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Similar words to blaw in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
blaw (0) - 200 freq
bylaw (1) - 1 freq
blab (1) - 3 freq
blow (1) - 48 freq
bla (1) - 13 freq
flaw (1) - 8 freq
blag (1) - 1 freq
blad (1) - 15 freq
slaw (1) - 96 freq
braw (1) - 1229 freq
blae (1) - 55 freq
blaa (1) - 24 freq
baw (1) - 130 freq
plaw (1) - 1 freq
glaw (1) - 2 freq
claw (1) - 27 freq
ablaw (1) - 8 freq
blaaw (1) - 2 freq
blawy (1) - 1 freq
'blaw (1) - 2 freq
blak (1) - 85 freq
blaws (1) - 54 freq
blat (1) - 37 freq
belaw (1) - 1 freq
blah (1) - 26 freq
blaw (0) - 200 freq
belaw (1) - 1 freq
ablaw (1) - 8 freq
blaaw (1) - 2 freq
blawy (1) - 1 freq
blew (1) - 115 freq
blow (1) - 48 freq
bylaw (1) - 1 freq
blak (2) - 85 freq
blaws (2) - 54 freq
blowy (2) - 1 freq
blat (2) - 37 freq
below (2) - 84 freq
blawn (2) - 77 freq
bla' (2) - 1 freq
'blaw (2) - 2 freq
blawd (2) - 1 freq
blah (2) - 26 freq
ablow (2) - 335 freq
law (2) - 291 freq
flaw (2) - 8 freq
slaw (2) - 96 freq
blag (2) - 1 freq
bla (2) - 13 freq
claw (2) - 27 freq
SoundEx code - B400
blae - 55 freq
blue - 553 freq
below - 84 freq
bell - 210 freq
blaw - 200 freq
blew - 115 freq
belly - 159 freq
bile - 56 freq
bul - 3 freq
bowl - 72 freq
billy - 204 freq
bill - 549 freq
bull - 87 freq
bawl - 4 freq
bale - 8 freq
beal - 3 freq
bail - 14 freq
blaa - 24 freq
bol - 2 freq
byle - 16 freq
bully - 23 freq
bellow - 3 freq
bailey - 6 freq
belle' - 1 freq
blo - 2 freq
bole - 3 freq
billie - 33 freq
'bella' - 1 freq
bella - 96 freq
bella' - 1 freq
bela - 1 freq
bleeeooo - 1 freq
ball - 62 freq
bowhill - 5 freq
bowlie - 7 freq
'blaw - 2 freq
'blue - 3 freq
bowel - 16 freq
belle - 17 freq
belaw - 1 freq
belie - 2 freq
buile - 1 freq
boyle - 17 freq
blow - 48 freq
bellie - 6 freq
blah - 26 freq
bloo - 11 freq
beyl - 2 freq
boil - 19 freq
bool - 17 freq
billy' - 1 freq
beliey - 2 freq
billo - 1 freq
baelow - 10 freq
bille - 2 freq
ballo - 1 freq
bleu - 16 freq
boll - 1 freq
blew' - 1 freq
boul - 15 freq
behoul - 4 freq
bïll - 2 freq
behol - 1 freq
buhl - 17 freq
bal' - 1 freq
baal - 13 freq
'blue' - 1 freq
'bowly' - 1 freq
bowly - 3 freq
'bile - 2 freq
bøl - 1 freq
bowil - 1 freq
bal - 6 freq
bill'll - 1 freq
bowle - 2 freq
bel' - 1 freq
bailie - 6 freq
bali - 1 freq
be-all - 1 freq
blaaw - 2 freq
buull - 1 freq
böl - 2 freq
'bully - 1 freq
billia - 1 freq
boule - 3 freq
blyue - 1 freq
bial - 1 freq
blye - 2 freq
baillie - 17 freq
boay'll - 1 freq
bla - 13 freq
'bale - 2 freq
blee - 2 freq
billy-o - 1 freq
blui - 1 freq
blue' - 1 freq
bl - 2 freq
bylie - 1 freq
blowy - 1 freq
€˜blah - 2 freq
€œblue - 1 freq
bee'll - 2 freq
