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Similar words to bairn in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
bairn (0) - 785 freq
gairn (1) - 1 freq
baarn (1) - 1 freq
buirn (1) - 2 freq
barn (1) - 68 freq
cairn (1) - 43 freq
kairn (1) - 1 freq
bain (1) - 77 freq
airn (1) - 50 freq
lairn (1) - 133 freq
bairn' (1) - 4 freq
'bairn (1) - 1 freq
wairn (1) - 2 freq
bairns (1) - 1511 freq
baird (1) - 30 freq
yairn (1) - 32 freq
nairn (1) - 6 freq
bairnt (1) - 5 freq
bairen (1) - 1 freq
bair (1) - 1 freq
birn (1) - 17 freq
baira (1) - 1 freq
bir (2) - 2 freq
hairb (2) - 1 freq
shairn (2) - 17 freq
bairn (0) - 785 freq
birn (1) - 17 freq
barn (1) - 68 freq
bairen (1) - 1 freq
buirn (1) - 2 freq
baarn (1) - 1 freq
bayren (2) - 1 freq
beirin (2) - 4 freq
born (2) - 324 freq
baron (2) - 4 freq
barin (2) - 4 freq
burn (2) - 452 freq
brin (2) - 3 freq
brian (2) - 581 freq
bairney (2) - 1 freq
bayern (2) - 9 freq
bern (2) - 10 freq
brain (2) - 151 freq
baira (2) - 1 freq
barny (2) - 3 freq
boarn (2) - 66 freq
bairnie (2) - 70 freq
bairnt (2) - 5 freq
nairn (2) - 6 freq
airn (2) - 50 freq
SoundEx code - B650
burn - 452 freq
broon - 479 freq
bairn - 785 freq
barren - 15 freq
born - 324 freq
bairnie - 70 freq
bearin - 28 freq
boarn - 66 freq
brain - 151 freq
broun - 154 freq
burnie - 16 freq
brown - 81 freq
birn - 17 freq
buirn - 2 freq
barn - 68 freq
broonie - 44 freq
broonie' - 2 freq
brainy - 16 freq
brim - 17 freq
bruin - 1 freq
bairn' - 4 freq
broom - 18 freq
barmie - 1 freq
bawruim - 2 freq
burma - 5 freq
bawroom - 1 freq
broone - 1 freq
browne - 9 freq
boren - 1 freq
borin - 46 freq
brin - 3 freq
'burn' - 3 freq
barney - 25 freq
burron - 1 freq
brine - 8 freq
burran - 1 freq
brian - 581 freq
borneo - 3 freq
breem - 8 freq
buryin - 6 freq
'broun - 1 freq
byre-en - 2 freq
barrin - 7 freq
borne - 13 freq
bern - 10 freq
burraein - 1 freq
bruim - 4 freq
beirin - 4 freq
'brian - 1 freq
brenn - 2 freq
boaren - 1 freq
bayren - 1 freq
borrin - 1 freq
bairen - 1 freq
buryin' - 1 freq
baron - 4 freq
brewin - 7 freq
biryani' - 1 freq
bran - 11 freq
barny - 3 freq
bren - 2 freq
bar-room - 2 freq
bryan - 17 freq
burrowin - 2 freq
brownie - 10 freq
bron - 1 freq
barony - 4 freq
biryani - 1 freq
barnie - 1 freq
broona - 1 freq
brahan - 3 freq
broon' - 2 freq
bahrain - 1 freq
brenna - 14 freq
braen - 1 freq
burny - 1 freq
bairnw' - 1 freq
berween - 1 freq
borrowin - 5 freq
briney - 1 freq
birian - 1 freq
bream - 2 freq
bearin' - 1 freq
breenie - 1 freq
birrin - 4 freq
bærn - 2 freq
beeryin - 1 freq
brounie - 4 freq
barmy - 2 freq
berne - 1 freq
brünnie - 3 freq
bryni - 1 freq
breme - 1 freq
branie - 1 freq
barin - 4 freq
barroun - 1 freq
baroune - 1 freq
breemy - 1 freq
barron - 7 freq
€™byrne - 1 freq
