A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Levenshtein Distance

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

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - fine-grain concord -

Similar words to guard in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
guard (0) - 39 freq
guare (1) - 1 freq
guaird (1) - 13 freq
gard (1) - 4 freq
guerd (1) - 1 freq
guards (1) - 13 freq
turd (2) - 3 freq
garb (2) - 4 freq
glared (2) - 2 freq
peard (2) - 1 freq
ard (2) - 4 freq
coard (2) - 3 freq
award (2) - 59 freq
h'ard (2) - 1 freq
quare (2) - 245 freq
gurn (2) - 6 freq
gaad (2) - 4 freq
gyaad (2) - 2 freq
gary (2) - 104 freq
gurs (2) - 1 freq
gurr (2) - 15 freq
card (2) - 61 freq
gyad (2) - 3 freq
feard (2) - 1 freq
geared (2) - 2 freq
guard (0) - 39 freq
gard (1) - 4 freq
guerd (1) - 1 freq
guaird (1) - 13 freq
gourd (2) - 5 freq
garde (2) - 1 freq
gurdy (2) - 2 freq
gord (2) - 1 freq
gaird (2) - 61 freq
geared (2) - 2 freq
gird (2) - 48 freq
guare (2) - 1 freq
guards (2) - 13 freq
garr (3) - 7 freq
huird (3) - 2 freq
gars (3) - 89 freq
gacd (3) - 1 freq
burd (3) - 91 freq
eard (3) - 1 freq
geordo (3) - 4 freq
gear' (3) - 1 freq
gar (3) - 162 freq
gar'd (3) - 1 freq
gead (3) - 2 freq
guardit (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - G630
grat - 59 freq
gritty - 5 freq
greet - 288 freq
great - 1293 freq
gird - 48 freq
gart - 159 freq
guard - 39 freq
graith - 128 freq
gryte - 68 freq
gret - 148 freq
gaird - 61 freq
geordie - 373 freq
geordie' - 4 freq
greed - 58 freq
gree'd - 8 freq
gaart - 3 freq
greedy - 38 freq
'great - 8 freq
greit - 18 freq
grued - 8 freq
garrd - 3 freq
garrt - 9 freq
'greed - 1 freq
grate - 18 freq
grit - 25 freq
garred - 22 freq
growthie - 9 freq
gaured - 2 freq
grade - 22 freq
growth - 50 freq
growed - 47 freq
gert - 4 freq
garr't - 1 freq
gaready - 1 freq
garret - 4 freq
gerda - 4 freq
grid - 8 freq
geared - 2 freq
greid - 1 freq
greetie - 2 freq
gurred - 8 freq
graet - 39 freq
grait - 1 freq
gareth - 3 freq
grouwed - 1 freq
goriot - 1 freq
garth - 3 freq
girth - 5 freq
guaird - 13 freq
groued - 7 freq
'geordie - 8 freq
gra'te - 1 freq
grotto - 3 freq
gertie - 39 freq
greet' - 1 freq
grett - 34 freq
'groatie' - 1 freq
geordo - 4 freq
gard - 4 freq
growe'th - 1 freq
gurt - 1 freq
grott - 1 freq
gurthie - 2 freq
grieit - 1 freq
growit - 3 freq
grottie - 1 freq
gar'd - 1 freq
græt - 1 freq
groatie - 3 freq
garotte - 1 freq
grey-white - 1 freq
grut - 1 freq
greth - 1 freq
grite - 1 freq
gar't - 3 freq
gred - 2 freq
growthe - 6 freq
'gryte - 1 freq
garuda - 1 freq
gordie - 1 freq
gaurt - 2 freq
girthie - 1 freq
grete - 2 freq
gord - 1 freq
gritt - 1 freq
gaerdie - 1 freq
groat - 1 freq
gourd - 5 freq
garrot - 1 freq
gried - 8 freq
greitt - 1 freq
growd - 1 freq
€˜great - 2 freq
grotty - 1 freq
€œgreat - 2 freq
gairdie - 1 freq
groattie - 1 freq
garde - 1 freq
graat - 5 freq
greta - 1 freq
gerroot - 1 freq
-gurta - 1 freq
growthy - 1 freq
€œgrit - 2 freq
€™great - 1 freq
guerd - 1 freq
gyrate - 1 freq
grod - 1 freq
grado - 1 freq
garadh - 1 freq
geraaht - 1 freq
gurdy - 2 freq
'greet' - 1 freq
'gret' - 1 freq
'grat' - 1 freq
‘geordie’ - 1 freq
“geordie” - 2 freq
MetaPhone code - KRT
grat - 59 freq
cried - 983 freq
carrot - 19 freq
cooried - 63 freq
cairt - 92 freq
cairried - 144 freq
gritty - 5 freq
greet - 288 freq
great - 1293 freq
carried - 35 freq
gart - 159 freq
guard - 39 freq
caird - 96 freq
gryte - 68 freq
gret - 148 freq
crood - 111 freq
