A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Levenshtein Distance

Enter a word to find nearest neighbouring words, for example ahint

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - fine-grain concord -

Similar words to bou in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
bou (0) - 12 freq
bfu (1) - 1 freq
vou (1) - 5 freq
dou (1) - 13 freq
boa (1) - 16 freq
boq (1) - 1 freq
boru (1) - 6 freq
nou (1) - 1372 freq
boz (1) - 2 freq
box (1) - 404 freq
hou (1) - 956 freq
boi (1) - 3 freq
gou (1) - 1 freq
bo (1) - 18 freq
bor (1) - 4 freq
bok (1) - 1 freq
boun (1) - 10 freq
bom (1) - 3 freq
bov (1) - 1 freq
bot (1) - 437 freq
boo (1) - 58 freq
boul (1) - 15 freq
sou (1) - 6 freq
abou (1) - 1 freq
wou (1) - 7 freq
bou (0) - 12 freq
bo (1) - 18 freq
boo (1) - 58 freq
bu (1) - 13 freq
boi (1) - 3 freq
boy (1) - 524 freq
abou (1) - 1 freq
boa (1) - 16 freq
bai (2) - 10 freq
bi (2) - 3248 freq
beuy (2) - 64 freq
ibu (2) - 1 freq
biy (2) - 3 freq
ba (2) - 139 freq
bue (2) - 1 freq
buoy (2) - 3 freq
bee (2) - 51 freq
be (2) - 14795 freq
abo (2) - 2 freq
bob (2) - 213 freq
fou (2) - 317 freq
bay (2) - 80 freq
uob (2) - 1 freq
bei (2) - 55 freq
abu (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
bæ - 1 freq
b'wye - 1 freq
biy - 3 freq
by-e - 2 freq
by- - 3 freq
'by' - 2 freq
bî - 1 freq
be-e-ehh - 1 freq
b'aa - 1 freq
buyy - 1 freq
€œby - 2 freq
€˜bi - 1 freq
bí - 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
€œbe - 6 freq
€œbye - 1 freq
boiy - 4 freq
€˜bye - 1 freq
€˜boo - 1 freq
bayo - 1 freq
€œb - 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
beÂ’ - 1 freq
byÂ’ - 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
bæ - 1 freq
biy - 3 freq
by-e - 2 freq
by- - 3 freq
'by' - 2 freq
bî - 1 freq
be-e-ehh - 1 freq
b'aa - 1 freq
buyy - 1 freq
€œby - 2 freq
€˜bi - 1 freq
bí - 1 freq
béþ - 1 freq
€¦be - 1 freq
€˜boa - 2 freq
€˜b - 1 freq
€˜by - 1 freq
€˜beuy - 1 freq
€œbe - 6 freq
boiy - 4 freq
€˜boo - 1 freq
€œb - 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
beÂ’ - 1 freq
byÂ’ - 1 freq
beee - 3 freq
biae - 1 freq
wbeo - 1 freq
BOU
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.199322 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 - 0.321788 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 - 0.028005 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 - 0.049183 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 - 0.001157 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.