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Similar words to mercy in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
mercy (0) - 94 freq
merci (1) - 1 freq
merry (1) - 69 freq
'mercy (1) - 2 freq
mercs (1) - 1 freq
merch (1) - 43 freq
percy (1) - 8 freq
merc (1) - 2 freq
erly (2) - 3 freq
meaty (2) - 2 freq
ery (2) - 15 freq
mer (2) - 7 freq
ferry (2) - 48 freq
mervyn (2) - 2 freq
marky (2) - 1 freq
merle (2) - 5 freq
mecca (2) - 5 freq
terry (2) - 16 freq
herc (2) - 1 freq
mrc (2) - 1 freq
merely (2) - 12 freq
aerly (2) - 19 freq
ermy (2) - 2 freq
leccy (2) - 2 freq
merr (2) - 6 freq
mercy (0) - 94 freq
merc (1) - 2 freq
merci (1) - 1 freq
marco (2) - 5 freq
mercia (2) - 13 freq
americy (2) - 1 freq
mercie (2) - 22 freq
marc (2) - 16 freq
'mercy (2) - 2 freq
mrc (2) - 1 freq
mercs (2) - 1 freq
merch (2) - 43 freq
percy (2) - 8 freq
merry (2) - 69 freq
maircy (2) - 1 freq
mere (3) - 24 freq
mera (3) - 2 freq
murky (3) - 10 freq
mere' (3) - 1 freq
emery (3) - 1 freq
mert (3) - 1 freq
merse (3) - 4 freq
mec (3) - 1 freq
murcia (3) - 1 freq
perce (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - M620
marriage - 14 freq
mark - 228 freq
mirk - 156 freq
mrs - 754 freq
mairriage - 50 freq
mercie - 22 freq
march' - 2 freq
merks - 47 freq
mercia - 13 freq
merch - 43 freq
merk - 63 freq
march - 139 freq
mar's - 1 freq
mairks - 15 freq
mercy - 94 freq
mairch - 251 freq
marx - 7 freq
mark' - 1 freq
marias - 1 freq
morra's - 2 freq
mairiage - 1 freq
morag - 47 freq
mars - 59 freq
merge - 4 freq
marks - 45 freq
'mrs - 7 freq
mirkie - 25 freq
mairrage - 21 freq
mary's - 20 freq
marys - 3 freq
maircie - 2 freq
moira's - 2 freq
murk - 3 freq
murky - 10 freq
mare's - 2 freq
merse - 4 freq
moors - 6 freq
mairs - 34 freq
mercs - 1 freq
marras - 6 freq
muirs - 21 freq
marwick's - 8 freq
mairk - 42 freq
morris - 14 freq
markie - 2 freq
mark's - 5 freq
mair's - 2 freq
morag's - 6 freq
mairage - 3 freq
murray's - 7 freq
marsh - 8 freq
mirky - 17 freq
morrice - 150 freq
morocco - 1 freq
marg - 2 freq
merro's - 1 freq
moreas - 1 freq
meyer's - 1 freq
maurice - 4 freq
muir's - 3 freq
mer-see - 2 freq
marie's - 27 freq
moorky - 1 freq
morgue - 2 freq
merries - 6 freq
merriage - 6 freq
'mercy - 2 freq
mirage - 3 freq
mairch' - 1 freq
mairries - 8 freq
marraes - 6 freq
mairech - 1 freq
marwick - 15 freq
'maurice' - 1 freq
meer's - 1 freq
meers - 2 freq
marie's-' - 1 freq
mires - 3 freq
morice - 1 freq
marcha - 1 freq
marge - 1 freq
marwicks - 3 freq
merrage - 1 freq
'march - 1 freq
mares - 2 freq
mowers - 1 freq
mirk's - 1 freq
muirhouse - 2 freq
mønrys - 1 freq
maries' - 1 freq
maries - 60 freq
mairrage' - 1 freq
more-as - 1 freq
mairsae - 1 freq
maurice' - 1 freq
marros - 1 freq
merriege - 5 freq
mieras - 5 freq
mieras's - 1 freq
