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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to er in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
er (0) - 630 freq
ex (1) - 34 freq
ez (1) - 5 freq
ere (1) - 288 freq
eir (1) - 18 freq
mer (1) - 7 freq
gr (1) - 4 freq
cer (1) - 1 freq
em (1) - 354 freq
nr (1) - 8 freq
mr (1) - 1314 freq
'r (1) - 1 freq
es (1) - 798 freq
ec (1) - 18 freq
eg (1) - 23 freq
erk (1) - 5 freq
ear (1) - 143 freq
err (1) - 40 freq
ebr (1) - 1 freq
ey (1) - 141 freq
wr (1) - 7 freq
ser (1) - 19 freq
eh (1) - 1202 freq
ur (1) - 604 freq
lr (1) - 5 freq
er (0) - 630 freq
oer (1) - 238 freq
aer (1) - 67 freq
ir (1) - 1541 freq
yr (1) - 16 freq
ear (1) - 143 freq
era (1) - 30 freq
ery (1) - 15 freq
eur (1) - 1 freq
or (1) - 9305 freq
eer (1) - 192 freq
ar (1) - 208 freq
r (1) - 447 freq
ur (1) - 604 freq
eir (1) - 18 freq
ere (1) - 288 freq
eri (1) - 1 freq
yer (1) - 8074 freq
ier (1) - 1 freq
ek (2) - 6 freq
eery (2) - 2 freq
oru (2) - 1 freq
iry (2) - 1 freq
erae (2) - 1 freq
aur (2) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - E600
eerie - 34 freq
ere - 288 freq
ear - 143 freq
era - 30 freq
ery - 15 freq
err - 40 freq
eir - 18 freq
e'er - 59 freq
ee're - 33 freq
er - 630 freq
'er - 39 freq
eer - 192 freq
eyre - 7 freq
eyrie - 6 freq
erey - 1 freq
ehr' - 1 freq
ehhr - 1 freq
'ear - 25 freq
'eer - 1 freq
eery - 2 freq
'ere - 57 freq
¥e're - 1 freq
ee'r - 1 freq
ee-are - 2 freq
eare - 1 freq
eeyore - 1 freq
euro - 21 freq
'ear' - 1 freq
erae - 1 freq
erie - 1 freq
eari - 1 freq
ewer - 2 freq
'ee're - 1 freq
-er - 1 freq
ðer - 2 freq
ey're - 1 freq
''ere - 1 freq
erþ - 1 freq
eorðe - 1 freq
er - 101 freq
ere - 1 freq
ear - 22 freq
ere' - 3 freq
eire - 3 freq
eir - 1 freq
er - 12 freq
eri - 1 freq
ear - 3 freq
ere - 3 freq
er - 1 freq
euer - 6 freq
‘er - 1 freq
ee’r - 1 freq
e’er - 1 freq
erra - 3 freq
eur - 1 freq
ear’ - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - ER
eerie - 34 freq
ere - 288 freq
ear - 143 freq
era - 30 freq
aer - 67 freq
ery - 15 freq
err - 40 freq
eir - 18 freq
e'er - 59 freq
ee're - 33 freq
er - 630 freq
'er - 39 freq
eer - 192 freq
eyre - 7 freq
eyrie - 6 freq
erey - 1 freq
ehr' - 1 freq
ehhr - 1 freq
'ear - 25 freq
'eer - 1 freq
eery - 2 freq
'ere - 57 freq
¥e're - 1 freq
ee'r - 1 freq
ee-are - 2 freq
eare - 1 freq
euro - 21 freq
'ear' - 1 freq
erae - 1 freq
erie - 1 freq
aere - 1 freq
eari - 1 freq
'ee're - 1 freq
-er - 1 freq
ðer - 2 freq
ey're - 1 freq
''ere - 1 freq
erþ - 1 freq
eorðe - 1 freq
er - 101 freq
ere - 1 freq
ear - 22 freq
ere' - 3 freq
eire - 3 freq
eir - 1 freq
er - 12 freq
eri - 1 freq
ear - 3 freq
ere - 3 freq
er - 1 freq
euer - 6 freq
‘er - 1 freq
ee’r - 1 freq
e’er - 1 freq
erra - 3 freq
eur - 1 freq
aero - 1 freq
ear’ - 1 freq
ER
her - 14060 freq
er - 630 freq
hersel - 1059 freq
herself - 41 freq
hur - 856 freq
hir - 1279 freq
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.191064 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 - 0.388165 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 - 0.028057 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 - 0.037356 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 - 0.000896 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.