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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to bro in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
bro (0) - 7 freq
brom (1) - 1 freq
broo (1) - 163 freq
brt (1) - 1 freq
bri (1) - 2 freq
biro (1) - 6 freq
brot (1) - 1 freq
brod (1) - 18 freq
brk (1) - 1 freq
bron (1) - 1 freq
oro (1) - 1 freq
brow (1) - 10 freq
pro (1) - 11 freq
bio (1) - 10 freq
brok (1) - 6 freq
fro (1) - 3 freq
bo (1) - 18 freq
brr (1) - 5 freq
br (1) - 4 freq
brou (1) - 29 freq
gro (1) - 3 freq
byro (1) - 1 freq
boo (1) - 58 freq
aro (1) - 1 freq
bros (1) - 1 freq
bro (0) - 7 freq
ebro (1) - 1 freq
br (1) - 4 freq
byro (1) - 1 freq
brou (1) - 29 freq
brio (1) - 1 freq
bra (1) - 31 freq
broo (1) - 163 freq
bru (1) - 28 freq
bri (1) - 2 freq
biro (1) - 6 freq
braa (2) - 59 freq
bure (2) - 3 freq
boru (2) - 6 freq
ebr (2) - 1 freq
buroo (2) - 10 freq
brey (2) - 1 freq
bur (2) - 8 freq
byre (2) - 111 freq
bar (2) - 492 freq
bere (2) - 13 freq
bree (2) - 58 freq
brie (2) - 3 freq
bury (2) - 24 freq
bore (2) - 42 freq
SoundEx code - B600
brae - 283 freq
braw - 1229 freq
bare - 171 freq
bury - 24 freq
bra - 31 freq
borrow - 15 freq
bar - 492 freq
barrae - 2 freq
bear - 217 freq
be'-or - 3 freq
bree - 58 freq
brou - 29 freq
bourie - 5 freq
buiry - 4 freq
boure - 1 freq
bewaur - 15 freq
bour - 1 freq
beir - 17 freq
bere - 13 freq
bheur - 1 freq
beerie - 7 freq
bore - 42 freq
byre - 111 freq
burrae - 1 freq
beer - 140 freq
brew - 30 freq
beery - 8 freq
'bear - 1 freq
bur - 8 freq
bor - 4 freq
bru - 28 freq
broo - 163 freq
buyer - 8 freq
bray - 1 freq
baur - 67 freq
baira - 1 freq
bree-ee - 8 freq
'braw - 12 freq
be'er - 1 freq
boer - 3 freq
buroo - 10 freq
boar - 20 freq
buir - 10 freq
burrow - 5 freq
berry - 17 freq
barra - 27 freq
braa - 59 freq
bir - 2 freq
barrie - 15 freq
boru - 6 freq
borrae - 10 freq
bair - 1 freq
bier - 4 freq
behere - 2 freq
beware - 5 freq
bower - 10 freq
bouer - 18 freq
brow - 10 freq
burroo - 2 freq
bro - 7 freq
brah - 4 freq
baer - 2 freq
brey - 1 freq
birr - 24 freq
bear' - 1 freq
barry - 33 freq
burie - 4 freq
borra - 2 freq
borra' - 1 freq
ber - 4 freq
burra - 62 freq
biro - 6 freq
böre - 1 freq
brö - 1 freq
broo' - 1 freq
beirie - 1 freq
bure - 3 freq
brø - 1 freq
bær - 1 freq
berr - 2 freq
burry - 1 freq
burro - 1 freq
bureau - 11 freq
brio - 1 freq
baar - 6 freq
bewaar - 1 freq
burou - 1 freq
borroo - 1 freq
brahe - 1 freq
brae' - 1 freq
barr - 15 freq
brie - 3 freq
burr - 2 freq
birra - 9 freq
über - 1 freq
€˜braw - 2 freq
brooie - 1 freq
birry - 2 freq
borr - 1 freq
brrrr - 2 freq
brrr - 2 freq
bu---r - 1 freq
€˜barrie - 1 freq
€žbrae' - 1 freq
€˜brew - 1 freq
bawhair - 1 freq
bah-yerr - 1 freq
byro - 1 freq
“bier” - 1 freq
bauer - 1 freq
br - 4 freq
brewÂ’ - 1 freq
brr - 5 freq
brrrrr - 1 freq
brrrrrrrr - 2 freq
brawwee - 1 freq
borh - 1 freq
bri - 2 freq
'bru - 1 freq
bu'er - 1 freq
berry' - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - BR
brae - 283 freq
braw - 1229 freq
bare - 171 freq
bury - 24 freq
bra - 31 freq
borrow - 15 freq
bar - 492 freq
barrae - 2 freq
bear - 217 freq
be'-or - 3 freq
bree - 58 freq
brou - 29 freq
bourie - 5 freq
buiry - 4 freq
boure - 1 freq
bour - 1 freq
beir - 17 freq
bere - 13 freq
beerie - 7 freq
bore - 42 freq
byre - 111 freq
burrae - 1 freq
beer - 140 freq
brew - 30 freq
beery - 8 freq
'bear - 1 freq
burgh - 18 freq
bur - 8 freq
bor - 4 freq
bru - 28 freq
broo - 163 freq
bray - 1 freq
baur - 67 freq
baira - 1 freq
bree-ee - 8 freq
'braw - 12 freq
be'er - 1 freq
boer - 3 freq
buroo - 10 freq
boar - 20 freq
buir - 10 freq
burrow - 5 freq
berry - 17 freq
barra - 27 freq
braa - 59 freq
bir - 2 freq
barrie - 15 freq
boru - 6 freq
borrae - 10 freq
bair - 1 freq
bier - 4 freq
bouer - 18 freq
brow - 10 freq
burroo - 2 freq
bro - 7 freq
brah - 4 freq
baer - 2 freq
brey - 1 freq
birr - 24 freq
bear' - 1 freq
barry - 33 freq
burie - 4 freq
borra - 2 freq
borra' - 1 freq
ber - 4 freq
burra - 62 freq
biro - 6 freq
böre - 1 freq
brö - 1 freq
broo' - 1 freq
beirie - 1 freq
bure - 3 freq
brø - 1 freq
bær - 1 freq
berr - 2 freq
burry - 1 freq
burro - 1 freq
bureau - 11 freq
brio - 1 freq
baar - 6 freq
burou - 1 freq
borroo - 1 freq
brae' - 1 freq
barr - 15 freq
brie - 3 freq
brugh - 2 freq
burr - 2 freq
birra - 9 freq
über - 1 freq
€˜braw - 2 freq
brooie - 1 freq
birry - 2 freq
borr - 1 freq
brrrr - 2 freq
brrr - 2 freq
bu---r - 1 freq
€˜barrie - 1 freq
€žbrae' - 1 freq
€˜brew - 1 freq
byro - 1 freq
“bier” - 1 freq
bauer - 1 freq
br - 4 freq
brewÂ’ - 1 freq
brr - 5 freq
brrrrr - 1 freq
brrrrrrrr - 2 freq
brawwee - 1 freq
borh - 1 freq
bri - 2 freq
hburgh - 1 freq
'bru - 1 freq
bu'er - 1 freq
berry' - 1 freq
BRO
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.167768 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 - 0.352488 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 - 0.027778 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 - 0.037433 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 - 0.000825 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.