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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to perra in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
perra (0) - 10 freq
werra (1) - 1 freq
terra (1) - 1 freq
verra (1) - 436 freq
perrs (1) - 1 freq
perr (1) - 23 freq
erra (1) - 3 freq
perry (1) - 17 freq
nerra (1) - 33 freq
serrs (2) - 5 freq
perth (2) - 41 freq
peri (2) - 2 freq
purr (2) - 3 freq
pere (2) - 1 freq
merr (2) - 6 freq
nerrae (2) - 2 freq
prma (2) - 1 freq
errza (2) - 2 freq
berr (2) - 2 freq
morra (2) - 79 freq
merro (2) - 1 freq
gerda (2) - 4 freq
peers (2) - 26 freq
cerry (2) - 7 freq
harra (2) - 2 freq
perra (0) - 10 freq
perry (1) - 17 freq
perr (1) - 23 freq
pierre (2) - 3 freq
perrie (2) - 1 freq
porr (2) - 1 freq
pirr (2) - 2 freq
parry (2) - 1 freq
purr (2) - 3 freq
nerra (2) - 33 freq
terra (2) - 1 freq
verra (2) - 436 freq
werra (2) - 1 freq
perrs (2) - 1 freq
erra (2) - 3 freq
peru (3) - 3 freq
herry (3) - 2 freq
birra (3) - 9 freq
porrt (3) - 1 freq
peeran (3) - 2 freq
berry (3) - 17 freq
purrt (3) - 1 freq
pear (3) - 9 freq
derry (3) - 49 freq
per (3) - 70 freq
SoundEx code - P600
puir - 548 freq
pure - 676 freq
pour - 30 freq
pair - 494 freq
prey - 27 freq
peerie - 626 freq
pree - 30 freq
poo'er - 8 freq
peer - 199 freq
pooer - 161 freq
poor - 424 freq
pouer - 151 freq
pray - 145 freq
peru - 3 freq
power - 172 freq
pier - 38 freq
prow - 5 freq
para - 12 freq
perry - 17 freq
per - 70 freq
'pray - 3 freq
'peer - 4 freq
perr - 23 freq
parrie - 4 freq
proo - 3 freq
pierre - 3 freq
paree - 2 freq
pirr - 2 freq
puur - 1 freq
'puir - 5 freq
pior - 1 freq
pro - 11 freq
peeree - 2 freq
peoor - 1 freq
peeoor - 1 freq
po'er - 2 freq
purr - 3 freq
pere - 1 freq
par - 10 freq
perra - 10 freq
pur - 5 freq
pare - 5 freq
pr - 21 freq
power' - 1 freq
peur - 28 freq
pore - 2 freq
prie - 4 freq
pear - 9 freq
pre - 10 freq
pharoh - 1 freq
poure - 1 freq
powre - 2 freq
poorie - 3 freq
pierie - 8 freq
peerie-wee - 12 freq
pero - 1 freq
peerie-' - 1 freq
pör - 32 freq
por - 2 freq
peirie - 5 freq
pair' - 1 freq
'pur - 1 freq
pry - 1 freq
peérie - 1 freq
pooir - 1 freq
paer - 3 freq
pouer' - 3 freq
pyoor - 1 freq
pyre - 1 freq
'pure' - 2 freq
'pour - 1 freq
pre- - 3 freq
perrie - 1 freq
príe - 1 freq
€˜puir - 1 freq
pir - 31 freq
€œpuir - 1 freq
€˜peirie - 2 freq
€˜pair - 1 freq
€˜pour - 1 freq
peerie- - 1 freq
pharoah - 1 freq
€œpower - 1 freq
pirrie - 1 freq
paira - 1 freq
poer - 1 freq
€œpoor - 1 freq
€œpour - 1 freq
payer - 1 freq
pirie - 5 freq
paro - 2 freq
parry - 1 freq
€œprwhew - 1 freq
ppera - 24 freq
€œpeerie - 3 freq
peir - 3 freq
phhr - 1 freq
porr - 1 freq
pray-y - 1 freq
purée - 1 freq
prue - 1 freq
pyr - 1 freq
powr - 1 freq
pire - 1 freq
pyyyyuioor - 1 freq
pro- - 1 freq
pwr - 1 freq
powerÂ’ - 1 freq
peri - 2 freq
puer - 1 freq
peerieÂ… - 1 freq
‘pure - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - PR
puir - 548 freq
pure - 676 freq
pour - 30 freq
pair - 494 freq
prey - 27 freq
peerie - 626 freq
pree - 30 freq
poo'er - 8 freq
peer - 199 freq
pooer - 161 freq
poor - 424 freq
pouer - 151 freq
pray - 145 freq
peru - 3 freq
pier - 38 freq
prow - 5 freq
para - 12 freq
perry - 17 freq
hyper - 4 freq
per - 70 freq
'pray - 3 freq
'peer - 4 freq
perr - 23 freq
parrie - 4 freq
proo - 3 freq
pierre - 3 freq
paree - 2 freq
pirr - 2 freq
puur - 1 freq
'puir - 5 freq
pior - 1 freq
pro - 11 freq
peeree - 2 freq
peoor - 1 freq
peeoor - 1 freq
po'er - 2 freq
purr - 3 freq
pere - 1 freq
par - 10 freq
perra - 10 freq
pur - 5 freq
pare - 5 freq
pr - 21 freq
peur - 28 freq
pore - 2 freq
prie - 4 freq
pear - 9 freq
pre - 10 freq
poure - 1 freq
powre - 2 freq
poorie - 3 freq
pierie - 8 freq
pero - 1 freq
peerie-' - 1 freq
pör - 32 freq
por - 2 freq
peirie - 5 freq
pair' - 1 freq
'pur - 1 freq
pry - 1 freq
peérie - 1 freq
pooir - 1 freq
paer - 3 freq
pouer' - 3 freq
pyre - 1 freq
'pure' - 2 freq
'pour - 1 freq
pre- - 3 freq
perrie - 1 freq
príe - 1 freq
€˜puir - 1 freq
pir - 31 freq
€œpuir - 1 freq
€˜peirie - 2 freq
€˜pair - 1 freq
€˜pour - 1 freq
peerie- - 1 freq
pirrie - 1 freq
paira - 1 freq
poer - 1 freq
€œpoor - 1 freq
€œpour - 1 freq
pirie - 5 freq
paro - 2 freq
parry - 1 freq
ppera - 24 freq
€œpeerie - 3 freq
peir - 3 freq
porr - 1 freq
pray-y - 1 freq
purée - 1 freq
wyper - 1 freq
prue - 1 freq
pyr - 1 freq
powr - 1 freq
pire - 1 freq
pyyyyuioor - 1 freq
pro- - 1 freq
pwr - 1 freq
peri - 2 freq
puer - 1 freq
peerieÂ… - 1 freq
‘pure - 1 freq
PERRA
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.212549 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 - 0.382590 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 - 0.028493 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 - 0.038825 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 - 0.000929 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.