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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to ward in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
ward (0) - 89 freq
wand (1) - 14 freq
warg (1) - 1 freq
waid (1) - 1 freq
wark (1) - 892 freq
wars (1) - 61 freq
eard (1) - 1 freq
card (1) - 61 freq
wart (1) - 4 freq
wad (1) - 2248 freq
word (1) - 697 freq
wared (1) - 9 freq
warl (1) - 164 freq
waird (1) - 1 freq
warm (1) - 355 freq
award (1) - 59 freq
warid (1) - 5 freq
gard (1) - 4 freq
waard (1) - 2 freq
wary (1) - 11 freq
sard (1) - 3 freq
wards (1) - 30 freq
warn (1) - 34 freq
warld (1) - 820 freq
ard (1) - 4 freq
ward (0) - 89 freq
wird (1) - 576 freq
wared (1) - 9 freq
award (1) - 59 freq
warid (1) - 5 freq
wurd (1) - 185 freq
werd (1) - 1 freq
waard (1) - 2 freq
word (1) - 697 freq
waird (1) - 1 freq
ware (2) - 26 freq
yard (2) - 43 freq
nard (2) - 3 freq
wourd (2) - 1 freq
warp (2) - 9 freq
bard (2) - 57 freq
weerd (2) - 1 freq
hard (2) - 782 freq
waad (2) - 1 freq
awaard (2) - 1 freq
waired (2) - 1 freq
weird (2) - 167 freq
wierd (2) - 4 freq
weared (2) - 1 freq
wordy (2) - 11 freq
SoundEx code - W630
word - 697 freq
worried - 90 freq
wreath - 14 freq
wirth - 89 freq
weariet - 19 freq
wird - 576 freq
wrote - 138 freq
wired - 15 freq
worth - 248 freq
write - 380 freq
whaur'd - 2 freq
weird - 167 freq
wirrit - 3 freq
wordy - 11 freq
writhe - 1 freq
wrath - 19 freq
weirdo - 18 freq
werth - 2 freq
wurdie - 9 freq
wearied - 9 freq
weird' - 1 freq
worthy - 21 freq
'whaur'd - 1 freq
worrit - 22 freq
warth - 64 freq
wearit - 7 freq
wraith - 17 freq
wrut - 1 freq
wurd - 185 freq
waarty - 1 freq
waard - 2 freq
wirthy - 7 freq
writ - 51 freq
wordie - 14 freq
whurred - 1 freq
whaurt - 2 freq
ward - 89 freq
wurid - 1 freq
wurth - 7 freq
weirdy - 1 freq
wurthie - 1 freq
wyert - 1 freq
weyert - 1 freq
weired - 1 freq
wurreyt - 1 freq
word' - 2 freq
waur'd - 1 freq
wurt - 4 freq
worriet - 9 freq
warthie - 9 freq
wart - 4 freq
weert - 1 freq
warid - 5 freq
where'd - 2 freq
wirret - 1 freq
wrat - 14 freq
weared - 1 freq
wourd - 1 freq
worth' - 1 freq
wierd - 4 freq
wirt - 27 freq
wirried - 6 freq
wrot - 8 freq
whaurit - 1 freq
wrate - 47 freq
wrowt - 4 freq
weered - 3 freq
wryte - 5 freq
wared - 9 freq
weiriet - 2 freq
whar'd - 1 freq
werit - 1 freq
wirriet - 3 freq
wort - 1 freq
whereat - 1 freq
waired - 1 freq
werd - 1 freq
'write - 1 freq
wayward - 1 freq
worthie - 5 freq
wrait - 6 freq
weyward - 1 freq
weirdie - 1 freq
wirdie - 17 freq
warit - 1 freq
wareit - 1 freq
waurrit - 1 freq
waird - 1 freq
wroeht - 2 freq
warty - 1 freq
weirit - 1 freq
worte - 1 freq
€˜word - 1 freq
wirdy - 1 freq
wrout - 1 freq
whered - 1 freq
worried” - 1 freq
'word - 1 freq
weerd - 1 freq
wurrid - 1 freq
write' - 2 freq
weewrite - 3 freq
MetaPhone code - WRT
word - 697 freq
worried - 90 freq
weariet - 19 freq
wird - 576 freq
wired - 15 freq
whaur'd - 2 freq
weird - 167 freq
wirrit - 3 freq
wordy - 11 freq
weirdo - 18 freq
wurdie - 9 freq
wearied - 9 freq
weird' - 1 freq
'whaur'd - 1 freq
worrit - 22 freq
wearit - 7 freq
wurd - 185 freq
waarty - 1 freq
waard - 2 freq
wordie - 14 freq
whurred - 1 freq
whaurt - 2 freq
ward - 89 freq
wurid - 1 freq
weirdy - 1 freq
weired - 1 freq
wurreyt - 1 freq
word' - 2 freq
waur'd - 1 freq
wurt - 4 freq
worriet - 9 freq
wart - 4 freq
weert - 1 freq
warid - 5 freq
where'd - 2 freq
wirret - 1 freq
weared - 1 freq
wourd - 1 freq
wierd - 4 freq
wirt - 27 freq
wirried - 6 freq
whaurit - 1 freq
weered - 3 freq
wared - 9 freq
weiriet - 2 freq
whar'd - 1 freq
werit - 1 freq
wirriet - 3 freq
wort - 1 freq
whereat - 1 freq
waired - 1 freq
werd - 1 freq
weirdie - 1 freq
wirdie - 17 freq
warit - 1 freq
wareit - 1 freq
waurrit - 1 freq
waird - 1 freq
warty - 1 freq
weirit - 1 freq
worte - 1 freq
€˜word - 1 freq
wirdy - 1 freq
whered - 1 freq
worried” - 1 freq
'word - 1 freq
weerd - 1 freq
wurrid - 1 freq
weewrite - 3 freq
WARD
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.198146 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 - 0.329496 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 - 0.027534 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 - 0.037402 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 - 0.000782 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.