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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to ya in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
ya (0) - 481 freq
yaa (1) - 2 freq
yf (1) - 4 freq
rya (1) - 1 freq
la (1) - 116 freq
ra (1) - 12 freq
yaz (1) - 1 freq
yw (1) - 3 freq
ma (1) - 15179 freq
yy (1) - 1 freq
yav (1) - 1 freq
ym (1) - 2 freq
yx (1) - 2 freq
yo (1) - 15 freq
yao (1) - 5 freq
yea (1) - 129 freq
ga (1) - 29 freq
ta (1) - 2534 freq
'a (1) - 285 freq
yc (1) - 4 freq
yat (1) - 1 freq
yr (1) - 16 freq
yay (1) - 6 freq
ua (1) - 3 freq
xa (1) - 3 freq
ya (0) - 481 freq
ua (1) - 3 freq
yea (1) - 129 freq
yao (1) - 5 freq
yo (1) - 15 freq
aa (1) - 7151 freq
ea (1) - 4 freq
yu (1) - 40 freq
yi (1) - 1223 freq
y (1) - 155 freq
oa (1) - 14 freq
iya (1) - 1 freq
yay (1) - 6 freq
ye (1) - 20880 freq
ia (1) - 5 freq
yae (1) - 1059 freq
yaa (1) - 2 freq
a (1) - 92602 freq
yy (1) - 1 freq
yn (2) - 6 freq
oye (2) - 1 freq
ee (2) - 1592 freq
yoe (2) - 4 freq
yq (2) - 1 freq
aoa (2) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - Y000
ye - 20880 freq
you - 6601 freq
'ye - 198 freq
yu - 40 freq
y - 155 freq
'you - 91 freq
you' - 8 freq
yae - 1059 freq
ya - 481 freq
ye-aw - 1 freq
ye-ah - 1 freq
'ya - 16 freq
ye' - 28 freq
yi - 1223 freq
ya-' - 1 freq
'y - 1 freq
yowe - 53 freq
ye-aa - 1 freq
'y-y-you - 1 freq
yoy - 3 freq
'you' - 6 freq
'yi - 9 freq
yaw - 1 freq
yea - 129 freq
yahoo - 5 freq
yee - 19 freq
yoo - 14 freq
yaa - 2 freq
yeee - 1 freq
yaahoo - 3 freq
'yaahoo - 1 freq
yaaaaahooooo - 1 freq
yawhoo - 1 freq
yeehoo - 1 freq
yooaa - 1 freq
'ye' - 1 freq
yaaa - 2 freq
yeh - 7 freq
yeah - 58 freq
yew - 2 freq
yiy - 2 freq
yah - 3 freq
yoohoo - 2 freq
yey - 2 freq
yow - 48 freq
yo-yo - 4 freq
'yae - 2 freq
yae' - 1 freq
yw - 3 freq
yowe' - 1 freq
yowie - 1 freq
'yeah - 1 freq
'y' - 2 freq
yoe - 4 freq
yo-ho-ho - 1 freq
'yo - 1 freq
yo - 15 freq
ye'y - 1 freq
ye- - 1 freq
ye'i - 1 freq
-y - 6 freq
yhe - 1 freq
yaeh - 1 freq
yaeh - 1 freq
ye - 17 freq
ye - 62 freq
ye - 168 freq
you - 73 freq
you - 39 freq
Ðy - 3 freq
yi - 4 freq
ye - 2 freq
ya - 2 freq
yae - 4 freq
yeah - 3 freq
yih - 4 freq
yuh - 9 freq
ya - 4 freq
y - 2 freq
y - 3 freq
ya - 3 freq
ye-ho - 1 freq
y - 7 freq
yae - 4 freq
yi' - 8 freq
yao - 5 freq
yeah - 2 freq
you - 16 freq
ye - 1 freq
yea - 2 freq
'ya' - 1 freq
yh - 2 freq
yay - 6 freq
ye’ - 3 freq
“ye - 2 freq
yahoooooo - 1 freq
yaho - 1 freq
yeeoooooooo - 1 freq
yeooooooo - 1 freq
yeooooooooo - 1 freq
‘ye - 2 freq
‘you - 2 freq
“you - 1 freq
you’ - 1 freq
yue - 1 freq
yeehah - 1 freq
you” - 1 freq
yeay - 1 freq
yye - 2 freq
yeehaw - 1 freq
yy - 1 freq
ywo - 1 freq
y-o - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - Y
ye - 20880 freq
you - 6601 freq
'ye - 198 freq
yu - 40 freq
'you - 91 freq
wye - 1475 freq
you' - 8 freq
yae - 1059 freq
ya - 481 freq
ye-aw - 1 freq
ye-ah - 1 freq
'ya - 16 freq
ye' - 28 freq
yi - 1223 freq
ya-' - 1 freq
wyee - 1 freq
ye-aa - 1 freq
'y-y-you - 1 freq
yoy - 3 freq
'you' - 6 freq
'yi - 9 freq
yaw - 1 freq
yea - 129 freq
yee - 19 freq
yoo - 14 freq
yaa - 2 freq
yeee - 1 freq
yooaa - 1 freq
'ye' - 1 freq
yaaa - 2 freq
yeh - 7 freq
yeah - 58 freq
yew - 2 freq
yiy - 2 freq
yah - 3 freq
hye - 6 freq
wye' - 1 freq
yey - 2 freq
yow - 48 freq
'yae - 2 freq
yae' - 1 freq
'yeah - 1 freq
yoe - 4 freq
'yo - 1 freq
yo - 15 freq
ye'y - 1 freq
ye- - 1 freq
ye'i - 1 freq
-wye - 4 freq
yaeh - 1 freq
yaeh - 1 freq
ye - 17 freq
ye - 62 freq
hyow - 2 freq
ye - 168 freq
you - 73 freq
you - 39 freq
yi - 4 freq
ye - 2 freq
ya - 2 freq
yae - 4 freq
yeah - 3 freq
yih - 4 freq
yuh - 9 freq
ya - 4 freq
ya - 3 freq
yae - 4 freq
yi' - 8 freq
yao - 5 freq
yeah - 2 freq
you - 16 freq
ye - 1 freq
yea - 2 freq
'ya' - 1 freq
yay - 6 freq
ye’ - 3 freq
“ye - 2 freq
yeeoooooooo - 1 freq
yeooooooo - 1 freq
yeooooooooo - 1 freq
‘ye - 2 freq
wyo - 1 freq
‘you - 2 freq
“you - 1 freq
you’ - 1 freq
yue - 1 freq
hyu - 1 freq
you” - 1 freq
yeay - 1 freq
YA
ye - 20880 freq
you - 6601 freq
ya - 481 freq
du - 727 freq
yer - 8074 freq
your - 1733 freq
ye'r - 256 freq
yi - 1223 freq
yir - 1409 freq
yae - 1059 freq
yeh - 7 freq
yersel - 920 freq
yerself - 17 freq
yourself - 42 freq
ye'll - 962 freq
you'll - 163 freq
ye're - 1060 freq
u - 523 freq
ye've - 614 freq
ye'd - 445 freq
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.288073 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 - 0.481073 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 - 0.029617 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 - 0.071306 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 - 0.000999 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.