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Similar words to suffer in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
suffer (0) - 58 freq
puffer (1) - 1 freq
surfer (1) - 1 freq
suffert (1) - 9 freq
suiffer (1) - 1 freq
suffers (1) - 7 freq
seffer (1) - 1 freq
buffer (1) - 2 freq
duffer (1) - 6 freq
siffer (1) - 3 freq
sucker (2) - 3 freq
buffed (2) - 1 freq
tuffet (2) - 2 freq
super (2) - 37 freq
muffet (2) - 5 freq
puffers (2) - 1 freq
cuffed (2) - 1 freq
safer (2) - 18 freq
suner (2) - 3 freq
buffet (2) - 11 freq
iffer (2) - 1 freq
waffer (2) - 1 freq
tuffed (2) - 1 freq
€˜suffer (2) - 1 freq
fluffer (2) - 3 freq
suffer (0) - 58 freq
suiffer (1) - 1 freq
siffer (1) - 3 freq
seffer (1) - 1 freq
duffer (2) - 6 freq
suffre (2) - 1 freq
buffer (2) - 2 freq
puffer (2) - 1 freq
suffert (2) - 9 freq
surfer (2) - 1 freq
suffers (2) - 7 freq
sumfar (3) - 1 freq
spaffer (3) - 1 freq
saifer (3) - 3 freq
oaffer (3) - 2 freq
suffered (3) - 21 freq
sufferer (3) - 1 freq
softer (3) - 4 freq
niffer (3) - 7 freq
sufferan (3) - 2 freq
sniffer (3) - 3 freq
gaffer (3) - 35 freq
affer (3) - 2 freq
heffer (3) - 2 freq
scaffer (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - S160
spier - 42 freq
supper - 173 freq
siberia - 5 freq
shipraw - 1 freq
spur - 5 freq
shiver - 35 freq
s'faur - 1 freq
speir - 214 freq
spray - 42 freq
spare - 100 freq
spear - 28 freq
super - 37 freq
safer - 18 freq
'speir - 1 freq
skipper - 51 freq
shaver - 2 freq
swipper - 8 freq
'spare' - 2 freq
sipper - 6 freq
severe - 15 freq
spar - 14 freq
sparrae - 3 freq
sober - 31 freq
suffer - 58 freq
savoury - 1 freq
speer - 21 freq
syver - 4 freq
sabre - 2 freq
saviour - 14 freq
savour - 18 freq
saifer - 3 freq
spair - 1 freq
sub-par - 1 freq
spry - 3 freq
scaffer - 1 freq
sper - 1 freq
siver - 2 freq
sparra - 11 freq
sphere - 14 freq
sweeper - 3 freq
safari - 2 freq
sever - 3 freq
'safari - 3 freq
'sober - 1 freq
spree - 12 freq
siffer - 3 freq
'sphere - 1 freq
sphere' - 1 freq
savory - 1 freq
saufer - 2 freq
seffer - 1 freq
scabra - 1 freq
spire - 5 freq
sober' - 1 freq
sapphira - 1 freq
skyipper - 2 freq
sapphire - 1 freq
siever - 2 freq
suiffer - 1 freq
suffre - 1 freq
spoor - 2 freq
€˜spray - 1 freq
swaver - 1 freq
sauviour - 1 freq
sparrow - 5 freq
soapbar - 1 freq
€œsparra - 1 freq
soepboer - 1 freq
€˜spier - 1 freq
saufier - 1 freq
sover - 1 freq
speir' - 1 freq
€˜suffer - 1 freq
shopper - 3 freq
€œspare - 1 freq
€œspeir - 1 freq
sapr - 1 freq
soubry - 1 freq
siferry - 4 freq
sppry - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - SFR
s'faur - 1 freq
safer - 18 freq
severe - 15 freq
zephyr - 2 freq
suffer - 58 freq
savoury - 1 freq
syver - 4 freq
saviour - 14 freq
savour - 18 freq
saifer - 3 freq
siver - 2 freq
sphere - 14 freq
safari - 2 freq
sever - 3 freq
'safari - 3 freq
siffer - 3 freq
'sphere - 1 freq
sphere' - 1 freq
savory - 1 freq
saufer - 2 freq
seffer - 1 freq
siever - 2 freq
suiffer - 1 freq
suffre - 1 freq
cipher - 1 freq
sauviour - 1 freq
saufier - 1 freq
sover - 1 freq
€˜suffer - 1 freq
siferry - 4 freq
zyvre - 1 freq
xfhywr - 1 freq
SUFFER
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.213774 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 - 0.394753 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 - 0.060502 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 - 0.038144 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 - 0.000893 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.