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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to b in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
b (0) - 745 freq
bm (1) - 5 freq
gb (1) - 2 freq
bj (1) - 15 freq
xb (1) - 3 freq
bt (1) - 8 freq
hb (1) - 9 freq
bk (1) - 3 freq
(1) - 2 freq
bv (1) - 2 freq
rb (1) - 8 freq
c (1) - 463 freq
m (1) - 847 freq
(1) - 3 freq
(1) - 3 freq
fb (1) - 27 freq
(1) - 2 freq
br (1) - 4 freq
g (1) - 275 freq
(1) - 4 freq
(1) - 3 freq
(1) - 1 freq
bb (1) - 9 freq
q (1) - 95 freq
(1) - 3 freq
b (0) - 745 freq
ba (1) - 139 freq
ib (1) - 1 freq
by (1) - 4520 freq
yb (1) - 3 freq
bu (1) - 13 freq
ab (1) - 25 freq
ub (1) - 3 freq
ob (1) - 2 freq
bo (1) - 18 freq
be (1) - 14795 freq
eb (1) - 6 freq
bi (1) - 3248 freq
w (2) - 188 freq
d (2) - 462 freq
bn (2) - 7 freq
(2) - 3 freq
z (2) - 119 freq
n (2) - 2433 freq
(2) - 20 freq
bf (2) - 6 freq
(2) - 4 freq
s (2) - 791 freq
bl (2) - 2 freq
pb (2) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - B000
by - 4520 freq
be - 14795 freq
boy - 524 freq
bei - 55 freq
bi - 3248 freq
bay - 80 freq
buy - 378 freq
baa - 73 freq
bee' - 6 freq
boay - 199 freq
baw - 130 freq
bh - 13 freq
bi- - 5 freq
bye - 114 freq
bou - 12 freq
byeee - 1 freq
bee - 51 freq
bow - 70 freq
bo - 18 freq
be' - 4 freq
bai - 10 freq
bowe - 3 freq
boa - 16 freq
bey - 24 freq
b- - 3 freq
'be - 13 freq
b - 745 freq
bhoy-' - 1 freq
biow - 1 freq
boyo - 46 freq
'bi - 4 freq
ba - 139 freq
buoy - 3 freq
b' - 196 freq
ba' - 8 freq
booooo - 1 freq
boo - 58 freq
bb - 9 freq
beuy - 64 freq
bae - 855 freq
bia - 5 freq
buiy - 5 freq
baiy - 1 freq
booee - 1 freq
bhoy - 9 freq
'by - 9 freq
'b' - 2 freq
beh - 18 freq
'bae - 1 freq
bae' - 1 freq
bae- - 1 freq
bp - 8 freq
bi' - 3 freq
buyiy - 1 freq
buh - 3 freq
bah - 4 freq
bwaahahaha - 1 freq
'b - 1 freq
bie - 15 freq
bowie - 14 freq
'boy - 1 freq
boy' - 3 freq
'boy' - 3 freq
'be' - 2 freq
bu - 13 freq
by' - 6 freq
'buy' - 1 freq
bue - 1 freq
bew - 7 freq
'beuy' - 1 freq
'buey' - 1 freq
buey - 10 freq
'buey - 4 freq
buey' - 1 freq
'bye - 1 freq
- 1 freq
b'wye - 1 freq
biy - 3 freq
by-e - 2 freq
by- - 3 freq
'by' - 2 freq
- 1 freq
be-e-ehh - 1 freq
b'aa - 1 freq
buyy - 1 freq
by - 2 freq
bi - 1 freq
- 1 freq
béþ - 1 freq
bayou - 1 freq
boye - 1 freq
be - 1 freq
boa - 2 freq
b - 1 freq
by - 1 freq
beuy - 1 freq
be - 6 freq
bye - 1 freq
boiy - 4 freq
bye - 1 freq
boo - 1 freq
bayo - 1 freq
b - 1 freq
bio - 10 freq
bea - 2 freq
byue - 2 freq
bff - 1 freq
bwu - 1 freq
bf - 6 freq
bhe - 1 freq
bv - 2 freq
bba - 1 freq
bfhio - 1 freq
bw - 3 freq
boi - 3 freq
bbfa - 1 freq
byeeee - 1 freq
baw' - 1 freq
buaai - 1 freq
“by - 1 freq
bfu - 1 freq
be’ - 1 freq
by’ - 1 freq
beee - 3 freq
bhuy - 1 freq
biae - 1 freq
buhi - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - B
by - 4520 freq
be - 14795 freq
boy - 524 freq
bei - 55 freq
bi - 3248 freq
bay - 80 freq
buy - 378 freq
baa - 73 freq
bee' - 6 freq
boay - 199 freq
baw - 130 freq
bh - 13 freq
bi- - 5 freq
bou - 12 freq
bee - 51 freq
bow - 70 freq
bo - 18 freq
be' - 4 freq
bai - 10 freq
boa - 16 freq
bey - 24 freq
b- - 3 freq
'be - 13 freq
b - 745 freq
biow - 1 freq
'bi - 4 freq
ba - 139 freq
buoy - 3 freq
b' - 196 freq
ba' - 8 freq
booooo - 1 freq
boo - 58 freq
bb - 9 freq
beuy - 64 freq
bae - 855 freq
bia - 5 freq
buiy - 5 freq
baiy - 1 freq
booee - 1 freq
'by - 9 freq
bough - 5 freq
hbo - 1 freq
'b' - 2 freq
beh - 18 freq
'bae - 1 freq
bae' - 1 freq
bae- - 1 freq
hb - 9 freq
bi' - 3 freq
buh - 3 freq
bah - 4 freq
'b - 1 freq
bie - 15 freq
'boy - 1 freq
boy' - 3 freq
'boy' - 3 freq
'be' - 2 freq
bu - 13 freq
by' - 6 freq
'buy' - 1 freq
bue - 1 freq
bew - 7 freq
'beuy' - 1 freq
'buey' - 1 freq
buey - 10 freq
'buey - 4 freq
buey' - 1 freq
- 1 freq
biy - 3 freq
by-e - 2 freq
by- - 3 freq
'by' - 2 freq
- 1 freq
be-e-ehh - 1 freq
b'aa - 1 freq
buyy - 1 freq
by - 2 freq
bi - 1 freq
- 1 freq
béþ - 1 freq
be - 1 freq
boa - 2 freq
b - 1 freq
by - 1 freq
beuy - 1 freq
be - 6 freq
boiy - 4 freq
boo - 1 freq
b - 1 freq
bio - 10 freq
bea - 2 freq
bba - 1 freq
wb - 4 freq
bw - 3 freq
boi - 3 freq
yb - 3 freq
hbui - 1 freq
baw' - 1 freq
buaai - 1 freq
“by - 1 freq
ybi - 1 freq
hbu - 1 freq
be’ - 1 freq
by’ - 1 freq
beee - 3 freq
biae - 1 freq
wbeo - 1 freq
B
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.159030 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 - 0.326070 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 - 0.028220 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 - 0.037765 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 - 0.000803 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.