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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to hair in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
hair (0) - 902 freq
hairb (1) - 1 freq
hairm (1) - 63 freq
pair (1) - 494 freq
haar (1) - 110 freq
hairs (1) - 38 freq
hatr (1) - 3 freq
haird (1) - 124 freq
thair (1) - 1955 freq
chair (1) - 219 freq
hir (1) - 1279 freq
fair (1) - 1530 freq
haif (1) - 1 freq
haim (1) - 39 freq
dair (1) - 11 freq
hain (1) - 63 freq
mair (1) - 6172 freq
haik (1) - 4 freq
'air (1) - 1 freq
whair (1) - 12 freq
haig (1) - 1 freq
hair' (1) - 2 freq
hait (1) - 16 freq
haid (1) - 31 freq
cair (1) - 3 freq
hair (0) - 902 freq
hairy (1) - 93 freq
haer (1) - 18 freq
har (1) - 8 freq
hir (1) - 1279 freq
haur (1) - 1 freq
heir (1) - 44 freq
haar (1) - 110 freq
haird (2) - 124 freq
hairm (2) - 63 freq
shair (2) - 445 freq
hairb (2) - 1 freq
hr (2) - 11 freq
bair (2) - 1 freq
harr (2) - 2 freq
haip (2) - 7 freq
'hair (2) - 2 freq
yair (2) - 1 freq
hail (2) - 265 freq
hur (2) - 856 freq
haare (2) - 1 freq
ahr (2) - 1 freq
hairie (2) - 6 freq
hare (2) - 199 freq
haary (2) - 3 freq
SoundEx code - H600
her - 14060 freq
hair - 902 freq
here - 4207 freq
hoor - 64 freq
herr - 9 freq
haar - 110 freq
hear - 1399 freq
hairy - 93 freq
hir - 1279 freq
hurry - 147 freq
hare - 199 freq
how're - 1 freq
hero - 83 freq
'here - 51 freq
'her - 7 freq
hire - 13 freq
hour - 133 freq
herawa - 1 freq
hereawa - 6 freq
haur - 1 freq
hur - 856 freq
here' - 3 freq
'hurry - 2 freq
hurrah - 2 freq
harr - 2 freq
harry - 202 freq
hurray - 2 freq
hurr - 1 freq
'hair - 2 freq
heir - 44 freq
hairrie - 1 freq
hooray - 7 freq
hoo-ooer - 1 freq
haer - 18 freq
hure - 12 freq
hoarie - 1 freq
hairie - 6 freq
heer - 19 freq
'harry - 4 freq
hour' - 2 freq
'hooray - 3 freq
ho'e'er - 12 freq
hoar - 4 freq
hurrie - 1 freq
hir' - 1 freq
hrh - 1 freq
hoary - 2 freq
'hou're - 1 freq
harry' - 1 freq
'hairy - 2 freq
her' - 2 freq
hooro - 2 freq
houer - 7 freq
'her' - 1 freq
heer' - 1 freq
hooiwer - 1 freq
hourie - 2 freq
hoo-areye - 1 freq
haarie - 1 freq
haary - 3 freq
'hur - 2 freq
hoo-hooer - 1 freq
hoory - 2 freq
hier - 3 freq
hayur - 2 freq
harray - 3 freq
'hier' - 1 freq
harrie - 2 freq
-here - 1 freq
hera - 12 freq
horro - 1 freq
hereawaa - 3 freq
her- - 1 freq
here- - 1 freq
haare - 1 freq
harra - 2 freq
hooer - 2 freq
hair' - 2 freq
€˜hurry - 3 freq
€˜here - 40 freq
€œhere - 20 freq
hairry - 1 freq
€˜her - 1 freq
€™hir - 1 freq
herrie - 2 freq
heir-awaw - 1 freq
€œheir - 2 freq
€œhurry - 1 freq
herry - 2 freq
harrow - 2 freq
har - 8 freq
€˜harry - 3 freq
€˜hare - 1 freq
hr - 11 freq
€œher - 1 freq
€œhear - 2 freq
hierawa - 1 freq
€œhaar - 1 freq
€™here - 1 freq
hwar - 1 freq
hoora - 3 freq
hear' - 1 freq
herÂ’ - 1 freq
‘her’ - 1 freq
‘here - 1 freq
heer- - 1 freq
heera - 3 freq
heero - 1 freq
hari - 1 freq
‘her - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - HR
her - 14060 freq
hair - 902 freq
here - 4207 freq
hoor - 64 freq
herr - 9 freq
haar - 110 freq
hear - 1399 freq
hairy - 93 freq
hir - 1279 freq
hurry - 147 freq
hare - 199 freq
how're - 1 freq
hero - 83 freq
'here - 51 freq
'her - 7 freq
hire - 13 freq
hour - 133 freq
haur - 1 freq
hur - 856 freq
here' - 3 freq
'hurry - 2 freq
hurrah - 2 freq
harr - 2 freq
harry - 202 freq
hurray - 2 freq
hurr - 1 freq
'hair - 2 freq
heir - 44 freq
hairrie - 1 freq
hooray - 7 freq
hoo-ooer - 1 freq
haer - 18 freq
hure - 12 freq
hoarie - 1 freq
hairie - 6 freq
heer - 19 freq
'harry - 4 freq
hour' - 2 freq
'hooray - 3 freq
ho'e'er - 12 freq
hoar - 4 freq
hurrie - 1 freq
hir' - 1 freq
hoary - 2 freq
'hou're - 1 freq
harry' - 1 freq
yhere - 1 freq
'hairy - 2 freq
her' - 2 freq
hooro - 2 freq
houer - 7 freq
'her' - 1 freq
heer' - 1 freq
hourie - 2 freq
haarie - 1 freq
haary - 3 freq
'hur - 2 freq
hoory - 2 freq
hier - 3 freq
harray - 3 freq
heigher - 1 freq
'hier' - 1 freq
harrie - 2 freq
-here - 1 freq
hera - 12 freq
horro - 1 freq
her- - 1 freq
here- - 1 freq
haare - 1 freq
harra - 2 freq
hooer - 2 freq
hair' - 2 freq
€˜hurry - 3 freq
€˜here - 40 freq
€œhere - 20 freq
hairry - 1 freq
€˜her - 1 freq
€™hir - 1 freq
herrie - 2 freq
€œheir - 2 freq
€œhurry - 1 freq
herry - 2 freq
harrow - 2 freq
har - 8 freq
€˜harry - 3 freq
€˜hare - 1 freq
€œher - 1 freq
€œhear - 2 freq
€œhaar - 1 freq
€™here - 1 freq
hoora - 3 freq
hear' - 1 freq
herÂ’ - 1 freq
‘her’ - 1 freq
‘here - 1 freq
heer- - 1 freq
heera - 3 freq
heero - 1 freq
hari - 1 freq
‘her - 1 freq
HAIR
hair - 902 freq
hairy - 93 freq
hairs - 38 freq
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.185588 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 - 0.337974 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 - 0.027865 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 - 0.037863 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 - 0.004146 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.