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Similar words to bowed in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
bowed (0) - 37 freq
bowel (1) - 16 freq
boxed (1) - 7 freq
bowfed (1) - 1 freq
cowed (1) - 7 freq
sowed (1) - 11 freq
booed (1) - 40 freq
bow'd (1) - 1 freq
bowen (1) - 1 freq
bowe (1) - 3 freq
owed (1) - 13 freq
vowed (1) - 5 freq
wowed (1) - 1 freq
mowed (1) - 1 freq
bowled (1) - 1 freq
jowed (1) - 2 freq
boued (1) - 22 freq
blowed (1) - 3 freq
towed (1) - 6 freq
rowed (1) - 73 freq
lowed (1) - 3 freq
bower (1) - 10 freq
bored (1) - 48 freq
bowes (1) - 1 freq
howed (1) - 2 freq
bowed (0) - 37 freq
bawed (1) - 2 freq
lowed (2) - 3 freq
bower (2) - 10 freq
towed (2) - 6 freq
blowed (2) - 3 freq
bored (2) - 48 freq
rowed (2) - 73 freq
boned (2) - 2 freq
boked (2) - 2 freq
bawd (2) - 8 freq
dowed (2) - 1 freq
bowld (2) - 3 freq
boued (2) - 22 freq
howed (2) - 2 freq
bowes (2) - 1 freq
sowed (2) - 11 freq
bow'd (2) - 1 freq
cowed (2) - 7 freq
bowfed (2) - 1 freq
boxed (2) - 7 freq
jowed (2) - 2 freq
bowen (2) - 1 freq
booed (2) - 40 freq
bowel (2) - 16 freq
SoundEx code - B300
but - 13122 freq
bite - 156 freq
bit - 7493 freq
'but - 298 freq
bide - 826 freq
bad - 925 freq
bed - 908 freq
boot - 111 freq
body - 752 freq
bade - 234 freq
bate - 66 freq
boat - 350 freq
bodie - 440 freq
boyhood - 6 freq
bath - 98 freq
bothy - 48 freq
baith - 1582 freq
bittie - 551 freq
baud - 12 freq
bitty - 57 freq
-bit - 1 freq
bat - 50 freq
beauty - 125 freq
bet - 155 freq
bowed - 37 freq
beat - 207 freq
boady - 84 freq
beheid - 3 freq
by-the - 2 freq
bid - 76 freq
buid - 6 freq
byde - 62 freq
bait - 32 freq
buddie - 28 freq
bawdie - 2 freq
'baith - 4 freq
bead - 7 freq
both - 195 freq
'bad - 6 freq
bedae - 1 freq
boued - 22 freq
behaud - 9 freq
'bide - 5 freq
bud - 36 freq
beaut - 5 freq
but' - 1 freq
ba-heid - 1 freq
--but - 1 freq
buit - 32 freq
bawtie - 2 freq
boddie - 2 freq
biddy - 12 freq
'bit - 24 freq
baid - 7 freq
b-a-t - 1 freq
bot - 437 freq
'bet - 2 freq
butt - 20 freq
bode - 6 freq
bothie - 9 freq
bout - 14 freq
beet - 18 freq
betty - 82 freq
baddie - 2 freq
beatha - 5 freq
buddy - 56 freq
buy't - 3 freq
boo't - 2 freq
baa't - 1 freq
b-but - 3 freq
baet - 27 freq
beady - 14 freq
beatty - 1 freq
beth - 26 freq
bootie - 1 freq
bod - 2 freq
bute - 13 freq
boatie - 124 freq
beautie - 3 freq
bawheid - 6 freq
boaty - 7 freq
beyd - 10 freq
beit - 13 freq
bathie - 2 freq
baty - 1 freq
bita - 1 freq
bodee - 2 freq
buty - 3 freq
bathey - 1 freq
bathy - 2 freq
bayd - 1 freq
baad - 20 freq
'b-but - 1 freq
bow'd - 1 freq
booed - 40 freq
bathe - 7 freq
'behaud - 1 freq
bowtie - 1 freq
boadie - 48 freq
boyd - 13 freq
be'd - 1 freq
be't - 3 freq
bitta - 5 freq
bitoa - 2 freq
bad' - 4 freq
bawd - 8 freq
by-th - 1 freq
boath - 2 freq
-but - 2 freq
