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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to wairdin in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
wairdin (0) - 1 freq
wardin (1) - 1 freq
wairnin (1) - 7 freq
weirdin (1) - 1 freq
wairmin (1) - 2 freq
gairdin (1) - 19 freq
wirdin (1) - 2 freq
cairdin (1) - 2 freq
wairin (1) - 1 freq
waadin (2) - 1 freq
cardin (2) - 2 freq
waidgin (2) - 1 freq
airin (2) - 4 freq
waddin (2) - 96 freq
waird (2) - 1 freq
wuidin (2) - 24 freq
aidin (2) - 1 freq
cairyin (2) - 8 freq
cairdie (2) - 1 freq
fairin (2) - 13 freq
vairsin (2) - 1 freq
wartin (2) - 1 freq
fardin (2) - 1 freq
fairdie (2) - 1 freq
awairdit (2) - 2 freq
wairdin (0) - 1 freq
wirdin (1) - 2 freq
weirdin (1) - 1 freq
wardin (1) - 1 freq
warden (2) - 6 freq
wurdin (2) - 1 freq
wordin (2) - 3 freq
wairin (2) - 1 freq
wairmin (2) - 2 freq
wairnin (2) - 7 freq
gairdin (2) - 19 freq
cairdin (2) - 2 freq
wairn (3) - 2 freq
wirdie (3) - 17 freq
windin (3) - 28 freq
mirdin (3) - 1 freq
warkin (3) - 157 freq
gairdun (3) - 1 freq
weirdie (3) - 1 freq
wirdins (3) - 1 freq
jardin (3) - 2 freq
yirdin (3) - 8 freq
wirdit (3) - 1 freq
warpin (3) - 2 freq
pairdon (3) - 12 freq
SoundEx code - W635
written - 283 freq
wrutten - 84 freq
writin-desk - 3 freq
writin-desks - 3 freq
writhin - 11 freq
writin - 375 freq
worritin - 1 freq
wardens - 2 freq
writing - 95 freq
writins - 9 freq
writeen - 3 freq
writin' - 2 freq
'writin - 2 freq
'writing - 1 freq
writin's - 8 freq
writing's - 3 freq
wordin - 3 freq
weirdin - 1 freq
warden - 6 freq
wirritin - 1 freq
wartin - 1 freq
wirtin - 2 freq
wording - 7 freq
wiritin - 1 freq
writan - 27 freq
wird-hunds - 1 freq
wrytin - 4 freq
wartime - 7 freq
writan-desk - 1 freq
writandesks - 1 freq
writhan - 1 freq
writeens - 2 freq
wurdin - 1 freq
weirdness - 1 freq
waretime - 1 freq
wordiness - 1 freq
writin-device - 1 freq
writing' - 1 freq
wairdin - 1 freq
wirdin - 2 freq
wirdins - 1 freq
writings - 2 freq
writen - 1 freq
wrtin - 1 freq
wardin - 1 freq
wartim - 1 freq
wordamentalist - 2 freq
wearethentia - 2 freq
wwwritingclub - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - WRTN
worritin - 1 freq
wordin - 3 freq
weirdin - 1 freq
warden - 6 freq
wirritin - 1 freq
wartin - 1 freq
wirtin - 2 freq
wiritin - 1 freq
wurdin - 1 freq
wairdin - 1 freq
wirdin - 2 freq
wardin - 1 freq
WAIRDIN
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.298614 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 - 0.631332 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 - 0.035557 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 - 0.043217 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 - 0.000930 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.