cairrit - 27 freq
crowd - 140 freq
court - 154 freq
gaird - 61 freq
creaut - 4 freq
greed - 58 freq
kraut - 1 freq
gree'd - 8 freq
cairiet - 7 freq
carte - 4 freq
gaart - 3 freq
karate - 4 freq
create - 51 freq
queried - 4 freq
caird' - 1 freq
criet - 1 freq
corat - 1 freq
cared - 34 freq
cured - 29 freq
greedy - 38 freq
queeried - 3 freq
coort - 125 freq
'great - 8 freq
greit - 18 freq
grued - 8 freq
garrd - 3 freq
curd - 5 freq
garrt - 9 freq
courit - 7 freq
'greed - 1 freq
grate - 18 freq
crude - 5 freq
cairriet - 70 freq
couardie - 3 freq
grit - 25 freq
garred - 22 freq
gaured - 2 freq
craad - 2 freq
grade - 22 freq
cairit - 6 freq
crowdie - 4 freq
cardie - 2 freq
card - 61 freq
coor't - 1 freq
coo'ard - 1 freq
garr't - 1 freq
curate - 7 freq
gaready - 1 freq
garret - 4 freq
cord - 18 freq
coard - 3 freq
cairied - 12 freq
grid - 8 freq
croud - 8 freq
quart - 3 freq
croudie - 2 freq
cooriet - 8 freq
greid - 1 freq
kartie - 1 freq
greetie - 2 freq
gurred - 8 freq
crooed - 1 freq
graet - 39 freq
cure't - 2 freq
carret - 3 freq
caireyt - 1 freq
cardee - 1 freq
grait - 1 freq
couriet - 1 freq
karat - 1 freq
creed - 10 freq
cart - 8 freq
goriot - 1 freq
couried - 6 freq
crout - 1 freq
cairtie - 12 freq
'cairry-oot' - 2 freq
cairdie - 1 freq
cairred - 2 freq
guaird - 13 freq
groued - 7 freq
corrodi - 1 freq
cooardy - 3 freq
crate - 6 freq
car'ied - 1 freq
gra'te - 1 freq
grotto - 3 freq
cairret - 2 freq
cairry-oot - 4 freq
carred - 1 freq
greet' - 1 freq
cairryt - 1 freq
kerried - 23 freq
grett - 34 freq
cooardie - 1 freq
kert - 8 freq
'groatie' - 1 freq
c--road - 1 freq
gard - 4 freq
kkerried - 1 freq
gurt - 1 freq
grott - 1 freq
grieit - 1 freq
kord - 2 freq
cardi - 2 freq
grottie - 1 freq
gar'd - 1 freq
græt - 1 freq
kerd - 1 freq
groatie - 3 freq
kertie - 2 freq
cartie - 1 freq
carriet - 15 freq
croat - 1 freq
kerrit - 1 freq
coured - 1 freq
garotte - 1 freq
cooerd - 6 freq
cooard - 1 freq
coorit - 2 freq
crait - 1 freq
corda - 1 freq
curt - 1 freq
crete - 14 freq
kaird - 1 freq
curried - 2 freq
grut - 1 freq
quarried - 3 freq
grite - 1 freq
courie't - 1 freq
gar't - 3 freq
curdoo - 1 freq
curday - 1 freq
gred - 2 freq
'gryte - 1 freq
couart - 1 freq
garuda - 1 freq
gordie - 1 freq
cairry'd - 1 freq
gaurt - 2 freq
coored - 2 freq
'cured' - 1 freq
cairie-oot - 1 freq
grete - 2 freq
gord - 1 freq
gritt - 1 freq
gaerdie - 1 freq
crehd - 2 freq
krehd - 1 freq
quaert - 1 freq
groat - 1 freq
caiort - 1 freq
gourd - 5 freq
garrot - 1 freq
gried - 8 freq
greitt - 1 freq
courried - 1 freq
cairrie-out - 1 freq
growd - 1 freq
€˜great - 2 freq
couered - 1 freq
grotty - 1 freq
€œgreat - 2 freq
gairdie - 1 freq
groattie - 1 freq
garde - 1 freq
cardy - 1 freq
cardio - 1 freq
graat - 5 freq
greta - 1 freq
-gurta - 1 freq
coordy - 1 freq
€œgrit - 2 freq
€™great - 1 freq
guerd - 1 freq
kurt - 1 freq
quarto - 8 freq
craa-tae - 1 freq
kerry-oot - 1 freq
grod - 1 freq
grado - 1 freq
garadh - 1 freq
queart - 3 freq
yckrd - 1 freq
gurdy - 2 freq
'greet' - 1 freq
'gret' - 1 freq
'grat' - 1 freq
cairt” - 1 freq
'court - 1 freq
crit - 1 freq
carat - 1 freq
GUARD
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.203995 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 - 0.334340 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 - 0.029155 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 - 0.039365 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 - 0.000900 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.