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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to swear in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
swear (0) - 63 freq
spear (1) - 27 freq
sweat (1) - 90 freq
swears (1) - 5 freq
sweer (1) - 18 freq
wear (1) - 157 freq
shear (1) - 9 freq
sweir (1) - 84 freq
swaar (1) - 1 freq
'swear (1) - 2 freq
smear (1) - 2 freq
sear (1) - 1 freq
sweary (1) - 2 freq
swey (2) - 10 freq
twar (2) - 2 freq
sweats (2) - 1 freq
rear (2) - 29 freq
swaa (2) - 2 freq
hear (2) - 1383 freq
swaak (2) - 2 freq
nswer (2) - 1 freq
weak (2) - 60 freq
swoard (2) - 2 freq
swaab (2) - 2 freq
seal (2) - 31 freq
swear (0) - 63 freq
sweir (1) - 84 freq
swaar (1) - 1 freq
sweer (1) - 18 freq
sweary (1) - 2 freq
sweery (2) - 3 freq
wear (2) - 157 freq
spear (2) - 27 freq
swearie (2) - 2 freq
sower (2) - 1 freq
swuir (2) - 2 freq
sware (2) - 1 freq
swaara (2) - 2 freq
sewer (2) - 4 freq
'swear (2) - 2 freq
swears (2) - 5 freq
sweat (2) - 90 freq
shear (2) - 9 freq
smear (2) - 2 freq
sear (2) - 1 freq
aweir (3) - 1 freq
swed (3) - 1 freq
sweil (3) - 1 freq
snaar (3) - 1 freq
stoar (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - S600
sweir - 84 freq
sair - 772 freq
shair - 445 freq
square - 158 freq
shore - 188 freq
sgair - 1 freq
skyrie - 30 freq
sure - 972 freq
sorry - 483 freq
saur - 12 freq
shear - 9 freq
sour - 7 freq
sir- - 4 freq
sir - 356 freq
shooer - 26 freq
screw - 24 freq
share - 281 freq
swuir - 2 freq
skyre - 6 freq
skaur - 1 freq
soor - 93 freq
shuir - 139 freq
scry - 4 freq
'sir' - 1 freq
sea-haar - 1 freq
shouer - 6 freq
'sorry - 14 freq
sheer - 54 freq
saire - 4 freq
sare - 30 freq
sairy - 5 freq
sore - 53 freq
score - 94 freq
swear - 63 freq
'swear - 2 freq
skewer - 5 freq
seer - 39 freq
'sair - 2 freq
'sir - 7 freq
sahara - 7 freq
scourie - 2 freq
sairie - 22 freq
swore - 25 freq
scare - 20 freq
scary - 53 freq
sur - 22 freq
sorr - 1 freq
shire - 26 freq
sherry - 26 freq
sweer - 18 freq
skeer - 2 freq
suir - 11 freq
scoor - 12 freq
soarry - 4 freq
shoory - 3 freq
sorrow - 29 freq
sweirie - 1 freq
sairrie - 3 freq
sorra - 35 freq
shower - 47 freq
skare - 4 freq
squere - 1 freq
scrowe - 2 freq
scaur - 14 freq
syria - 11 freq
soiree - 5 freq
sarah - 40 freq
soir - 1 freq
sire - 8 freq
scurrie - 3 freq
shaw'r - 1 freq
siura - 1 freq
siar - 1 freq
shoor - 70 freq
sqwar - 1 freq
soary - 3 freq
soarey - 1 freq
shoar - 4 freq
soaree - 1 freq
scair - 2 freq
scairry - 1 freq
sour' - 1 freq
sware - 1 freq
soar - 10 freq
scar - 16 freq
swearie - 2 freq
schir - 2 freq
sewer - 4 freq
shaire - 8 freq
skroo - 14 freq
'sure - 6 freq
shure - 12 freq
sure' - 2 freq
squarie - 1 freq
skara - 4 freq
sho'oer - 2 freq
sho'er - 1 freq
surrey - 2 freq
squire - 2 freq
