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Levenshtein Distance

Enter a word to find nearest neighbouring words, for example ahint

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Similar words to differences in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
differences (0) - 34 freq
differinces (1) - 1 freq
difference (1) - 143 freq
deifferences (1) - 1 freq
diffrences (1) - 1 freq
diff'rence (2) - 2 freq
deiferences (2) - 1 freq
differance (2) - 2 freq
differince (2) - 3 freq
diffrence (2) - 10 freq
deference (3) - 4 freq
inference (3) - 2 freq
preferences (3) - 1 freq
deeference (3) - 1 freq
indifference (3) - 6 freq
differently (3) - 16 freq
different (3) - 741 freq
deiference (3) - 1 freq
differen (3) - 1 freq
conferences (3) - 13 freq
references (3) - 41 freq
diffrent (4) - 17 freq
raference (4) - 1 freq
conference' (4) - 1 freq
differin' (4) - 1 freq
differences (0) - 34 freq
diffrences (1) - 1 freq
deifferences (1) - 1 freq
differinces (1) - 1 freq
difference (2) - 143 freq
diffrence (3) - 10 freq
differince (3) - 3 freq
differance (3) - 2 freq
deiferences (3) - 1 freq
diff'rence (4) - 2 freq
deiference (5) - 1 freq
differen (5) - 1 freq
references (5) - 41 freq
differently (5) - 16 freq
conferences (5) - 13 freq
different (5) - 741 freq
deference (5) - 4 freq
preferences (5) - 1 freq
deeference (5) - 1 freq
indifference (5) - 6 freq
differunt (6) - 1 freq
offences (6) - 2 freq
refrences (6) - 2 freq
differential (6) - 1 freq
deifferent (6) - 11 freq
SoundEx code - D165
difference - 143 freq
different - 741 freq
differences - 34 freq
differently - 16 freq
doverin - 15 freq
devoorin - 2 freq
deformities - 1 freq
differen - 1 freq
deveron - 1 freq
diff'rence - 2 freq
diffrence - 10 freq
diff'rent - 3 freq
devourin - 6 freq
deveronside - 1 freq
differint - 24 freq
differinces - 1 freq
differince - 3 freq
diffrent - 17 freq
differin - 6 freq
diffrint - 3 freq
deefferent - 2 freq
dïffrence - 2 freq
dïffrent - 1 freq
dif'rent - 1 freq
differiny - 1 freq
differentiated - 1 freq
deifferand - 8 freq
deifferin - 1 freq
doavrin - 1 freq
differin' - 1 freq
deiffrint - 1 freq
deiferences - 1 freq
deiferent - 5 freq
deiference - 1 freq
diffrmnt - 1 freq
deeferent - 4 freq
deifferent - 11 freq
differentiation - 4 freq
dyperin - 1 freq
deference - 4 freq
differing - 2 freq
deeference - 1 freq
€˜different - 1 freq
doberman - 2 freq
dífferent - 1 freq
deifferences - 1 freq
differential - 1 freq
differance - 2 freq
differunt - 1 freq
€¦different - 1 freq
deformed - 1 freq
differn - 1 freq
diffren - 1 freq
diffrences - 1 freq
differentiate - 1 freq
deform - 1 freq
deborahmeaden - 2 freq
differinÂ’ - 1 freq
dfrntdrmmr - 1 freq
defreend - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - TFRNSS
differences - 34 freq
differinces - 1 freq
deiferences - 1 freq
deifferences - 1 freq
diffrences - 1 freq
DIFFERENCES
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.195630 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 - 0.367039 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 - 0.028033 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 - 0.037407 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 - 0.000927 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.