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Similar words to spurn in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
spurn (0) - 2 freq
spurs (1) - 17 freq
purn (1) - 1 freq
swurn (1) - 1 freq
spur (1) - 5 freq
spurt (1) - 5 freq
spurns (1) - 1 freq
spun (1) - 28 freq
spuin (1) - 7 freq
shure (2) - 12 freq
burn (2) - 455 freq
skurt (2) - 4 freq
stun (2) - 2 freq
urn (2) - 6 freq
sure (2) - 1001 freq
spron (2) - 1 freq
smur (2) - 3 freq
churn (2) - 4 freq
'burn (2) - 1 freq
sporf (2) - 1 freq
saturn (2) - 8 freq
upun (2) - 5 freq
spurts (2) - 1 freq
sperm (2) - 5 freq
spin (2) - 65 freq
spurn (0) - 2 freq
spun (2) - 28 freq
spuin (2) - 7 freq
spirin (2) - 1 freq
spron (2) - 1 freq
spurs (2) - 17 freq
spurns (2) - 1 freq
purn (2) - 1 freq
swurn (2) - 1 freq
spurt (2) - 5 freq
spur (2) - 5 freq
pirn (3) - 8 freq
spen (3) - 29 freq
spare (3) - 100 freq
spearin (3) - 1 freq
aspirin (3) - 3 freq
seturn (3) - 12 freq
spierin (3) - 23 freq
sport (3) - 155 freq
speirin (3) - 166 freq
porn (3) - 2 freq
speun (3) - 2 freq
speen (3) - 17 freq
spurtan (3) - 1 freq
spar (3) - 14 freq
SoundEx code - S165
skipperin - 3 freq
spring - 263 freq
spierin - 23 freq
speirin - 166 freq
spirewind - 1 freq
siberian - 3 freq
supreme - 15 freq
shivverin - 5 freq
savourin - 7 freq
springs - 34 freq
spirin - 1 freq
speirins - 106 freq
spreeng - 3 freq
spreengs - 1 freq
supernova - 1 freq
sprint - 8 freq
sprints - 4 freq
sprinted - 8 freq
sprintin - 8 freq
supernatural - 7 freq
superintendent - 2 freq
shiverin - 12 freq
sufferin - 36 freq
supermarket - 20 freq
supperintendant - 1 freq
sprang - 18 freq
sprung - 22 freq
spron - 1 freq
sprayin - 12 freq
springtime - 11 freq
springheid - 10 freq
spraings - 1 freq
spreng - 1 freq
speerin - 9 freq
spurned - 2 freq
springy - 6 freq
seafarin - 1 freq
saivourin - 2 freq
sperm - 5 freq
superman - 6 freq
sprinting - 1 freq
saffron - 4 freq
saffren - 1 freq
soberen - 1 freq
speerin' - 2 freq
seafront - 1 freq
supermarkets - 12 freq
springsteens - 1 freq
sprinklers - 2 freq
sprintit - 4 freq
spring-heid - 1 freq
springin - 7 freq
soprano - 5 freq
sopranos - 2 freq
soberin - 2 freq
speiran - 7 freq
shivereens - 1 freq
sufferan - 2 freq
sovranty - 9 freq
sovran - 1 freq
sprains - 1 freq
supermairkets - 2 freq
sprunt - 1 freq
sprintet - 1 freq
shop-front - 1 freq
supermairket - 2 freq
spurrin - 3 freq
sprinkler - 3 freq
'spring - 1 freq
spring's - 1 freq
spörin - 1 freq
sifferin - 3 freq
supermercats - 1 freq
speirings - 9 freq
supermercat - 2 freq
supremacists - 2 freq
spearmint - 1 freq
sie-farin - 5 freq
sparingly - 1 freq
shivering - 2 freq
supremely - 1 freq
sporran - 7 freq
scupperan - 1 freq
suffering - 9 freq
spring' - 1 freq
shiveran - 1 freq
springboords - 1 freq
sehberian - 1 freq
supernovas - 1 freq
sperrins - 1 freq
springtim - 1 freq
spurn - 2 freq
supper-room - 1 freq
supernaitral - 5 freq
spearmen - 2 freq
springheids - 1 freq
sparinly - 1 freq
saberin - 1 freq
spring-heeled - 1 freq
speirnae - 1 freq
'speerin' - 1 freq
speirin-oot - 1 freq
spurns - 1 freq
supernovae - 3 freq
sovrin - 1 freq
suppermairket - 2 freq
sparing - 2 freq
sprewin - 1 freq
€œsuperannuat - 1 freq
soverance - 3 freq
€˜supermakar - 1 freq
sprinkles - 1 freq
supremacy - 2 freq
spurness - 2 freq
supernoodles - 1 freq
spearman - 1 freq
supernaitural - 1 freq
spearin - 1 freq
speirins- - 1 freq
sperins - 1 freq
supermodel - 1 freq
speiring - 1 freq
springer - 1 freq
supernaitrel - 1 freq
sufferance - 1 freq
soverantie - 1 freq
supermannie - 3 freq
squaverin - 1 freq
€˜sufferin - 1 freq
severin - 1 freq
sprinkled - 3 freq
sporrans - 1 freq
springburn - 1 freq
shopfronts - 1 freq
spierin' - 2 freq
sufferin' - 2 freq
sprinkling - 1 freq
supermac - 2 freq
severincarrell - 2 freq
sporranpauline - 1 freq
suffrin - 1 freq
superhuman - 1 freq
saffroneventsuk - 1 freq
severing - 1 freq
spierins - 2 freq
sparraneil - 5 freq
springsquillÂ… - 1 freq
spiering - 1 freq
sprinklin - 1 freq
sfprmqnztw - 1 freq
sprankled - 1 freq
sprinkle - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - SPRN
spierin - 23 freq
speirin - 166 freq
spirin - 1 freq
spron - 1 freq
speerin - 9 freq
speerin' - 2 freq
soprano - 5 freq
speiran - 7 freq
spurrin - 3 freq
spörin - 1 freq
sporran - 7 freq
spurn - 2 freq
speirnae - 1 freq
'speerin' - 1 freq
spearin - 1 freq
spierin' - 2 freq
SPURN
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.228355 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 - 0.381165 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 - 0.029522 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 - 0.041461 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 - 0.001007 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.