shour - 6 freq
sear - 1 freq
soower - 1 freq
shir - 1 freq
schare - 1 freq
skera - 1 freq
skier - 2 freq
sorr-ee - 1 freq
sor-ree - 2 freq
scrae - 1 freq
sower - 1 freq
swaree - 3 freq
sorrie - 2 freq
sooer - 1 freq
'square - 1 freq
scur - 1 freq
squaarie - 2 freq
shrew - 3 freq
schyre - 1 freq
shirra - 5 freq
shoorie - 1 freq
score' - 1 freq
sarry - 2 freq
sere - 3 freq
soarro - 3 freq
scaar - 20 freq
soaroo - 2 freq
sawyer - 1 freq
sara - 15 freq
sierra - 1 freq
skerry - 7 freq
sirrah - 1 freq
swaar - 1 freq
scrow - 2 freq
squar - 7 freq
skeerie - 6 freq
sar - 1 freq
skrow - 1 freq
serr - 9 freq
sorrae - 2 freq
schore - 1 freq
skair - 8 freq
skarr - 2 freq
sheir - 1 freq
scurry - 3 freq
skoor - 1 freq
scree - 7 freq
syer - 1 freq
scroo - 2 freq
scorrie - 1 freq
scarey - 2 freq
scour - 4 freq
swire - 1 freq
sea-waur - 1 freq
swaara - 2 freq
shoer - 1 freq
squerr - 2 freq
swure - 3 freq
suree - 1 freq
skirr - 1 freq
scarrae - 1 freq
ser - 19 freq
scoorie - 2 freq
suire - 2 freq
€˜sorry - 11 freq
€˜sure - 3 freq
shree - 4 freq
sor- - 1 freq
'sweir - 1 freq
sri - 11 freq
skurrie - 1 freq
swarrie - 1 freq
skour - 2 freq
schoir - 1 freq
sharrow - 1 freq
€œsorry - 10 freq
€œsure - 1 freq
€˜square- - 1 freq
skrie - 1 freq
sheur - 1 freq
shorie - 2 freq
scurra - 1 freq
syou're - 1 freq
squarr - 1 freq
seer' - 1 freq
soeur - 1 freq
sru - 1 freq
shuire - 1 freq
sker - 1 freq
shör - 1 freq
'sare - 1 freq
€œshair - 1 freq
sari - 3 freq
sre - 2 freq
sheher - 5 freq
€œsairie - 1 freq
€”sorry - 1 freq
€˜sair - 2 freq
shyer - 1 freq
sr - 3 freq
soirée - 1 freq
sweary - 2 freq
shar - 6 freq
schar - 1 freq
'shire' - 1 freq
skurry - 1 freq
sairÂ’ - 1 freq
“sorry - 1 freq
skeery - 1 freq
sir” - 1 freq
sqr - 1 freq
sarahw - 1 freq
sgurr - 1 freq
swerry - 1 freq
skaar - 1 freq
seery - 2 freq
soory - 2 freq
sweery - 3 freq
shr - 1 freq
'sarah - 1 freq
share' - 1 freq
ssre - 1 freq
‘sorry - 1 freq
siro - 1 freq
scorie - 1 freq
señor - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - SWR
sweir - 84 freq
swuir - 2 freq
swear - 63 freq
'swear - 2 freq
swore - 25 freq
sweer - 18 freq
sweirie - 1 freq
sware - 1 freq
swearie - 2 freq
sewer - 4 freq
soower - 1 freq
sower - 1 freq
swaree - 3 freq
swaar - 1 freq
swire - 1 freq
sea-waur - 1 freq
swaara - 2 freq
swure - 3 freq
'sweir - 1 freq
swarrie - 1 freq
sweary - 2 freq
swerry - 1 freq
sweery - 3 freq
SWEAR
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.349767 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 - 0.625432 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 - 0.029745 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 - 0.074507 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 - 0.000809 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.