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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to staffie in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
staffie (0) - 2 freq
skaffie (1) - 1 freq
stuffie (1) - 5 freq
staffin (1) - 3 freq
scaffie (1) - 9 freq
toffie (2) - 1 freq
starrie (2) - 5 freq
affie (2) - 6 freq
staffed (2) - 1 freq
stuffin (2) - 10 freq
snaffle (2) - 3 freq
stashie (2) - 1 freq
raffie (2) - 1 freq
stuffrie (2) - 1 freq
scuffie (2) - 4 freq
staffs (2) - 1 freq
staggie (2) - 1 freq
skiffie (2) - 7 freq
styfie (2) - 1 freq
stallie (2) - 1 freq
stuffit (2) - 1 freq
staigie (2) - 1 freq
taffee (2) - 1 freq
saftie (2) - 2 freq
starnie (2) - 11 freq
staffie (0) - 2 freq
stuffie (1) - 5 freq
staffa (2) - 2 freq
scaffie (2) - 9 freq
staff (2) - 109 freq
skaffie (2) - 1 freq
staffin (2) - 3 freq
steff (3) - 1 freq
skiffie (3) - 7 freq
stuffit (3) - 1 freq
stowfie (3) - 1 freq
staffs (3) - 1 freq
stuff (3) - 624 freq
taffee (3) - 1 freq
styfie (3) - 1 freq
staffed (3) - 1 freq
scuffie (3) - 4 freq
stuffy (3) - 3 freq
stiff (3) - 55 freq
toffie (3) - 1 freq
stiffy (3) - 1 freq
stuffin (3) - 10 freq
stuffrie (3) - 1 freq
stifle (4) - 3 freq
stiff' (4) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - S310
stop - 521 freq
step - 258 freq
stap - 293 freq
stowp - 5 freq
stiff - 55 freq
stoop - 16 freq
stoap - 142 freq
stuff - 624 freq
styfie - 1 freq
sadovaya - 1 freq
'stoap - 3 freq
staff - 109 freq
steep - 34 freq
'stop - 7 freq
stove - 63 freq
stab - 12 freq
stevie - 181 freq
steve - 46 freq
stieve - 28 freq
stob - 7 freq
staap - 1 freq
steive - 12 freq
stave - 1 freq
staive - 1 freq
shid've - 4 freq
stub - 2 freq
stoppy - 1 freq
shtuff - 1 freq
sedova - 1 freq
staffie - 2 freq
stuffie - 5 freq
stovie - 1 freq
stoppe - 1 freq
she'd've - 1 freq
shuid've - 1 freq
stav - 2 freq
'stap - 10 freq
shaddup - 3 freq
shut-up - 1 freq
shood've - 5 freq
shood''ve - 1 freq
'stop' - 2 freq
stoup - 6 freq
'stoup' - 1 freq
staup - 5 freq
staif - 1 freq
set-up - 8 freq
'stap' - 1 freq
shid'v - 1 freq
stoav - 2 freq
steave - 1 freq
sadwife - 1 freq
skaithfu - 4 freq
stiff' - 1 freq
stiv - 1 freq
stify - 1 freq
stowfie - 1 freq
stuffy - 3 freq
stv - 12 freq
stife - 1 freq
€œstop - 3 freq
staffa - 2 freq
stap-fu - 1 freq
stoiff - 2 freq
€œstap - 7 freq
€˜stop - 1 freq
setup - 1 freq
stope - 4 freq
€˜stevie - 5 freq
€˜stevo - 1 freq
€˜steve - 2 freq
€˜stoap - 1 freq
stubby - 2 freq
€œsteep - 1 freq
scotweb - 1 freq
stiffy - 1 freq
step' - 1 freq
stobbie - 1 freq
stuffÂ’ - 1 freq
steff - 1 freq
shud've - 1 freq
steph - 2 freq
sydb - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - STF
stiff - 55 freq
stuff - 624 freq
styfie - 1 freq
staff - 109 freq
stove - 63 freq
stevie - 181 freq
steve - 46 freq
stieve - 28 freq
steive - 12 freq
stave - 1 freq
staive - 1 freq
sedova - 1 freq
staffie - 2 freq
stuffie - 5 freq
stovie - 1 freq
stav - 2 freq
staif - 1 freq
stoav - 2 freq
steave - 1 freq
stiff' - 1 freq
stiv - 1 freq
stify - 1 freq
stowfie - 1 freq
stuffy - 3 freq
stv - 12 freq
stife - 1 freq
staffa - 2 freq
stoiff - 2 freq
€˜stevie - 5 freq
€˜stevo - 1 freq
€˜steve - 2 freq
stiffy - 1 freq
stuffÂ’ - 1 freq
steff - 1 freq
steph - 2 freq
hsdef - 1 freq
STAFFIE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.213597 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 - 0.443463 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 - 0.029884 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 - 0.040058 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 - 0.000930 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.