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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to spoon in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
spoon (0) - 57 freq
poon (1) - 2 freq
shoon (1) - 14 freq
spool (1) - 2 freq
stoon (1) - 9 freq
spron (1) - 1 freq
soon (1) - 672 freq
swoon (1) - 2 freq
spoons (1) - 9 freq
spoot (1) - 17 freq
spook (1) - 1 freq
spon (1) - 1 freq
spoor (1) - 2 freq
spoont (1) - 1 freq
spoof (1) - 2 freq
snook (2) - 2 freq
goon (2) - 33 freq
ipon (2) - 16 freq
scoom (2) - 2 freq
stoor (2) - 102 freq
soo (2) - 29 freq
poop (2) - 3 freq
shorn (2) - 7 freq
upon (2) - 255 freq
skoor (2) - 1 freq
spoon (0) - 57 freq
spon (1) - 1 freq
spean (2) - 2 freq
spen (2) - 29 freq
spin (2) - 65 freq
span (2) - 17 freq
spain (2) - 55 freq
spun (2) - 28 freq
spyin (2) - 10 freq
speyn (2) - 1 freq
speen (2) - 17 freq
spuin (2) - 7 freq
spein (2) - 2 freq
spoof (2) - 2 freq
spoont (2) - 1 freq
stoon (2) - 9 freq
spron (2) - 1 freq
spool (2) - 2 freq
shoon (2) - 14 freq
poon (2) - 2 freq
speun (2) - 2 freq
soon (2) - 672 freq
spoor (2) - 2 freq
spook (2) - 1 freq
spoot (2) - 17 freq
SoundEx code - S150
seeven - 95 freq
sivven - 15 freq
sweepin - 15 freq
sypin - 13 freq
seven - 120 freq
skippin - 21 freq
sobbin - 10 freq
spoon - 57 freq
scoopin - 7 freq
swipin - 4 freq
seepin - 15 freq
spewin - 19 freq
svein - 1 freq
shavin - 11 freq
seiven - 113 freq
skyvin - 1 freq
spyin - 10 freq
sabbin - 10 freq
spune - 3 freq
swoopin - 3 freq
seev'n - 1 freq
shuivin - 2 freq
spen - 29 freq
spun - 28 freq
shoppin - 67 freq
span - 17 freq
siven - 2 freq
spain - 55 freq
swappin - 6 freq
shovin - 18 freq
shaven - 2 freq
shappin - 5 freq
savin - 38 freq
scoffin - 4 freq
shuibhne - 1 freq
scuffin - 2 freq
spine - 28 freq
sbohem - 1 freq
spin - 65 freq
spawn - 5 freq
spam - 8 freq
swivin - 3 freq
suppin - 9 freq
scoofin' - 2 freq
shoppin' - 4 freq
skippin' - 1 freq
spume - 3 freq
speyn - 1 freq
scoopen - 1 freq
suppen - 1 freq
syven - 10 freq
sayven - 1 freq
siobhan - 21 freq
'siobhan - 1 freq
spean - 2 freq
skeipin - 1 freq
sev'n - 1 freq
sayfin - 1 freq
shoappin - 3 freq
shapin - 5 freq
spaein - 3 freq
savannah - 2 freq
sivin - 4 freq
shoapin - 2 freq
'spain - 2 freq
spenn - 3 freq
speen - 17 freq
seevin - 27 freq
spehin - 1 freq
speun - 2 freq
spon - 1 freq
sabine - 3 freq
sippin - 7 freq
spawny - 2 freq
spïn - 2 freq
saffen - 1 freq
shuvin - 2 freq
spiein - 1 freq
scoofin - 3 freq
sven - 2 freq
shaavin - 1 freq
shivvin - 2 freq
sieepin - 1 freq
shovan - 1 freq
spön - 3 freq
skivvin - 1 freq
shoppan - 1 freq
shoppeen - 6 freq
seivin - 4 freq
skiffin - 5 freq
'seeven - 2 freq
siffin - 1 freq
suppone - 12 freq
spanyie - 1 freq
shippeen - 3 freq
swabbin - 1 freq
skiyvin - 1 freq
saabin - 1 freq
skyippin - 1 freq
savan - 1 freq
suppan - 1 freq
shopeen - 1 freq
sobban - 4 freq
skoofin - 1 freq
sowffin - 2 freq
soffin - 1 freq
soopin - 7 freq
soupçon - 1 freq
savanna - 2 freq
sieven - 2 freq
spuin - 7 freq
sheepie-meh - 1 freq
skivin - 3 freq
sp-nn - 1 freq
sauvin - 1 freq
sheavin - 2 freq
siepin - 1 freq
swypin - 2 freq
swoupin - 1 freq
€˜saufin - 2 freq
spein - 2 freq
swappan - 1 freq
seevun - 1 freq
siobhán - 1 freq
shappan - 1 freq
€˜seeven - 1 freq
scowffin - 1 freq
sievin - 1 freq
seevin' - 2 freq
shopin - 1 freq
spewin' - 1 freq
spainie - 1 freq
saufin - 1 freq
skuffin - 1 freq
shebeen - 1 freq
soppin - 1 freq
seepin' - 2 freq
subvene - 1 freq
spewinÂ’ - 1 freq
scoofinÂ’ - 1 freq
sivvin - 1 freq
spm - 1 freq
speno - 1 freq
spinny - 1 freq
sbbn - 1 freq
spinne - 2 freq
spoween - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - SPN
sypin - 13 freq
spoon - 57 freq
seepin - 15 freq
spune - 3 freq
spen - 29 freq
spun - 28 freq
span - 17 freq
spain - 55 freq
spine - 28 freq
spin - 65 freq
spawn - 5 freq
suppin - 9 freq
speyn - 1 freq
suppen - 1 freq
spean - 2 freq
spaein - 3 freq
'spain - 2 freq
spenn - 3 freq
speen - 17 freq
speun - 2 freq
spon - 1 freq
sippin - 7 freq
spawny - 2 freq
spïn - 2 freq
spiein - 1 freq
sieepin - 1 freq
spön - 3 freq
suppone - 12 freq
suppan - 1 freq
soopin - 7 freq
soupçon - 1 freq
spuin - 7 freq
sp-nn - 1 freq
siepin - 1 freq
swypin - 2 freq
spein - 2 freq
spainie - 1 freq
soppin - 1 freq
seepin' - 2 freq
speno - 1 freq
spinny - 1 freq
spinne - 2 freq
SPOON
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.189621 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 - 0.335483 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 - 0.030849 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 - 0.038536 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 - 0.000897 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.