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Similar words to shelter in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
shelter (0) - 49 freq
shelters (1) - 4 freq
helter (1) - 3 freq
shalter (1) - 4 freq
sheltert (1) - 2 freq
shilter (1) - 2 freq
skelter (1) - 2 freq
hetter (2) - 5 freq
theeter (2) - 1 freq
shooter (2) - 2 freq
shatter (2) - 1 freq
shilters (2) - 1 freq
wheeter (2) - 1 freq
sester (2) - 2 freq
sheltered (2) - 12 freq
shelley (2) - 2 freq
seater (2) - 1 freq
slester (2) - 4 freq
sweater (2) - 1 freq
shelties (2) - 4 freq
spalter (2) - 2 freq
chester (2) - 1 freq
shelterin (2) - 1 freq
shelt's (2) - 3 freq
setter (2) - 4 freq
shelter (0) - 49 freq
shalter (1) - 4 freq
shilter (1) - 2 freq
skelter (2) - 2 freq
shelters (2) - 4 freq
sheltert (2) - 2 freq
helter (2) - 3 freq
shelterin (3) - 1 freq
swulter (3) - 1 freq
shelties (3) - 4 freq
shiltry (3) - 1 freq
spalter (3) - 2 freq
shyster (3) - 1 freq
shifter (3) - 1 freq
sheltie (3) - 31 freq
shanter (3) - 18 freq
shelts (3) - 13 freq
sheltered (3) - 12 freq
shatter (3) - 1 freq
shooter (3) - 2 freq
wheelter (3) - 16 freq
sleater (3) - 1 freq
shilters (3) - 1 freq
shorter (3) - 24 freq
shelt (3) - 28 freq
SoundEx code - S436
skelter - 2 freq
slater - 18 freq
saltire - 43 freq
shoolders - 6 freq
sweltrie - 6 freq
skolder - 1 freq
shelter - 49 freq
slidders - 2 freq
skelterin - 5 freq
shoulders - 26 freq
soldier - 22 freq
shoulder - 38 freq
sheltered - 12 freq
slithert - 3 freq
sliddert - 3 freq
shelterin - 1 freq
scliddert - 3 freq
slitter - 9 freq
slidderie - 7 freq
slidderin - 8 freq
slitterin - 5 freq
sliddery - 11 freq
sultry-voiced - 1 freq
shell-torn - 1 freq
slithers - 3 freq
skiltert - 1 freq
sclidder - 1 freq
slitherin - 2 freq
slaters - 8 freq
slittered - 3 freq
solitary - 15 freq
slithered - 4 freq
swelteran - 1 freq
skeldros - 1 freq
solitaire - 3 freq
slather - 2 freq
solidarity - 23 freq
slither - 6 freq
soldiers - 52 freq
shiltry - 1 freq
shilter - 2 freq
slidder - 9 freq
slathered - 3 freq
sclittery - 2 freq
sclidderie - 2 freq
skilterm - 1 freq
skilter - 1 freq
sliders - 2 freq
solidarities - 1 freq
sliddered - 6 freq
swulter - 1 freq
shelters - 4 freq
scalder - 2 freq
shilters - 1 freq
sheltèrs - 1 freq
sheltèr - 1 freq
slitterie - 4 freq
shoolder - 6 freq
sheltert - 2 freq
sclidderieness - 1 freq
slider - 4 freq
sclitterie - 1 freq
shalder's - 1 freq
skeltered - 5 freq
solder - 2 freq
shaltered - 2 freq
shalter - 4 freq
shaalders - 1 freq
shooldered - 1 freq
slatterhoose - 1 freq
skeldro - 1 freq
slaetero - 2 freq
slaetero's - 6 freq
saltyre - 4 freq
solitrie - 1 freq
soldiered - 1 freq
swelterin - 3 freq
sclaturs - 1 freq
slithir - 1 freq
sleater - 1 freq
sclaters - 4 freq
slater's - 1 freq
sultry - 24 freq
sklater - 1 freq
schulderis - 1 freq
sclither - 1 freq
slaiters - 1 freq
shalders - 6 freq
saltires - 6 freq
sel-hatred - 1 freq
schiltrons - 1 freq
schiltron - 3 freq
slaithert - 2 freq
slaithirt - 1 freq
slatherin - 1 freq
soldierin' - 1 freq
skelters - 1 freq
€œshelter - 1 freq
slitrig - 3 freq
scliddery - 1 freq
scalders - 1 freq
saltirecomic - 1 freq
€˜saltire - 1 freq
saltirecomics - 1 freq
slaetter - 1 freq
skelder - 1 freq
soldering - 1 freq
slydderin - 1 freq
saltiresportsrs - 5 freq
shelterscotland - 1 freq
solwaytours - 2 freq
soldiering - 1 freq
slateroos - 2 freq
MetaPhone code - XLTR
shelter - 49 freq
shoulder - 38 freq
childer - 13 freq
shiltry - 1 freq
shilter - 2 freq
childèr - 5 freq
childér - 3 freq
sheltèr - 1 freq
shoolder - 6 freq
shalter - 4 freq
cholder - 1 freq
chaldro - 1 freq
€œshelter - 1 freq
SHELTER
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.210721 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 - 0.386707 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 - 0.028351 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 - 0.037828 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 - 0.000939 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.