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Similar words to whar in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
whar (0) - 382 freq
char (1) - 2 freq
whor (1) - 1 freq
wharf (1) - 2 freq
whap (1) - 2 freq
wha'r (1) - 2 freq
whae (1) - 450 freq
whad (1) - 3 freq
whar' (1) - 1 freq
shar (1) - 6 freq
wha' (1) - 3 freq
wher (1) - 6 freq
wham (1) - 21 freq
whair (1) - 12 freq
whir (1) - 11 freq
whara (1) - 1 freq
war (1) - 1446 freq
wnar (1) - 1 freq
whyr (1) - 1 freq
rhar (1) - 1 freq
whan (1) - 2757 freq
what (1) - 1755 freq
whaar (1) - 180 freq
whare (1) - 19 freq
whars (1) - 3 freq
whar (0) - 382 freq
whara (1) - 1 freq
whir (1) - 11 freq
whyr (1) - 1 freq
whaur (1) - 1972 freq
whur (1) - 63 freq
whare (1) - 19 freq
whaar (1) - 180 freq
wher (1) - 6 freq
whair (1) - 12 freq
whor (1) - 1 freq
wahr (2) - 1 freq
whaure (2) - 2 freq
'whar (2) - 1 freq
whaa (2) - 1 freq
whau (2) - 2 freq
whatr (2) - 1 freq
whoor (2) - 2 freq
wha (2) - 1886 freq
whure (2) - 1 freq
whas (2) - 17 freq
wheer (2) - 20 freq
whore (2) - 1 freq
awhaur (2) - 2 freq
awhare (2) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - W600
whaur - 1972 freq
were - 4095 freq
we're - 736 freq
where - 739 freq
wir - 2249 freq
wore - 121 freq
whar - 382 freq
wear - 162 freq
weary - 60 freq
wee-er - 29 freq
wire - 62 freq
waur - 223 freq
weeer - 2 freq
weer - 68 freq
whirrr - 2 freq
war - 1446 freq
worry - 155 freq
wur - 1618 freq
who're - 5 freq
ware - 27 freq
'whaur - 24 freq
whaar - 180 freq
wurr - 27 freq
'where - 15 freq
'we're - 35 freq
weir - 139 freq
wer - 220 freq
'were - 4 freq
whirwey - 1 freq
wure - 5 freq
wry - 12 freq
whaur- - 2 freq
wuir - 4 freq
waar - 70 freq
we'r - 42 freq
weeir - 3 freq
'w'ur - 1 freq
wi're - 22 freq
whair - 12 freq
wyre - 5 freq
wary - 11 freq
wirry - 26 freq
warie - 1 freq
w'e're - 1 freq
whor - 1 freq
'wur - 3 freq
wor - 20 freq
wearie - 10 freq
whure - 1 freq
wi'r - 13 freq
wr - 7 freq
weyer - 1 freq
whore' - 1 freq
wha're - 4 freq
wuuur - 1 freq
wheeeere - 1 freq
wherr - 9 freq
wa'er - 4 freq
wiry - 11 freq
whur - 63 freq
whara - 1 freq
wiher - 1 freq
wi'yer - 1 freq
whir - 11 freq
waury - 1 freq
whar'r - 1 freq
wireoa - 1 freq
wee'er - 8 freq
weear - 1 freq
where- - 2 freq
wurry - 3 freq
waer - 2 freq
wae'r - 2 freq
wery - 1 freq
wooer - 3 freq
worrie - 3 freq
'we'r - 1 freq
whoor - 2 freq
'wir - 7 freq
wheer - 20 freq
werr - 5 freq
'whaar - 1 freq
'whar - 1 freq
wurhae - 1 freq
waary - 1 freq
wri - 1 freq
wor' - 2 freq
wi'oor - 1 freq
whirr - 4 freq
whare - 19 freq
wier - 2 freq
wöre - 1 freq
whurr - 6 freq
wair - 6 freq
w'ir - 17 freq
'weary' - 1 freq
'-where' - 1 freq
'were' - 1 freq
wye-are - 1 freq
wha'r - 2 freq
'waur - 1 freq
€˜where - 15 freq
wör - 2 freq
whe'er - 1 freq
€œwhere - 3 freq
€œwhaur - 15 freq
wirey - 1 freq
wirrie - 6 freq