marish - 1 freq
mirras - 2 freq
mairs' - 1 freq
meharg - 1 freq
murcia - 1 freq
merc - 2 freq
€œmrs - 8 freq
€œmorag - 1 freq
meers' - 1 freq
merrege - 1 freq
marakihau - 1 freq
myres - 1 freq
mairraige - 1 freq
maurs - 12 freq
€˜mars - 1 freq
mrsa - 1 freq
€˜mirk - 1 freq
mores - 1 freq
€˜mrs - 1 freq
morse - 3 freq
marco - 5 freq
marc - 16 freq
marche - 1 freq
€žmorag - 1 freq
morose - 1 freq
margo - 1 freq
marris - 2 freq
moors' - 1 freq
myrus - 2 freq
€œmercy - 1 freq
€œmarcie - 2 freq
marcie - 1 freq
marrows - 1 freq
mairsay - 1 freq
mere's - 1 freq
€”mark - 1 freq
murq - 1 freq
marisa - 1 freq
mairiac - 1 freq
mreaich - 2 freq
murrays - 1 freq
mrsw - 5 freq
marshy - 3 freq
mrjjs - 1 freq
murs - 1 freq
mrez - 1 freq
merci - 1 freq
mariza - 1 freq
mhairi's - 1 freq
murrayÂ’s - 1 freq
maircy - 1 freq
maris - 1 freq
markyou - 1 freq
marky - 1 freq
marcia - 1 freq
moras - 1 freq
mroj - 1 freq
mrg - 1 freq
morga - 1 freq
morrows - 1 freq
mairi's - 1 freq
mrc - 1 freq
marisha - 1 freq
mruq - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - MRS
mrs - 754 freq
mercie - 22 freq
mar's - 1 freq
mercy - 94 freq
marias - 1 freq
morra's - 2 freq
mars - 59 freq
'mrs - 7 freq
mary's - 20 freq
marys - 3 freq
maircie - 2 freq
moira's - 2 freq
mare's - 2 freq
merse - 4 freq
moors - 6 freq
mairs - 34 freq
marras - 6 freq
muirs - 21 freq
ymir's - 2 freq
morris - 14 freq
mair's - 2 freq
murray's - 7 freq
morrice - 150 freq
merro's - 1 freq
moreas - 1 freq
maurice - 4 freq
muir's - 3 freq
mer-see - 2 freq
marie's - 27 freq
merries - 6 freq
'mercy - 2 freq
mairries - 8 freq
marraes - 6 freq
'maurice' - 1 freq
meer's - 1 freq
meers - 2 freq
marie's-' - 1 freq
mires - 3 freq
morice - 1 freq
mares - 2 freq
maries' - 1 freq
maries - 60 freq
more-as - 1 freq
mairsae - 1 freq
maurice' - 1 freq
marros - 1 freq
mieras - 5 freq
mirras - 2 freq
mairs' - 1 freq
€œmrs - 8 freq
meers' - 1 freq
myres - 1 freq
maurs - 12 freq
€˜mars - 1 freq
mrsa - 1 freq
mores - 1 freq
€˜mrs - 1 freq
morse - 3 freq
morose - 1 freq
marris - 2 freq
moors' - 1 freq
myrus - 2 freq
€œmercy - 1 freq
€œmarcie - 2 freq
marcie - 1 freq
marrows - 1 freq
mairsay - 1 freq
mere's - 1 freq
marisa - 1 freq
murrays - 1 freq
mrsw - 5 freq
murs - 1 freq
mrez - 1 freq
merci - 1 freq
mariza - 1 freq
murrayÂ’s - 1 freq
maircy - 1 freq
maris - 1 freq
moras - 1 freq
morrows - 1 freq
mairi's - 1 freq
MERCY
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.194803 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 - 0.404399 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 - 0.027545 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 - 0.043523 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 - 0.000867 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.