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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to mail in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
mail (0) - 54 freq
ail (1) - 7 freq
dail (1) - 7 freq
fail (1) - 54 freq
kail (1) - 42 freq
maiz (1) - 5 freq
mair (1) - 6172 freq
mait (1) - 84 freq
vail (1) - 2 freq
gail (1) - 3 freq
email (1) - 51 freq
wail (1) - 9 freq
jail (1) - 49 freq
bail (1) - 14 freq
maik (1) - 27 freq
mai (1) - 4 freq
tail (1) - 265 freq
mails (1) - 3 freq
maim (1) - 7 freq
maol (1) - 1 freq
mael (1) - 2 freq
maid (1) - 94 freq
nail (1) - 46 freq
aail (1) - 1 freq
hail (1) - 265 freq
mail (0) - 54 freq
mael (1) - 2 freq
maol (1) - 1 freq
email (1) - 51 freq
mal (1) - 2 freq
moil (1) - 1 freq
mily (2) - 2 freq
mall (2) - 4 freq
maif (2) - 1 freq
pail (2) - 50 freq
marl (2) - 1 freq
sail (2) - 100 freq
maiv (2) - 1 freq
main (2) - 289 freq
mul (2) - 2 freq
mool (2) - 3 freq
mayol (2) - 1 freq
mel (2) - 4 freq
ml (2) - 12 freq
mile (2) - 278 freq
milo (2) - 1 freq
meel (2) - 3 freq
male (2) - 59 freq
moul (2) - 1 freq
mailie (2) - 3 freq
SoundEx code - M400
malawi - 5 freq
meal - 130 freq
mool - 3 freq
mile - 278 freq
mull - 35 freq
male - 59 freq
mill - 82 freq
mell - 23 freq
millie - 5 freq
mealy - 5 freq
moolah - 1 freq
mollie - 16 freq
mail - 54 freq
moyle - 6 freq
melee - 3 freq
mle - 1 freq
mole - 11 freq
mal - 2 freq
meyle - 1 freq
meel - 3 freq
myle - 15 freq
mellow - 4 freq
mily - 2 freq
mel - 4 freq
mealie - 9 freq
mille - 1 freq
m'll - 2 freq
mall - 4 freq
mule - 4 freq
molly - 10 freq
ma'll - 1 freq
melea - 3 freq
mallae - 4 freq
moil - 1 freq
mál - 1 freq
malaya - 3 freq
ml - 12 freq
myll - 2 freq
mally - 1 freq
'mole' - 1 freq
me'll - 4 freq
millya - 1 freq
mahal - 3 freq
mêlée - 1 freq
mellie - 2 freq
meal- - 1 freq
mailie - 3 freq
moo'll - 1 freq
mellay - 1 freq
mele - 1 freq
mul - 2 freq
€˜male - 1 freq
maw'ill - 1 freq
Émile - 1 freq
meelie - 3 freq
mael - 2 freq
malay - 1 freq
-mile - 1 freq
mayol - 1 freq
maol - 1 freq
milieu - 1 freq
mela - 3 freq
milo - 1 freq
mnl - 1 freq
miuli - 1 freq
molloy - 4 freq
mla - 1 freq
mula - 1 freq
mlle - 1 freq
mml - 1 freq
maalie - 7 freq
moul - 1 freq
mlih - 1 freq
milla - 1 freq
myla - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - ML
meal - 130 freq
mool - 3 freq
mile - 278 freq
mull - 35 freq
male - 59 freq
mill - 82 freq
mell - 23 freq
millie - 5 freq
mealy - 5 freq
moolah - 1 freq
mollie - 16 freq
mail - 54 freq
moyle - 6 freq
melee - 3 freq
mle - 1 freq
mole - 11 freq
mal - 2 freq
meyle - 1 freq
meel - 3 freq
myle - 15 freq
mellow - 4 freq
mily - 2 freq
mel - 4 freq
mealie - 9 freq
mille - 1 freq
m'll - 2 freq
mall - 4 freq
mule - 4 freq
molly - 10 freq
ma'll - 1 freq
melea - 3 freq
mallae - 4 freq
moil - 1 freq
mál - 1 freq
ml - 12 freq
myll - 2 freq
mally - 1 freq
'mole' - 1 freq
me'll - 4 freq
hæmlie - 1 freq
mêlée - 1 freq
mellie - 2 freq
meal- - 1 freq
mailie - 3 freq
moo'll - 1 freq
mellay - 1 freq
mele - 1 freq
mul - 2 freq
€˜male - 1 freq
maw'ill - 1 freq
Émile - 1 freq
meelie - 3 freq
mael - 2 freq
malay - 1 freq
-mile - 1 freq
mbl - 1 freq
maol - 1 freq
milieu - 1 freq
mela - 3 freq
milo - 1 freq
miuli - 1 freq
molloy - 4 freq
mla - 1 freq
mula - 1 freq
mlle - 1 freq
mml - 1 freq
maalie - 7 freq
moul - 1 freq
mlih - 1 freq
milla - 1 freq
myla - 1 freq
MAIL
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.305572 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 - 0.539096 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 - 0.063741 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 - 0.036923 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 - 0.000891 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.