€˜blue - 1 freq
bylaw - 1 freq
blawy - 1 freq
€œblaaaah - 1 freq
€œbilly - 2 freq
€œbill - 10 freq
€œbilli - 1 freq
bally - 5 freq
bluey - 1 freq
bla' - 1 freq
beelo - 1 freq
byel - 1 freq
€˜bowel - 3 freq
byllie - 1 freq
bulla - 32 freq
baul - 2 freq
blueÂ’ - 1 freq
ballÂ’ - 1 freq
biÂ’el - 1 freq
boily - 1 freq
blwh - 1 freq
billy” - 1 freq
bayley - 1 freq
bil - 1 freq
bailly - 1 freq
billowy - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - BL
blae - 55 freq
blue - 553 freq
below - 84 freq
bell - 210 freq
blaw - 200 freq
blew - 115 freq
belly - 159 freq
bile - 56 freq
bul - 3 freq
bowl - 72 freq
billy - 204 freq
bill - 549 freq
bull - 87 freq
bawl - 4 freq
bale - 8 freq
beal - 3 freq
bail - 14 freq
blaa - 24 freq
bol - 2 freq
byle - 16 freq
bully - 23 freq
bellow - 3 freq
bailey - 6 freq
belle' - 1 freq
blo - 2 freq
bole - 3 freq
billie - 33 freq
'bella' - 1 freq
bella - 96 freq
bella' - 1 freq
bela - 1 freq
bleeeooo - 1 freq
ball - 62 freq
bowlie - 7 freq
'blaw - 2 freq
'blue - 3 freq
belle - 17 freq
belaw - 1 freq
belie - 2 freq
buile - 1 freq
boyle - 17 freq
blow - 48 freq
bellie - 6 freq
blah - 26 freq
bloo - 11 freq
beyl - 2 freq
boil - 19 freq
bool - 17 freq
billy' - 1 freq
beliey - 2 freq
billo - 1 freq
baelow - 10 freq
bille - 2 freq
ballo - 1 freq
bleu - 16 freq
boll - 1 freq
blew' - 1 freq
boul - 15 freq
bïll - 2 freq
buhl - 17 freq
bal' - 1 freq
baal - 13 freq
'blue' - 1 freq
'bowly' - 1 freq
bowly - 3 freq
'bile - 2 freq
bøl - 1 freq
bal - 6 freq
bowle - 2 freq
bel' - 1 freq
bailie - 6 freq
bali - 1 freq
be-all - 1 freq
blaaw - 2 freq
buull - 1 freq
böl - 2 freq
'bully - 1 freq
billia - 1 freq
boule - 3 freq
bial - 1 freq
baillie - 17 freq
boay'll - 1 freq
bla - 13 freq
'bale - 2 freq
blee - 2 freq
billy-o - 1 freq
blui - 1 freq
blue' - 1 freq
bl - 2 freq
bylie - 1 freq
blowy - 1 freq
€˜blah - 2 freq
€œblue - 1 freq
bee'll - 2 freq
€˜blue - 1 freq
bylaw - 1 freq
blawy - 1 freq
€œblaaaah - 1 freq
€œbilly - 2 freq
€œbill - 10 freq
€œbilli - 1 freq
bally - 5 freq
bluey - 1 freq
bla' - 1 freq
beelo - 1 freq
byllie - 1 freq
bulla - 32 freq
baul - 2 freq
blueÂ’ - 1 freq
ballÂ’ - 1 freq
biÂ’el - 1 freq
boily - 1 freq
blwh - 1 freq
billy” - 1 freq
bayley - 1 freq
bil - 1 freq
bailly - 1 freq
billowy - 1 freq
BLAW
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.180114 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 - 0.322012 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 - 0.027725 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 - 0.037184 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 - 0.000859 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.