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Similar words to beards in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
beards (0) - 12 freq
bears (1) - 32 freq
beard (1) - 54 freq
boards (1) - 23 freq
bear's (1) - 2 freq
beads (1) - 21 freq
bards (1) - 15 freq
beardy (1) - 2 freq
bear' (2) - 1 freq
barns (2) - 8 freq
beats (2) - 30 freq
bearins (2) - 9 freq
beasts (2) - 144 freq
bawds (2) - 2 freq
beak's (2) - 1 freq
guards (2) - 13 freq
hearts (2) - 32 freq
blears (2) - 2 freq
berde (2) - 2 freq
kerds (2) - 1 freq
bends (2) - 12 freq
learns (2) - 10 freq
beardit (2) - 2 freq
wears (2) - 53 freq
bardo (2) - 1 freq
beards (0) - 12 freq
bards (1) - 15 freq
boards (1) - 23 freq
braids (2) - 7 freq
bourds (2) - 1 freq
bairds (2) - 2 freq
breads (2) - 1 freq
boords (2) - 8 freq
burds (2) - 98 freq
buirds (2) - 6 freq
birds (2) - 198 freq
beardies (2) - 1 freq
bear's (2) - 2 freq
beads (2) - 21 freq
beardy (2) - 2 freq
beard (2) - 54 freq
bears (2) - 32 freq
breirds (3) - 1 freq
cerds (3) - 1 freq
bands (3) - 38 freq
berts (3) - 1 freq
baars (3) - 1 freq
berns (3) - 10 freq
yards (3) - 24 freq
beilds (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - B632
birds - 198 freq
british - 232 freq
breidsnapper - 2 freq
breidknife - 2 freq
bruids - 2 freq
bridge - 74 freq
buirds - 6 freq
braids - 7 freq
burds - 98 freq
birdsbane - 1 freq
births - 6 freq
birdsang - 11 freq
boards - 23 freq
breaths - 16 freq
burdis - 1 freq
byrdis - 1 freq
breid-gully - 1 freq
burdies - 7 freq
burds' - 2 freq
birds' - 6 freq
broadcast - 16 freq
broadcasting - 7 freq
brods - 6 freq
braiths - 8 freq
breetish - 13 freq
breids - 2 freq
birdies - 27 freq
bordeaux - 1 freq
birdies' - 2 freq
braid's - 1 freq
braid-claith - 1 freq
bridesmaids - 1 freq
breiths - 1 freq
burdsang - 1 freq
board's - 1 freq
bards - 15 freq
bridie's - 10 freq
boords - 8 freq
bridegroom - 6 freq
bridgroom - 1 freq
bride's - 5 freq
breid's - 1 freq
bairds - 2 freq
broot's - 2 freq
broadside - 3 freq
boord's - 3 freq
brodie's - 1 freq
brutes - 6 freq
birdshite - 2 freq
braid-gethered - 1 freq
brutish - 1 freq
breeds - 10 freq
beards - 12 freq
brats - 7 freq
burd's - 4 freq
breathes - 9 freq
bardic - 5 freq
burd's-ee - 1 freq
broad-spoken - 1 freq
braidcastin - 15 freq
braidcaster - 5 freq
'british' - 3 freq
brodgar - 6 freq
brits - 5 freq
breed-knife - 1 freq
'birds - 2 freq
bridies - 1 freq
burdie's - 1 freq
'burds - 1 freq
'british - 1 freq
bridget - 2 freq
breath's - 1 freq
braidest - 8 freq
bridegruim - 2 freq
bridegrooms - 1 freq
bridges - 12 freq
brutus - 2 freq
breets - 20 freq
brattach - 3 freq
breithes - 3 freq
brides - 2 freq
bread-knife - 1 freq
bard's - 1 freq
bard's-eye - 1 freq
bretagne - 1 freq
braidcast- - 1 freq
bridge' - 3 freq
boardhoose - 2 freq
bratchie's - 1 freq
brïtish - 6 freq
braethes - 1 freq
birts - 1 freq
birdcage - 3 freq
bart's - 1 freq
bert's - 7 freq
brotches - 2 freq
brotch - 8 freq
bertie's - 1 freq
broods - 1 freq
breath-sized - 1 freq
broadest - 3 freq
burrodig - 1 freq
bradies - 2 freq
braidcasters - 15 freq
braidcast - 21 freq
britishness - 3 freq
braidsheets - 3 freq
braidcastin' - 1 freq
braidsides - 1 freq
birdsong - 1 freq
by-roads - 1 freq
brodcast - 1 freq
birdie's - 1 freq
buirds' - 1 freq
breid-knife - 1 freq
bridged - 1 freq
bridgeness - 1 freq
bird's-eye - 1 freq
brotch-preens - 1 freq
bird's - 2 freq
breeties - 1 freq
