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Levenshtein Distance

Enter a word to find nearest neighbouring words, for example ahint

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Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
selected (0) - 8 freq
'elected (1) - 1 freq
elected (1) - 10 freq
selectit (2) - 7 freq
erected (2) - 3 freq
refected (2) - 1 freq
seeched (2) - 1 freq
selectin (2) - 1 freq
reflected (2) - 11 freq
relented (2) - 4 freq
rejected (2) - 7 freq
deleted (2) - 5 freq
dejected (2) - 2 freq
sklented (2) - 1 freq
unelected (2) - 1 freq
select (2) - 8 freq
deflected (2) - 2 freq
neglected (2) - 6 freq
beleted (2) - 1 freq
ejected (2) - 2 freq
demented (3) - 8 freq
perfected (3) - 1 freq
slewed (3) - 1 freq
steched (3) - 4 freq
lested (3) - 4 freq
selected (0) - 8 freq
elected (2) - 10 freq
'elected (2) - 1 freq
select (3) - 8 freq
selectin (3) - 1 freq
unelected (3) - 1 freq
selectit (3) - 7 freq
selective (4) - 4 freq
slichted (4) - 1 freq
salted (4) - 5 freq
sliced (4) - 11 freq
saluted (4) - 2 freq
elocuted (4) - 1 freq
slotted (4) - 2 freq
selection (4) - 28 freq
slatted (4) - 1 freq
relocated (4) - 1 freq
salisted (4) - 1 freq
slanted (4) - 2 freq
slicked (4) - 3 freq
slocked (4) - 2 freq
slated (4) - 1 freq
deflected (4) - 2 freq
neglected (4) - 6 freq
rejected (4) - 7 freq
SoundEx code - S423
sleekit - 181 freq
slaistered - 7 freq
slaistery - 4 freq
slightest - 16 freq
slaister - 8 freq
slachter - 3 freq
slauchtered - 4 freq
slicht - 23 freq
slakit - 1 freq
slicked - 3 freq
sleekitness - 5 freq
sel-lichtlifiein - 1 freq
slauchtert - 9 freq
selection - 28 freq
slashed' - 1 freq
slightly - 46 freq
skulked - 1 freq
slight - 10 freq
slichtly - 6 freq
sleikit - 9 freq
squalloched - 4 freq
slaikit - 2 freq
soliciter - 1 freq
scliced - 1 freq
slichts - 2 freq
slouched - 3 freq
selected - 8 freq
skweel-kids - 1 freq
slickit - 2 freq
selcouth - 1 freq
sel-satisfaction - 1 freq
slagged - 5 freq
slauchter - 20 freq
slashed - 7 freq
slauchterin - 4 freq
skeiliest - 1 freq
slooshed - 4 freq
slochtered - 1 freq
sleekit-catched - 1 freq
sleckit - 1 freq
selections - 1 freq
skelloched - 5 freq
solicitor's - 1 freq
sulkit - 3 freq
'slighty - 1 freq
selectit - 7 freq
slaughtered - 4 freq
squelched - 3 freq
silliest - 1 freq
sel-esteem - 4 freq
solicitous - 2 freq
solicitor - 8 freq
solicitor-general - 1 freq
slightin - 1 freq
selective - 4 freq
sloosterin - 1 freq
slaisterin - 4 freq
selectors - 2 freq
select - 8 freq
solicitors - 2 freq
slaughter - 8 freq
solstice - 3 freq
sallust - 2 freq
slachtert - 3 freq
slaisterieness - 1 freq
sliced - 11 freq
salistit - 2 freq
slogged - 1 freq
slockid - 2 freq
slockit - 7 freq
sel-guidin - 4 freq
sel-guidins - 1 freq
sleeked - 2 freq
sleekitly - 4 freq
slaisterie - 2 freq
slicked-back - 1 freq
skylicht's - 1 freq
salisted - 1 freq
sleakit - 1 freq
sleekid - 1 freq
scalextric - 1 freq
slester - 4 freq
skylight - 1 freq
slekid - 1 freq
slauchters - 2 freq
slocked - 2 freq
skeeliest - 3 freq
slaughterin - 1 freq
squallocht - 1 freq
slesterie - 1 freq
sloosht - 1 freq
skeilliest - 1 freq
selecktive - 1 freq
sgeulachdan - 1 freq
slauchter't - 1 freq
slichtit - 1 freq
sleikitness - 1 freq
slack-jawed - 2 freq
slokkit - 1 freq
slaked - 1 freq
selectin - 1 freq
slichtlie - 1 freq
sleight - 2 freq
skylights - 1 freq
sleikit-lik - 1 freq
salusit - 1 freq
slauchteris - 1 freq
soleecitor - 2 freq
sulked - 1 freq
shell-suited - 1 freq
€œsleekit - 1 freq
solkits - 3 freq
sloshed - 1 freq
slaachter - 1 freq
sheilswud - 1 freq
slichtest - 1 freq
slooched - 1 freq
skylicht - 1 freq
scleusht - 1 freq
slichted - 1 freq
slauchterhous - 1 freq
schoolsout - 1 freq
shellsuits - 1 freq
selectivemutism - 1 freq
solicitors' - 1 freq
solist - 1 freq
slowest - 1 freq
sqlstudent - 2 freq
sealestu - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - SLKTT
selected - 8 freq
selectit - 7 freq
SELECTED
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.219688 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 - 0.418372 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 - 0.029492 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 - 0.037858 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 - 0.000801 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.