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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to sheriff in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
sheriff (0) - 13 freq
sherriff (1) - 2 freq
serift (2) - 2 freq
sheriff's (2) - 1 freq
shaiff (2) - 3 freq
shrift (2) - 2 freq
sherrif (2) - 2 freq
shef (3) - 1 freq
sheif's (3) - 1 freq
sheaf (3) - 4 freq
sneeff (3) - 1 freq
shelfs (3) - 8 freq
sheik (3) - 1 freq
cherie (3) - 2 freq
turriff (3) - 1 freq
geraff (3) - 1 freq
scerf (3) - 1 freq
sharin (3) - 44 freq
shirin (3) - 2 freq
hersef (3) - 1 freq
shorin (3) - 1 freq
sperins (3) - 1 freq
cheif (3) - 3 freq
sherp (3) - 95 freq
shaif (3) - 5 freq
sheriff (0) - 13 freq
sherriff (2) - 2 freq
shaiff (3) - 3 freq
shrift (3) - 2 freq
sherrif (3) - 2 freq
scruff (4) - 10 freq
straff (4) - 2 freq
spraff (4) - 3 freq
serift (4) - 2 freq
sheriff's (4) - 1 freq
thereof (5) - 5 freq
strafef (5) - 1 freq
shrink (5) - 14 freq
shriek (5) - 21 freq
spliff (5) - 8 freq
sherman (5) - 1 freq
shift (5) - 182 freq
sherry (5) - 26 freq
sniff (5) - 28 freq
stoiff (5) - 2 freq
riff (5) - 1 freq
steff (5) - 1 freq
shrine (5) - 12 freq
shories (5) - 1 freq
shorie (5) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - S610
sherp - 95 freq
scarf - 44 freq
scruff - 10 freq
sairve - 5 freq
sharp - 85 freq
screive-ye - 1 freq
screive - 69 freq
scrape - 29 freq
shairp - 80 freq
scrappy - 4 freq
skerf - 4 freq
syrup - 24 freq
scrieve - 166 freq
serve - 72 freq
survey - 33 freq
scrub - 19 freq
sereive - 1 freq
scarp - 2 freq
skirp - 5 freq
screeve - 1 freq
sheriff - 13 freq
scruffy - 6 freq
scribe - 7 freq
sherpa - 2 freq
scrap - 33 freq
scraip - 1 freq
shayrp - 1 freq
'scrieve - 1 freq
scrabo - 3 freq
swerve - 8 freq
serieve - 3 freq
skreive - 9 freq
sarve - 10 freq
sorrafu - 3 freq
scriba - 1 freq
scarab - 1 freq
scraba - 2 freq
skarpy - 1 freq
shrub - 2 freq
skarfe - 1 freq
scerf - 1 freq
skröf - 3 freq
sjærp - 1 freq
scruif - 4 freq
scrybe - 2 freq
skrieve - 5 freq
sair-aff - 3 freq
schairp - 1 freq
skrifaðu - 1 freq
skrifiði - 1 freq
sharpe - 10 freq
seerip - 1 freq
schiref - 2 freq
scraep - 1 freq
screev - 1 freq
sherriff - 2 freq
scrubby - 1 freq
€œshurrup - 1 freq
€œscrieve - 1 freq
serbia - 4 freq
€˜sah-rah-yay-vo - 1 freq
skarv- - 1 freq
scrip - 3 freq
sherrif - 2 freq
€˜scrieve - 1 freq
scairf - 1 freq
€œscruff - 1 freq
srv - 1 freq
scrabba - 2 freq
scarve - 1 freq
scrapy - 1 freq
srpo - 1 freq
srwpby - 1 freq
scurvy - 3 freq
seryfa - 2 freq
syrupy - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - XRF
sheriff - 13 freq
cheerfu - 4 freq
sherriff - 2 freq
sherrif - 2 freq
SHERIFF
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.176654 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 - 0.383556 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 - 0.027487 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 - 0.042349 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 - 0.000817 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.