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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to waifs in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
waifs (0) - 1 freq
waffs (1) - 7 freq
wains (1) - 13 freq
waiks (1) - 2 freq
waif (1) - 1 freq
wails (1) - 6 freq
waits (1) - 27 freq
laifs (1) - 2 freq
wais (1) - 6 freq
waiys (1) - 1 freq
wain (2) - 15 freq
waists (2) - 3 freq
wxis (2) - 1 freq
aif (2) - 6 freq
awaits (2) - 8 freq
wies (2) - 17 freq
airs (2) - 38 freq
waff (2) - 19 freq
fairs (2) - 10 freq
laefs (2) - 2 freq
shaifs (2) - 2 freq
wowfs (2) - 3 freq
wayis (2) - 1 freq
ways (2) - 51 freq
wars (2) - 61 freq
waifs (0) - 1 freq
wais (2) - 6 freq
laifs (2) - 2 freq
woufs (2) - 1 freq
wifes (2) - 7 freq
waits (2) - 27 freq
waiys (2) - 1 freq
wains (2) - 13 freq
wails (2) - 6 freq
waiks (2) - 2 freq
waif (2) - 1 freq
waffs (2) - 7 freq
wuins (3) - 1 freq
wifies (3) - 57 freq
waars (3) - 2 freq
wifeys (3) - 1 freq
waft (3) - 9 freq
wi's (3) - 33 freq
wyfis (3) - 1 freq
wife (3) - 818 freq
cuifs (3) - 1 freq
wags (3) - 8 freq
ifs (3) - 1 freq
wabs (3) - 10 freq
waes (3) - 6 freq
SoundEx code - W120
weeps - 1 freq
waves - 139 freq
wappie's - 1 freq
wouves - 1 freq
wives - 42 freq
wife's - 27 freq
whips - 23 freq
wipes - 4 freq
whoops - 9 freq
wowfs - 3 freq
wowffs - 1 freq
wifock - 1 freq
waffs - 7 freq
wifies - 57 freq
wifie's - 19 freq
whaups - 21 freq
wifies' - 2 freq
waps - 1 freq
wheeps - 1 freq
waive's - 11 freq
wave's - 1 freq
waives - 1 freq
wayv's - 1 freq
waiv's - 1 freq
wyfe's - 1 freq
wabs - 10 freq
wifes - 7 freq
weaves - 9 freq
whaps - 3 freq
whaup's - 1 freq
whuffs - 3 freq
'whips - 1 freq
webs - 2 freq
wheefs - 1 freq
wouffs - 1 freq
wives' - 1 freq
wab's - 2 freq
waffish - 2 freq
wips - 1 freq
wey-bauk - 1 freq
wyvis - 1 freq
wyffis - 1 freq
wyves - 1 freq
wyfes - 2 freq
whaaps - 1 freq
wyfis - 1 freq
waifs - 1 freq
wyiffis - 1 freq
whiffs - 1 freq
whaupshaw - 4 freq
woufs - 1 freq
wouf's - 2 freq
wiffies - 1 freq
whap's - 1 freq
wbki - 1 freq
wifeys - 1 freq
wifie’s - 2 freq
wwfxqo - 1 freq
wife’s - 3 freq
wpz - 1 freq
wbgy - 1 freq
wuvx - 1 freq
wpg - 1 freq
wbkuy - 1 freq
wipkh - 1 freq
wvix - 1 freq
weaaufbiss - 1 freq
wbaggs - 1 freq
wives’ - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - WFS
waves - 139 freq
wouves - 1 freq
wives - 42 freq
wife's - 27 freq
wowfs - 3 freq
wowffs - 1 freq
waffs - 7 freq
wifies - 57 freq
wifie's - 19 freq
wifies' - 2 freq
waive's - 11 freq
wave's - 1 freq
waives - 1 freq
wayv's - 1 freq
waiv's - 1 freq
wifes - 7 freq
weaves - 9 freq
weighs - 3 freq
whuffs - 3 freq
wheefs - 1 freq
wouffs - 1 freq
wives' - 1 freq
waifs - 1 freq
whiffs - 1 freq
woufs - 1 freq
wouf's - 2 freq
wiffies - 1 freq
wifeys - 1 freq
wifie’s - 2 freq
wife’s - 3 freq
wives’ - 1 freq
WAIFS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.413320 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 - 0.523570 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 - 0.069639 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 - 0.046064 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 - 0.001071 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.