'-but - 1 freq
bae-the-wye - 1 freq
baeheid - 1 freq
bittae - 2 freq
bete - 4 freq
bett - 4 freq
buddha - 15 freq
bwat - 4 freq
bow-tie - 1 freq
bette - 3 freq
bt - 8 freq
bood - 2 freq
bóat - 5 freq
béat - 1 freq
bïd - 10 freq
bït - 7 freq
beed - 22 freq
'boot - 2 freq
boy'd - 1 freq
baw-heid - 1 freq
bowt - 23 freq
buddoo - 1 freq
boo'd - 1 freq
'beauty - 1 freq
baaed - 1 freq
bouet - 2 freq
bewtie - 4 freq
boit - 11 freq
boitie - 2 freq
buddo - 3 freq
but-the - 1 freq
bott - 3 freq
body- - 1 freq
bawed - 2 freq
booth - 10 freq
bettie - 50 freq
'bettie - 4 freq
'bittie - 1 freq
bit- - 1 freq
bythe - 1 freq
boddy - 7 freq
bedd - 56 freq
bawth - 1 freq
byd - 1 freq
biød - 1 freq
baed - 3 freq
byt - 4 freq
bød - 3 freq
bøt - 2 freq
buidhe - 1 freq
bou'd - 5 freq
bude - 14 freq
bowhead - 2 freq
boadi - 1 freq
bodi - 1 freq
'boady - 1 freq
böddie - 1 freq
baatie - 1 freq
but- - 2 freq
byte - 1 freq
boud - 1 freq
batt - 1 freq
badd - 1 freq
'bout - 2 freq
byth - 1 freq
beattie - 6 freq
boat' - 1 freq
bide-awee - 1 freq
biddie - 1 freq
buidy - 1 freq
€˜bide - 1 freq
€œbit - 41 freq
beta - 3 freq
€˜beta - 1 freq
€˜but - 32 freq
€“but - 1 freq
büde - 2 freq
€¦but - 5 freq
€œbot - 5 freq
bawd' - 1 freq
body' - 1 freq
beddie - 2 freq
bowdie - 1 freq
buith - 3 freq
b-b-b-but - 1 freq
€œbut - 38 freq
bede - 1 freq
btw - 110 freq
€˜bit - 6 freq
ba'ht - 1 freq
batty - 2 freq
bidy - 1 freq
€œbuddo - 1 freq
€˜bad - 3 freq
€œbad - 2 freq
€˜baet - 1 freq
bed-o - 1 freq
€˜buddha - 1 freq
beath - 3 freq
'baith' - 1 freq
€™budy - 2 freq
€¦bed - 1 freq
b-day - 1 freq
€œbet - 1 freq
biit - 1 freq
€™body - 1 freq
bittiie - 1 freq
bade--- - 1 freq
beid - 3 freq
€œbide - 2 freq
båt - 1 freq
bitt - 1 freq
beat- - 2 freq
€œbaith - 1 freq
'bad' - 1 freq
€œbath - 1 freq
€˜bayth - 1 freq
baithe - 3 freq
budy - 1 freq
€˜bot - 1 freq
€œbed - 1 freq
beud - 1 freq
€™but - 9 freq
buttie - 2 freq
bd - 6 freq
btay - 1 freq
butty - 2 freq
bidey - 3 freq
bidie - 3 freq
bday - 1 freq
beith - 5 freq
buddh - 1 freq
b'day - 2 freq
btdy - 1 freq
boyata - 1 freq
booty - 1 freq
baddy - 1 freq
bitey - 1 freq
“bit - 1 freq
buddy” - 1 freq
buaidh - 1 freq
“but - 1 freq
bbt - 1 freq
'but' - 1 freq
boyywood - 1 freq
bodwhu - 1 freq
bewty - 5 freq
bewty- - 1 freq
byddi - 3 freq
beatha” - 1 freq
bttaweiiaw - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - BWT
bowed - 37 freq
bwat - 4 freq
bawed - 2 freq
boyywood - 1 freq
BOWED
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.306440 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 - 0.589219 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 - 0.041985 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 - 0.039165 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 - 0.000874 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.