weire - 1 freq
wee'r - 4 freq
wayry - 1 freq
€œwar - 1 freq
whaure - 2 freq
€˜war - 1 freq
€˜wur - 1 freq
€œwhar - 1 freq
€˜whaur - 2 freq
€™where - 2 freq
€˜whar - 3 freq
€œwe're - 4 freq
€¦were - 1 freq
wyr - 5 freq
whyr - 1 freq
whire - 1 freq
whore - 1 freq
€œwir - 4 freq
wher - 6 freq
wahr - 1 freq
weÂ’re - 32 freq
whar' - 1 freq
‘where - 1 freq
waÂ’ar - 3 freq
wirh - 1 freq
“were - 1 freq
werra - 1 freq
“wear - 1 freq
worry” - 1 freq
weÂ’r - 1 freq
“where - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - WR
whaur - 1972 freq
were - 4095 freq
we're - 736 freq
where - 739 freq
wir - 2249 freq
wore - 121 freq
whar - 382 freq
wear - 162 freq
weary - 60 freq
wee-er - 29 freq
wire - 62 freq
waur - 223 freq
weeer - 2 freq
weer - 68 freq
whirrr - 2 freq
war - 1446 freq
worry - 155 freq
wur - 1618 freq
who're - 5 freq
ware - 27 freq
'whaur - 24 freq
whaar - 180 freq
wurr - 27 freq
'where - 15 freq
'we're - 35 freq
weir - 139 freq
wer - 220 freq
'were - 4 freq
wure - 5 freq
whaur- - 2 freq
wuir - 4 freq
waar - 70 freq
we'r - 42 freq
weeir - 3 freq
wi're - 22 freq
whair - 12 freq
wary - 11 freq
wirry - 26 freq
warie - 1 freq
whor - 1 freq
'wur - 3 freq
wor - 20 freq
wearie - 10 freq
whure - 1 freq
wi'r - 13 freq
whore' - 1 freq
wha're - 4 freq
wuuur - 1 freq
wheeeere - 1 freq
wherr - 9 freq
wa'er - 4 freq
wiry - 11 freq
whur - 63 freq
whara - 1 freq
whir - 11 freq
waury - 1 freq
wireoa - 1 freq
wee'er - 8 freq
weear - 1 freq
where- - 2 freq
wurry - 3 freq
waer - 2 freq
wae'r - 2 freq
wery - 1 freq
wooer - 3 freq
worrie - 3 freq
'we'r - 1 freq
whoor - 2 freq
'wir - 7 freq
wheer - 20 freq
werr - 5 freq
'whaar - 1 freq
'whar - 1 freq
waary - 1 freq
wor' - 2 freq
wi'oor - 1 freq
whirr - 4 freq
whare - 19 freq
wier - 2 freq
whurr - 6 freq
wair - 6 freq
'weary' - 1 freq
'-where' - 1 freq
'were' - 1 freq
wha'r - 2 freq
'waur - 1 freq
€˜where - 15 freq
whe'er - 1 freq
€œwhere - 3 freq
€œwhaur - 15 freq
wirey - 1 freq
wirrie - 6 freq
weire - 1 freq
wee'r - 4 freq
wayry - 1 freq
€œwar - 1 freq
whaure - 2 freq
€˜war - 1 freq
€˜wur - 1 freq
€œwhar - 1 freq
€˜whaur - 2 freq
€™where - 2 freq
€˜whar - 3 freq
€œwe're - 4 freq
€¦were - 1 freq
whyr - 1 freq
whire - 1 freq
whore - 1 freq
€œwir - 4 freq
wher - 6 freq
wahr - 1 freq
weÂ’re - 32 freq
hwar - 1 freq
whar' - 1 freq
‘where - 1 freq
waÂ’ar - 3 freq
wirh - 1 freq
“were - 1 freq
werra - 1 freq
“wear - 1 freq
worry” - 1 freq
weÂ’r - 1 freq
“where - 1 freq
WHAR
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.192112 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 - 0.327498 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 - 0.027396 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 - 0.037314 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 - 0.000927 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.