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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to lured in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
lured (0) - 2 freq
loured (1) - 4 freq
lurred (1) - 1 freq
lued (1) - 16 freq
lumed (1) - 1 freq
lurid (1) - 1 freq
luked (1) - 14 freq
lurked (1) - 4 freq
lure (1) - 6 freq
luved (1) - 70 freq
flured (1) - 1 freq
cured (1) - 29 freq
tyred (2) - 1 freq
lulled (2) - 3 freq
gued (2) - 1 freq
surged (2) - 1 freq
suree (2) - 1 freq
€˜red (2) - 1 freq
burd (2) - 91 freq
lced (2) - 1 freq
slurred (2) - 7 freq
pu'ed (2) - 11 freq
fluded (2) - 1 freq
lo'ed (2) - 6 freq
leared (2) - 1 freq
lured (0) - 2 freq
loured (1) - 4 freq
lurid (1) - 1 freq
leered (2) - 1 freq
laired (2) - 8 freq
lard (2) - 4 freq
leired (2) - 1 freq
lord (2) - 404 freq
cured (2) - 29 freq
lourd (2) - 11 freq
leared (2) - 1 freq
lure (2) - 6 freq
luked (2) - 14 freq
lumed (2) - 1 freq
lued (2) - 16 freq
luved (2) - 70 freq
lurked (2) - 4 freq
lurred (2) - 1 freq
flured (2) - 1 freq
blared (3) - 3 freq
lude (3) - 1 freq
rued (3) - 7 freq
tired (3) - 102 freq
lare (3) - 7 freq
lueked (3) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - L630
lairdie - 3 freq
laird - 173 freq
lord' - 3 freq
'lord - 8 freq
lord - 404 freq
lourdie - 2 freq
laired - 8 freq
lowert - 1 freq
lowered - 25 freq
lard - 4 freq
lourd - 11 freq
leered - 1 freq
leart - 4 freq
lyart - 7 freq
lairt - 5 freq
loured - 4 freq
leared - 1 freq
lowerit - 1 freq
lrouthie - 1 freq
lart - 1 freq
lairit - 2 freq
loard - 244 freq
'loard - 10 freq
loardo - 1 freq
loard' - 2 freq
'loard' - 1 freq
lured - 2 freq
lurid - 1 freq
'lord' - 1 freq
layert - 2 freq
leirit - 24 freq
lowurd - 1 freq
layered - 3 freq
loert - 2 freq
laureate - 3 freq
lorde - 4 freq
learit - 3 freq
€˜laird - 1 freq
leired - 1 freq
lerrit - 2 freq
€œlaird - 2 freq
lawert - 1 freq
€œlord - 2 freq
‘lurred’ - 1 freq
lurredÂ’ - 1 freq
lurred - 1 freq
“lord - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - LRT
lairdie - 3 freq
laird - 173 freq
lord' - 3 freq
'lord - 8 freq
lord - 404 freq
lourdie - 2 freq
laired - 8 freq
lard - 4 freq
lourd - 11 freq
leered - 1 freq
leart - 4 freq
lairt - 5 freq
loured - 4 freq
leared - 1 freq
lart - 1 freq
lairit - 2 freq
loard - 244 freq
'loard - 10 freq
loardo - 1 freq
loard' - 2 freq
'loard' - 1 freq
lured - 2 freq
lurid - 1 freq
'lord' - 1 freq
leirit - 24 freq
loert - 2 freq
laureate - 3 freq
lorde - 4 freq
learit - 3 freq
€˜laird - 1 freq
leired - 1 freq
lerrit - 2 freq
€œlaird - 2 freq
€œlord - 2 freq
‘lurred’ - 1 freq
lurredÂ’ - 1 freq
lurred - 1 freq
“lord - 1 freq
LURED
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.213001 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 - 0.392064 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 - 0.029401 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 - 0.042268 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 - 0.000908 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.