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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to sawdust in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
sawdust (0) - 25 freq
'sawdust (1) - 1 freq
saadust (1) - 3 freq
sallust (2) - 2 freq
saa-dust (2) - 1 freq
saddest (2) - 5 freq
'sawdust' (2) - 1 freq
stardust (2) - 1 freq
sadist (2) - 2 freq
saw-dist (2) - 1 freq
saadist (2) - 2 freq
saws (3) - 20 freq
sadhus (3) - 1 freq
saunt (3) - 14 freq
saufest (3) - 1 freq
fardest (3) - 4 freq
paddult (3) - 2 freq
safest (3) - 3 freq
saftest (3) - 3 freq
sandys (3) - 8 freq
sairest (3) - 4 freq
lawest (3) - 1 freq
saicunt (3) - 1 freq
sawins (3) - 1 freq
sauft (3) - 1 freq
sawdust (0) - 25 freq
saadust (2) - 3 freq
'sawdust (2) - 1 freq
saw-dist (3) - 1 freq
sadist (3) - 2 freq
saadist (3) - 2 freq
saa-dust (3) - 1 freq
saddest (3) - 5 freq
bawdiest (4) - 1 freq
'sawdust' (4) - 1 freq
sallust (4) - 2 freq
stardust (4) - 1 freq
sandirt (5) - 1 freq
sacrist (5) - 1 freq
saddos (5) - 1 freq
salusit (5) - 1 freq
sawes (5) - 1 freq
bawds (5) - 2 freq
aldest (5) - 1 freq
sands (5) - 24 freq
saidis (5) - 2 freq
saddent (5) - 1 freq
swuft (5) - 5 freq
wadset (5) - 6 freq
widest (5) - 3 freq
SoundEx code - S323
steekit - 73 freq
saddest - 5 freq
soothwest - 2 freq
sidestraddle - 1 freq
stockade - 1 freq
steikit - 22 freq
steeked - 2 freq
switched - 44 freq
set-stane - 1 freq
sawdust - 25 freq
steikt - 8 freq
stashd - 1 freq
sates-thaim - 1 freq
stickit - 12 freq
stacked - 6 freq
stock-still - 2 freq
stocked - 2 freq
sadist - 2 freq
swaitest - 1 freq
sweetest - 7 freq
sodgets - 1 freq
south-west - 14 freq
stoked - 2 freq
stockit - 4 freq
scutchit - 1 freq
stackit - 5 freq
stashed - 4 freq
'sawdust - 1 freq
staight - 1 freq
steched - 4 freq
stegged - 1 freq
sweetist - 1 freq
sooth-east - 4 freq
staged - 3 freq
soothwast - 2 freq
south-easterly - 1 freq
stooshte - 1 freq
stick-thin - 1 freq
saadust - 3 freq
seductively - 1 freq
stockades - 1 freq
saadist - 2 freq
stage-turnt-pulpit - 1 freq
swatched - 5 freq
stakehauder - 2 freq
sidestep - 1 freq
side-seddle - 1 freq
sooth-aist - 1 freq
stokit - 1 freq
stoak't - 1 freq
saa-dust - 1 freq
seduction - 2 freq
steycations - 1 freq
steyest - 1 freq
steggit - 2 freq
stecht - 2 freq
sooth-aest - 5 freq
sooth-wast - 2 freq
soot-aest - 1 freq
stuggit - 2 freq
steckit - 1 freq
stcuthbertsway - 1 freq
scottish-towns - 1 freq
steigt - 1 freq
scotstext - 9 freq
stocktakkin - 1 freq
'sawdust' - 1 freq
stake-hauders - 1 freq
scots-scots - 1 freq
stakit - 1 freq
stookit - 1 freq
sidesaddle - 1 freq
stakkets - 1 freq
saw-dist - 1 freq
stakehauders - 6 freq
southwest - 1 freq
switcht - 1 freq
€˜scotched - 1 freq
sketched - 2 freq
scots-tung - 11 freq
shitestormic - 1 freq
soothwesterly - 1 freq
scotstoun - 2 freq
soothsiders - 1 freq
south-wast - 2 freq
side-striped - 1 freq
saut-stung - 1 freq
side-stepped - 1 freq
sooth-west - 2 freq
stock-take - 1 freq
steughed - 1 freq
sticktaethexfactor - 1 freq
scotcuthbertson - 1 freq
scotsdictionars - 110 freq
scots-thank - 1 freq
sadisticmark - 3 freq
scotdecides - 1 freq
southstandview - 1 freq
sodastream - 1 freq
sthstanddon - 1 freq
staycation - 1 freq
scotchtaakin - 1 freq
scotsed - 1 freq
southsidegrrrl - 4 freq
scotstorycentre - 4 freq
scotcatherine - 1 freq
scottishtravellers - 2 freq
scotskat - 1 freq
scotsatlas - 6 freq
scotsdictionars' - 1 freq
scotsedu - 152 freq
scottishtwitter - 2 freq
scotsootanaboot - 1 freq
scotsaudio - 1 freq
scottishyouthfa - 1 freq
staycations - 1 freq
southgate - 1 freq
scotstoryforum - 2 freq
MetaPhone code - STST
saddest - 5 freq
sawdust - 25 freq
sadist - 2 freq
'sawdust - 1 freq
saadust - 3 freq
saadist - 2 freq
saa-dust - 1 freq
soot-aest - 1 freq
'sawdust' - 1 freq
saw-dist - 1 freq
SAWDUST
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.240897 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 - 0.351501 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 - 0.027794 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 - 0.045075 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 - 0.000800 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.