brodclaiths - 1 freq
brattachs - 1 freq
braith's - 1 freq
bairdies - 1 freq
brady's - 1 freq
braidkester - 1 freq
braidkestin - 4 freq
bridgehaugh - 1 freq
bridgehaw - 1 freq
broadcastin - 6 freq
€œbroadcastin - 1 freq
breads - 1 freq
breet's - 1 freq
bird-king - 1 freq
bruits - 2 freq
bartisans - 1 freq
bartesin - 1 freq
braid-spreid - 1 freq
bridesmaid - 1 freq
braidsheet - 2 freq
bourds - 1 freq
€˜broadcasting - 1 freq
€˜birds - 2 freq
broadcaist - 1 freq
breetishness - 1 freq
brítish - 2 freq
brítishness - 1 freq
broadcastir - 1 freq
broths - 1 freq
broadcasters - 1 freq
broadsheets - 1 freq
brïtisch - 1 freq
britisch - 1 freq
broadcaster - 1 freq
borthwickbrae - 1 freq
borthwichsheils - 1 freq
borthauch - 3 freq
€œborthouch - 1 freq
borthouch - 2 freq
burds- - 1 freq
braeheids - 1 freq
birit's - 1 freq
€˜breetish - 1 freq
braidcasts - 8 freq
€œbritish - 1 freq
britysh - 2 freq
braidkests - 1 freq
barritchfu - 1 freq
€˜brutus - 1 freq
bratislava - 1 freq
british-australian - 1 freq
broad-swords - 1 freq
bridgit - 2 freq
briteesh - 1 freq
brodist - 1 freq
buridehoose - 1 freq
brewdog - 18 freq
brewdogjames - 8 freq
brewdognews - 5 freq
brewdogcastleg - 1 freq
breadcrumbs - 1 freq
birdseye - 1 freq
bridgesforindy - 2 freq
britishspin - 1 freq
bertswattermain - 11 freq
britswhotwit - 1 freq
britishlabia - 1 freq
berts - 1 freq
bardsley - 1 freq
brewdogaberdeen - 1 freq
bertÂ’s - 3 freq
bertkreischer - 1 freq
bertson - 1 freq
bairdsbarbrian - 1 freq
beardies - 1 freq
burt's - 1 freq
bird'sfoot - 1 freq
britishwildlife - 1 freq
bridgesbb - 2 freq
britishmigroup - 1 freq
baird's - 1 freq
britstate - 1 freq
bairdie's - 1 freq
borthwick - 1 freq
barrheadhighsch - 1 freq
burdock - 1 freq
broadcastscot - 1 freq
birdguides - 2 freq
“british - 1 freq
“british” - 1 freq
britishsave - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - BRTS
birds - 198 freq
bruids - 2 freq
buirds - 6 freq
braids - 7 freq
burds - 98 freq
boards - 23 freq
burdis - 1 freq
byrdis - 1 freq
burdies - 7 freq
burds' - 2 freq
birds' - 6 freq
brods - 6 freq
breids - 2 freq
birdies - 27 freq
birdies' - 2 freq
braid's - 1 freq
board's - 1 freq
bards - 15 freq
bridie's - 10 freq
boords - 8 freq
bride's - 5 freq
breid's - 1 freq
bairds - 2 freq
broot's - 2 freq
boord's - 3 freq
brodie's - 1 freq
brutes - 6 freq
breeds - 10 freq
beards - 12 freq
brats - 7 freq
burd's - 4 freq
burd's-ee - 1 freq
brits - 5 freq
'birds - 2 freq
bridies - 1 freq
burdie's - 1 freq
'burds - 1 freq
brutus - 2 freq
breets - 20 freq
brides - 2 freq
bard's - 1 freq
birts - 1 freq
bart's - 1 freq
bert's - 7 freq
bertie's - 1 freq
broods - 1 freq
bradies - 2 freq
by-roads - 1 freq
birdie's - 1 freq
buirds' - 1 freq
bird's - 2 freq
breeties - 1 freq
bairdies - 1 freq
brady's - 1 freq
breads - 1 freq
breet's - 1 freq
bruits - 2 freq
bourds - 1 freq
€˜birds - 2 freq
burds- - 1 freq
birit's - 1 freq
€˜brutus - 1 freq
berts - 1 freq
bertÂ’s - 3 freq
beardies - 1 freq
burt's - 1 freq
baird's - 1 freq
bairdie's - 1 freq
BEARDS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.170932 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 - 0.309312 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 - 0.027665 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 - 0.037348 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 - 0.000826 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.