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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to shelfie in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
shelfie (0) - 1 freq
shilfie (1) - 1 freq
sheltie (1) - 31 freq
selfie (1) - 11 freq
sheddie (2) - 2 freq
smellie (2) - 1 freq
shelvin (2) - 3 freq
skellie (2) - 4 freq
shelties (2) - 4 freq
twelfie (2) - 1 freq
sheepie (2) - 1 freq
sellie (2) - 2 freq
swelkie (2) - 1 freq
shelf (2) - 77 freq
selkie (2) - 17 freq
shillie (2) - 1 freq
selfies (2) - 8 freq
shellin (2) - 3 freq
shedie (2) - 1 freq
hellie (2) - 1 freq
shilfies (2) - 1 freq
shellfire (2) - 1 freq
selbie (2) - 3 freq
shelfs (2) - 8 freq
cheerie (3) - 11 freq
shelfie (0) - 1 freq
shilfie (1) - 1 freq
shelf (2) - 77 freq
selfie (2) - 11 freq
sheltie (2) - 31 freq
shilfies (3) - 1 freq
shillie (3) - 1 freq
shelfs (3) - 8 freq
skelf (4) - 36 freq
shella (4) - 3 freq
selfou (4) - 1 freq
shelt (4) - 28 freq
helf (4) - 2 freq
shelly (4) - 2 freq
shale (4) - 5 freq
shelvey (4) - 1 freq
shielin (4) - 1 freq
sheilin (4) - 2 freq
shelah (4) - 3 freq
sheaf (4) - 4 freq
shell (4) - 40 freq
sheil (4) - 15 freq
shallae (4) - 9 freq
shelley (4) - 2 freq
self (4) - 83 freq
SoundEx code - S410
sleep - 395 freq
slip - 65 freq
slave - 41 freq
skelp - 137 freq
shelf - 77 freq
slap - 53 freq
scliff - 7 freq
sleepy - 35 freq
skelf - 36 freq
sleep' - 6 freq
slop - 2 freq
self - 83 freq
solve - 9 freq
slab - 32 freq
sleeve - 46 freq
slepe - 3 freq
scalp - 6 freq
slippy - 11 freq
sleip - 4 freq
slope - 29 freq
slype - 3 freq
salve - 5 freq
slippie - 3 freq
slep - 10 freq
slipway - 2 freq
she-wulf - 1 freq
skleff - 2 freq
shelby - 1 freq
schoolboay - 1 freq
saliva - 6 freq
skliff - 4 freq
slip- - 2 freq
selbie - 3 freq
school've - 1 freq
sclaff - 4 freq
slopp - 1 freq
'slap - 2 freq
sleepy-wye - 1 freq
salève' - 1 freq
salève - 1 freq
seilfu - 5 freq
seil-fu - 1 freq
sklave - 2 freq
selfie - 11 freq
sylvia - 9 freq
sliep - 1 freq
slieve - 1 freq
sleive - 2 freq
'sleep' - 1 freq
sloop - 3 freq
salbe - 7 freq
slipe - 1 freq
schoolboy - 3 freq
€˜slip - 1 freq
€˜sleep - 2 freq
syllab - 1 freq
sylvie - 8 freq
selfou - 1 freq
shilfie - 1 freq
self- - 1 freq
skillfu - 1 freq
sklif - 1 freq
sloppy - 1 freq
sqleba - 1 freq
sylv - 3 freq
slob - 1 freq
swulb - 5 freq
silvio - 1 freq
skyewolf - 3 freq
scallop - 1 freq
selfy- - 1 freq
ssluyb - 1 freq
shelfie - 1 freq
scuilwab - 1 freq
shelvey - 1 freq
sxlp - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - XLF
shelf - 77 freq
shilfie - 1 freq
shelfie - 1 freq
shelvey - 1 freq
SHELFIE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.176745 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 - 0.444721 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 - 0.027237 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 - 0.036549 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 - 0.000791 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.