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Similar words to merry in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
merry (0) - 69 freq
marry (1) - 11 freq
cerry (1) - 7 freq
perry (1) - 17 freq
gerry (1) - 13 freq
terry (1) - 16 freq
jerry (1) - 15 freq
mirry (1) - 8 freq
merro (1) - 1 freq
ferry (1) - 48 freq
kerry (1) - 47 freq
derry (1) - 49 freq
herry (1) - 2 freq
mearry (1) - 1 freq
merr (1) - 6 freq
mercy (1) - 94 freq
'merry (1) - 1 freq
berry (1) - 17 freq
moray (2) - 80 freq
kerr (2) - 31 freq
merrie (2) - 7 freq
smirry (2) - 1 freq
marra (2) - 19 freq
melro (2) - 1 freq
errs (2) - 1 freq
merry (0) - 69 freq
mearry (1) - 1 freq
merr (1) - 6 freq
merro (1) - 1 freq
mirry (1) - 8 freq
marry (1) - 11 freq
marra (2) - 19 freq
murr (2) - 1 freq
murray (2) - 128 freq
merrie (2) - 7 freq
morro (2) - 18 freq
marr (2) - 5 freq
berry (2) - 17 freq
mirr (2) - 3 freq
morra (2) - 79 freq
mirra (2) - 3 freq
mairry (2) - 43 freq
jerry (2) - 15 freq
ferry (2) - 48 freq
kerry (2) - 47 freq
'merry (2) - 1 freq
gerry (2) - 13 freq
cerry (2) - 7 freq
perry (2) - 17 freq
derry (2) - 49 freq
SoundEx code - M600
mair - 6172 freq
mere - 24 freq
muir - 77 freq
more - 465 freq
mary - 770 freq
mr - 1314 freq
marrae - 8 freq
merry - 69 freq
morra - 79 freq
mour - 4 freq
mar - 16 freq
mare - 190 freq
maire - 146 freq
mora - 8 freq
mer - 7 freq
moor - 29 freq
mera - 2 freq
'mere - 1 freq
more-' - 1 freq
'mr - 16 freq
maria - 8 freq
maireh - 3 freq
marrow - 32 freq
maori - 2 freq
marie - 212 freq
moira - 88 freq
merrie - 7 freq
mire - 14 freq
'mair - 8 freq
marra - 19 freq
mearry - 1 freq
mairy - 7 freq
mirrae - 1 freq
meir - 7 freq
moray - 80 freq
mairrie - 7 freq
murray - 128 freq
myrrh - 10 freq
myrh - 1 freq
mairry - 43 freq
mairi - 5 freq
mario - 10 freq
meer - 9 freq
mear - 3 freq
morrae - 2 freq
mower - 15 freq
mair' - 4 freq
morra- - 1 freq
marr - 5 freq
merro - 1 freq
mair-a - 1 freq
mareh - 3 freq
meyer - 5 freq
'muir - 1 freq
moir - 1 freq
maria' - 2 freq
mhòr' - 1 freq
morrow - 11 freq
more' - 1 freq
mirry - 8 freq
maer - 3 freq
merr - 6 freq
'mary' - 1 freq
'merry - 1 freq
maiur - 1 freq
marry - 11 freq
miair - 1 freq
'marie - 2 freq
mohair - 2 freq
moorie - 5 freq
moory - 3 freq
mor - 15 freq
mirr - 3 freq
meroo - 1 freq
mayor - 3 freq
mireio - 1 freq
mirrie - 7 freq
Ÿmur - 1 freq
màiri - 2 freq
mir - 5 freq
mowrie - 1 freq
marr' - 1 freq
'mehr - 1 freq
€™mere - 9 freq
€˜more - 2 freq
mearð - 1 freq
€œmair - 4 freq
moore - 2 freq
mairry' - 1 freq
myra - 14 freq
myre - 2 freq
mairie - 1 freq
mòr - 2 freq
marye - 1 freq
'meerie - 6 freq
muwer - 1 freq
€œmary - 2 freq
€˜mair - 6 freq
€˜mere - 1 freq
€˜mr - 7 freq
€˜mare - 2 freq
€œmr - 5 freq
morra' - 1 freq
maara - 1 freq
€œmoira - 1 freq
mirra - 3 freq
mere' - 1 freq
moar - 3 freq
mrrow - 1 freq
moarra - 1 freq
€™mr - 1 freq
mhairi - 6 freq
mayer - 1 freq
mrei - 1 freq
morro - 18 freq
murr - 1 freq
maree - 1 freq
mehr - 1 freq
mri - 1 freq
‘mary - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - MR
mair - 6172 freq
mere - 24 freq
muir - 77 freq
more - 465 freq
mary - 770 freq
mr - 1314 freq
marrae - 8 freq
merry - 69 freq
morra - 79 freq
mour - 4 freq
mar - 16 freq
mare - 190 freq
maire - 146 freq
mora - 8 freq
mer - 7 freq
moor - 29 freq
mera - 2 freq
'mere - 1 freq
more-' - 1 freq
'mr - 16 freq
maria - 8 freq
maireh - 3 freq
marrow - 32 freq
maori - 2 freq
marie - 212 freq
moira - 88 freq
merrie - 7 freq
mire - 14 freq
'mair - 8 freq
marra - 19 freq
mearry - 1 freq
mairy - 7 freq
mirrae - 1 freq
meir - 7 freq
moray - 80 freq
mairrie - 7 freq
ymir - 3 freq
murray - 128 freq
myrrh - 10 freq
myrh - 1 freq
mairry - 43 freq
mairi - 5 freq
mario - 10 freq
meer - 9 freq
mear - 3 freq
morrae - 2 freq
mair' - 4 freq
morra- - 1 freq
marr - 5 freq
merro - 1 freq
mair-a - 1 freq
mareh - 3 freq
'muir - 1 freq
moir - 1 freq
maria' - 2 freq
mhòr' - 1 freq
morrow - 11 freq
more' - 1 freq
mirry - 8 freq
maer - 3 freq
merr - 6 freq
'mary' - 1 freq
'merry - 1 freq
maiur - 1 freq
marry - 11 freq
miair - 1 freq
'marie - 2 freq
moorie - 5 freq
moory - 3 freq
mor - 15 freq
mirr - 3 freq
meroo - 1 freq
mireio - 1 freq
mirrie - 7 freq
Ÿmur - 1 freq
màiri - 2 freq
mir - 5 freq
mowrie - 1 freq
marr' - 1 freq
'mehr - 1 freq
€™mere - 9 freq
€˜more - 2 freq
mearð - 1 freq
€œmair - 4 freq
moore - 2 freq
mairry' - 1 freq
myra - 14 freq
myre - 2 freq
mairie - 1 freq
mòr - 2 freq
'meerie - 6 freq
€œmary - 2 freq
€˜mair - 6 freq
€˜mere - 1 freq
€˜mr - 7 freq
€˜mare - 2 freq
€œmr - 5 freq
morra' - 1 freq
maara - 1 freq
€œmoira - 1 freq
mirra - 3 freq
mere' - 1 freq
moar - 3 freq
mrrow - 1 freq
moarra - 1 freq
€™mr - 1 freq
ymrh - 1 freq
mrei - 1 freq
morro - 18 freq
murr - 1 freq
maree - 1 freq
mehr - 1 freq
mri - 1 freq
‘mary - 1 freq
MERRY
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.170683 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 - 0.313152 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 - 0.027695 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 - 0.038264 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 - 0.000864 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.