borraein - 5 freq
bruno - 2 freq
brummie - 1 freq
bairín - 1 freq
byrne - 6 freq
byron - 9 freq
burrian - 1 freq
boran - 2 freq
bairney - 1 freq
bram - 1 freq
€˜bran - 1 freq
baarn - 1 freq
€˜born - 1 freq
broun- - 1 freq
bourne - 1 freq
€˜bairn - 1 freq
bernie - 2 freq
brönnie - 1 freq
€˜broun - 1 freq
bayern - 9 freq
brawny - 1 freq
beerana - 1 freq
broony - 3 freq
bbrown - 2 freq
brom - 1 freq
‘brian - 1 freq
berni - 1 freq
brooooon - 1 freq
brianma - 1 freq
'bairn - 1 freq
'bairn' - 1 freq
'burn - 1 freq
broom' - 3 freq
burren - 1 freq
borna - 1 freq
'born - 1 freq
born' - 1 freq
brianhu - 1 freq
briny - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - BRN
burn - 452 freq
broon - 479 freq
bairn - 785 freq
barren - 15 freq
born - 324 freq
bairnie - 70 freq
bearin - 28 freq
boarn - 66 freq
brain - 151 freq
broun - 154 freq
burnie - 16 freq
brown - 81 freq
birn - 17 freq
buirn - 2 freq
barn - 68 freq
broonie - 44 freq
broonie' - 2 freq
brainy - 16 freq
bruin - 1 freq
bairn' - 4 freq
broone - 1 freq
browne - 9 freq
boren - 1 freq
borin - 46 freq
brin - 3 freq
'burn' - 3 freq
barney - 25 freq
burron - 1 freq
brine - 8 freq
burran - 1 freq
brian - 581 freq
borneo - 3 freq
'broun - 1 freq
byre-en - 2 freq
barrin - 7 freq
borne - 13 freq
bern - 10 freq
burraein - 1 freq
beirin - 4 freq
'brian - 1 freq
brenn - 2 freq
boaren - 1 freq
bayren - 1 freq
borrin - 1 freq
bairen - 1 freq
baron - 4 freq
bran - 11 freq
barny - 3 freq
bren - 2 freq
brownie - 10 freq
bron - 1 freq
barony - 4 freq
barnie - 1 freq
broona - 1 freq
broon' - 2 freq
bahrain - 1 freq
brenna - 14 freq
braen - 1 freq
burny - 1 freq
bairnw' - 1 freq
briney - 1 freq
birian - 1 freq
bearin' - 1 freq
breenie - 1 freq
birrin - 4 freq
bærn - 2 freq
brounie - 4 freq
berne - 1 freq
brünnie - 3 freq
bryni - 1 freq
branie - 1 freq
barin - 4 freq
barroun - 1 freq
baroune - 1 freq
barron - 7 freq
€™byrne - 1 freq
borraein - 5 freq
bruno - 2 freq
bairín - 1 freq
byrne - 6 freq
byron - 9 freq
burrian - 1 freq
boran - 2 freq
bairney - 1 freq
€˜bran - 1 freq
baarn - 1 freq
€˜born - 1 freq
broun- - 1 freq
bourne - 1 freq
€˜bairn - 1 freq
bernie - 2 freq
brönnie - 1 freq
€˜broun - 1 freq
brawny - 1 freq
beerana - 1 freq
broony - 3 freq
bbrown - 2 freq
‘brian - 1 freq
berni - 1 freq
brooooon - 1 freq
'bairn - 1 freq
'bairn' - 1 freq
'burn - 1 freq
burren - 1 freq
borna - 1 freq
'born - 1 freq
born' - 1 freq
briny - 1 freq
BAIRN
bairn - 785 freq
bairns - 1511 freq
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.176458 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 - 0.342649 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 - 0.039882 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 - 0.043806 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.