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Similar words to spat in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
spat (0) - 52 freq
sat (1) - 749 freq
spar (1) - 14 freq
spaz (1) - 3 freq
spad (1) - 2 freq
spot (1) - 251 freq
sput (1) - 8 freq
spats (1) - 3 freq
spag (1) - 2 freq
spoat (1) - 8 freq
spit (1) - 69 freq
pat (1) - 261 freq
spet (1) - 1 freq
spae (1) - 7 freq
soat (1) - 1 freq
swat (1) - 7 freq
saat (1) - 29 freq
spate (1) - 42 freq
seat (1) - 277 freq
s'at (1) - 1 freq
snat (1) - 1 freq
splat (1) - 8 freq
spak (1) - 307 freq
span (1) - 17 freq
shat (1) - 26 freq
spat (0) - 52 freq
spoat (1) - 8 freq
spet (1) - 1 freq
spate (1) - 42 freq
sput (1) - 8 freq
spit (1) - 69 freq
spot (1) - 251 freq
spam (2) - 8 freq
speyt (2) - 1 freq
soapt (2) - 1 freq
stat (2) - 1 freq
shat (2) - 26 freq
spa (2) - 6 freq
sept (2) - 7 freq
spout (2) - 5 freq
spite (2) - 73 freq
sypit (2) - 2 freq
spoot (2) - 17 freq
span (2) - 17 freq
spyit (2) - 3 freq
spoty (2) - 1 freq
spak (2) - 307 freq
spats (2) - 3 freq
spag (2) - 2 freq
pat (2) - 261 freq
SoundEx code - S130
saft - 293 freq
shift - 183 freq
spot - 251 freq
speed - 109 freq
skiffed - 9 freq
shapit - 14 freq
shoved - 38 freq
sypit - 2 freq
scaffed - 1 freq
soaft - 2 freq
s'aboot - 1 freq
spite - 73 freq
sobbed - 7 freq
shaped - 34 freq
spate - 42 freq
spit - 69 freq
scabbed - 2 freq
shifty - 7 freq
spied - 87 freq
scuffed - 13 freq
scabbit - 8 freq
swift - 33 freq
shaved - 16 freq
swept - 31 freq
safety - 62 freq
scooped - 10 freq
'saftie' - 1 freq
sauftie - 4 freq
scufft - 2 freq
spat - 52 freq
spoot - 17 freq
shuvved - 2 freq
sabbed - 5 freq
saved - 87 freq
saufty - 3 freq
seevety - 1 freq
sabbath - 109 freq
soupit - 4 freq
saufed - 6 freq
soft - 52 freq
sauved - 4 freq
speid - 5 freq
saubbath - 1 freq
swuft - 5 freq
spewed - 15 freq
swopped - 1 freq
scoffed - 11 freq
swiped - 4 freq
seepit - 4 freq
spyit - 3 freq
shipped - 4 freq
spud - 3 freq
swooped - 2 freq
spaad - 6 freq
shaft - 20 freq
supped - 4 freq
spout - 5 freq
soapt - 1 freq
skipped - 7 freq
sipped - 6 freq
seeped - 5 freq
sped - 8 freq
syped - 2 freq
sweipit - 1 freq
suppit - 10 freq
sauvit - 1 freq
shiftie - 1 freq
shippit - 1 freq
siafty - 1 freq
saiftay - 1 freq
shaipet - 1 freq
shaypet - 1 freq
swappet - 1 freq
spey't - 1 freq
speyt - 1 freq
seafood - 6 freq
sea-buit - 2 freq
seabuit - 1 freq
sappit - 3 freq
subtie - 1 freq
swapped - 9 freq
swappit - 11 freq
spotty - 3 freq
swypit - 2 freq
soviet - 14 freq
sheaved - 1 freq
spaed - 5 freq
speedy - 5 freq
spoat - 8 freq
swupped - 1 freq
speedo - 3 freq
sweeped - 2 freq
sheepwhite - 1 freq
scowped - 1 freq
sput - 8 freq
spyed - 3 freq
spit' - 1 freq
shift' - 2 freq
