 freq
rowp - 4 freq
reeve - 1 freq
ruby - 8 freq
rip - 55 freq
robbie - 61 freq
raip - 32 freq
rive - 18 freq
rope - 116 freq
rub - 50 freq
rou-fu - 1 freq
'rab - 2 freq
reef - 58 freq
rep - 3 freq
review - 71 freq
rave - 9 freq
rape - 19 freq
ruefae - 2 freq
roup - 24 freq
rippa - 4 freq
rieve - 1 freq
reive - 5 freq
ruff - 12 freq
reep - 2 freq
roap - 3 freq
raaf - 1 freq
ropey - 1 freq
rife - 18 freq
robb - 46 freq
rop - 6 freq
rap - 20 freq
raef - 2 freq
reap - 9 freq
rof - 3 freq
rabhy - 1 freq
rap' - 1 freq
rahab - 2 freq
robe - 5 freq
robby - 5 freq
rype - 5 freq
repey - 1 freq
rove - 2 freq
röf - 15 freq
ropp - 7 freq
'rip' - 1 freq
reuf - 2 freq
reefu - 1 freq
rüf - 7 freq
riv - 5 freq
rawp - 1 freq
røf - 2 freq
'ruby - 1 freq
ref - 36 freq
raep - 2 freq
raffie - 1 freq
ryve - 2 freq
rib - 8 freq
'ruff - 1 freq
rv - 2 freq
repay - 1 freq
rehab - 1 freq
review' - 1 freq
rivvi - 1 freq
€˜rabbie - 1 freq
rp - 8 freq
rubb - 1 freq
rape- - 2 freq
reeb - 1 freq
reif - 2 freq
ruefu - 1 freq
€œrope - 1 freq
riff - 1 freq
rapa - 1 freq
€˜rp - 1 freq
€™rip - 1 freq
rfo - 1 freq
raf- - 1 freq
rpb - 1 freq
roby - 1 freq
rbi - 1 freq
robbo - 1 freq
raphoe - 1 freq
rb - 8 freq
rwb - 1 freq
rov - 1 freq
rba - 1 freq
roofe - 1 freq
rvpw - 1 freq
rfv - 1 freq
robo - 1 freq
raiph - 25 freq
reubo - 1 freq
rve - 1 freq
rpp - 1 freq
rapp - 1 freq
rva - 1 freq
rfbv - 1 freq
ripf - 1 freq
rbw - 1 freq
rova - 1 freq
rfbiyi - 1 freq
rvpy - 1 freq
rbwweei - 1 freq
rpfw - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - RF
ruif - 77 freq
rev - 22 freq
raf - 7 freq
roof - 104 freq
reeve - 1 freq
rough - 48 freq
rive - 18 freq
rou-fu - 1 freq
reef - 58 freq
review - 71 freq
rave - 9 freq
ruefae - 2 freq
rieve - 1 freq
reive - 5 freq
ruff - 12 freq
raaf - 1 freq
rife - 18 freq
hrv - 1 freq
raef - 2 freq
r-agh - 1 freq
rof - 3 freq
rugh - 2 freq
rove - 2 freq
röf - 15 freq
reuf - 2 freq
reefu - 1 freq
rüf - 7 freq
righe - 1 freq
riv - 5 freq
røf - 2 freq
ref - 36 freq
raffie - 1 freq
ryve - 2 freq
'rough - 1 freq
'ruff - 1 freq
rv - 2 freq
review' - 1 freq
rivvi - 1 freq
yrivvi - 1 freq
reif - 2 freq
ruefu - 1 freq
riff - 1 freq
reugh - 1 freq
€˜rough - 1 freq
rfo - 1 freq
raf- - 1 freq
yyrof - 1 freq
raphoe - 1 freq
rov - 1 freq
roofe - 1 freq
hrf - 1 freq
raiph - 25 freq
rve - 1 freq
righ - 1 freq
rva - 1 freq
rova - 1 freq
RUFF
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.237486 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 - 0.565338 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 - 0.076063 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 - 0.037019 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 - 0.000824 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.