shoofty - 2 freq
shaepid - 1 freq
seepid - 1 freq
shape't - 3 freq
swaapt - 2 freq
shapet - 1 freq
seabed - 2 freq
spade - 26 freq
sabbat - 1 freq
skift - 3 freq
'shift - 3 freq
shïft - 2 freq
spït - 1 freq
'spit - 2 freq
sobbit - 3 freq
'soviet' - 1 freq
skipt - 1 freq
savit - 6 freq
shaaved - 3 freq
sea-höved - 1 freq
skippity - 1 freq
shaipit - 1 freq
sift - 6 freq
shavit - 1 freq
spede - 1 freq
saefty - 1 freq
shooftie - 3 freq
softie - 3 freq
spedd - 2 freq
saaft - 5 freq
shaepit - 2 freq
spooty - 1 freq
'saft - 3 freq
spet - 1 freq
souped - 1 freq
shappit - 2 freq
skippit - 8 freq
soopit - 3 freq
sowff't - 1 freq
shivt - 1 freq
'shappit' - 1 freq
'shappit - 1 freq
skypit - 1 freq
scap't - 1 freq
speedie - 1 freq
spadd - 1 freq
swoopit - 1 freq
sawbath - 1 freq
saufit - 1 freq
shippet - 1 freq
scoopit - 3 freq
sabata - 1 freq
sopped - 1 freq
sept - 7 freq
scoped - 1 freq
shivvit - 1 freq
savitie - 2 freq
savetie - 2 freq
skyved - 1 freq
swoupit - 2 freq
sabbit - 1 freq
shuppit - 1 freq
saftey - 1 freq
sawbith - 4 freq
schyoopit - 8 freq
€œschyoopit - 1 freq
spad - 2 freq
shived - 1 freq
sauft - 1 freq
skived - 1 freq
sieved - 1 freq
€˜saft - 1 freq
sauftey - 2 freq
spottie - 1 freq
saftie - 2 freq
skepit - 1 freq
sbt - 6 freq
sbptyu - 1 freq
shuftie - 21 freq
speedway - 4 freq
skipta - 1 freq
spoty - 1 freq
sbd - 2 freq
“spot - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - SPT
spot - 251 freq
speed - 109 freq
sypit - 2 freq
cept - 25 freq
spite - 73 freq
spate - 42 freq
spit - 69 freq
spied - 87 freq
zipped - 5 freq
spat - 52 freq
spoot - 17 freq
soupit - 4 freq
speid - 5 freq
'cept - 9 freq
seepit - 4 freq
spud - 3 freq
spaad - 6 freq
supped - 4 freq
spout - 5 freq
soapt - 1 freq
sipped - 6 freq
seeped - 5 freq
sped - 8 freq
syped - 2 freq
suppit - 10 freq
spey't - 1 freq
speyt - 1 freq
sappit - 3 freq
spotty - 3 freq
swypit - 2 freq
spaed - 5 freq
speedy - 5 freq
spoat - 8 freq
zapped - 2 freq
speedo - 3 freq
sput - 8 freq
spit' - 1 freq
seepid - 1 freq
spade - 26 freq
spït - 1 freq
'spit - 2 freq
spede - 1 freq
spedd - 2 freq
spooty - 1 freq
spet - 1 freq
souped - 1 freq
soopit - 3 freq
speedie - 1 freq
spadd - 1 freq
sopped - 1 freq
sept - 7 freq
€œcept - 1 freq
zippt - 1 freq
zipt - 1 freq
spad - 2 freq
zippit - 1 freq
spottie - 1 freq
spoty - 1 freq
“spot - 1 freq
SPAT
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.195883 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 - 0.328111 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 - 0.029417 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 - 0.037426 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 - 0.000890 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.