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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to chain in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
chain (0) - 61 freq
chait (1) - 1 freq
chaine (1) - 6 freq
thain (1) - 6 freq
chaip (1) - 15 freq
hain (1) - 63 freq
chafin (1) - 1 freq
chan (1) - 1 freq
chains (1) - 38 freq
bhain (1) - 24 freq
chair (1) - 222 freq
chein (1) - 2 freq
chin (1) - 149 freq
chawin (1) - 42 freq
whain (1) - 1 freq
chasin (1) - 40 freq
clain (1) - 13 freq
caain (1) - 50 freq
cain (1) - 24 freq
chavin (1) - 4 freq
chaain (1) - 7 freq
chai (1) - 1 freq
leain (2) - 23 freq
hin (2) - 35 freq
chain'd (2) - 1 freq
chain (0) - 61 freq
chein (1) - 2 freq
chin (1) - 149 freq
chan (1) - 1 freq
chaain (1) - 7 freq
chaine (1) - 6 freq
chainey (2) - 1 freq
cheen (2) - 2 freq
cheyn (2) - 4 freq
chaaen (2) - 1 freq
hain (2) - 63 freq
achin (2) - 14 freq
achan (2) - 2 freq
china (2) - 53 freq
chean (2) - 8 freq
choon (2) - 6 freq
chane (2) - 1 freq
chait (2) - 1 freq
chon (2) - 3 freq
chen (2) - 4 freq
chine (2) - 2 freq
echoin (2) - 12 freq
thain (2) - 6 freq
chawin (2) - 42 freq
whain (2) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - C500
cam - 2618 freq
can - 4706 freq
come - 3111 freq
canna - 1221 freq
cawin - 60 freq
cannae - 1640 freq
canny - 212 freq
'can - 36 freq
chum - 21 freq
cane - 22 freq
caain - 50 freq
cannie - 92 freq
cum - 641 freq
came - 890 freq
chain - 61 freq
chin - 149 freq
chimney - 22 freq
china - 53 freq
chyne - 10 freq
chaain - 7 freq
cin - 289 freq
cannae-' - 1 freq
chein - 2 freq
'cannae - 11 freq
chewin - 15 freq
'come - 73 freq
coun - 1 freq
chime - 6 freq
cuin - 8 freq
cheenae - 3 freq
'cuin - 2 freq
caum - 36 freq
cun- - 1 freq
con- - 3 freq
can- - 4 freq
caunny - 2 freq
caa'n - 1 freq
'c'm - 1 freq
'cawin - 1 freq
con - 21 freq
ca'in - 8 freq
conn - 14 freq
cunyie - 5 freq
canmnae - 1 freq
cen - 12 freq
chowin - 16 freq
chawin - 42 freq
com - 131 freq
chaine - 6 freq
coin - 46 freq
'cum - 4 freq
canne - 7 freq
caim - 57 freq
cheyn - 4 freq
cheyne - 4 freq
choon - 6 freq
chawen - 2 freq
cone - 16 freq
cn - 2 freq
caam - 11 freq
caaen - 4 freq
cna - 2 freq
caawen - 1 freq
cheeny - 4 freq
cann'a - 2 freq
caine - 1 freq
cheena - 5 freq
caun - 5 freq
'caum - 1 freq
coma - 13 freq
chowan - 2 freq
caa'in - 5 freq
chaaen - 1 freq
chanee - 1 freq
cowan - 7 freq
chon - 3 freq
'cin - 1 freq
cyein - 1 freq
cain - 24 freq
cohen - 1 freq
cum' - 2 freq
©cum - 1 freq
'cam - 9 freq
ciné - 2 freq
ca'n - 6 freq
caen - 4 freq
caan - 2 freq
co'm - 1 freq
chine - 2 freq
canae - 28 freq
come' - 2 freq
cammy - 10 freq
cöshin - 2 freq
cam' - 4 freq
cooin - 6 freq
cheinie - 1 freq
canno - 26 freq
cunyo - 2 freq
canno- - 1 freq
chemo - 2 freq
chem - 1 freq
chimhey - 1 freq
chewan - 1 freq
cunna - 1 freq
chewnie - 1 freq
cowin - 1 freq
coney - 2 freq
chean - 8 freq
cheen - 2 freq
cown - 2 freq
chen - 4 freq
cama - 1 freq
cameo - 4 freq
cheyenne - 1 freq
caa-an - 1 freq
camm - 1 freq
cana - 29 freq
cim - 5 freq
cannae' - 1 freq
ca'ain - 1 freq
come - 8 freq
cm - 1 freq
cawn - 1 freq
chainey - 1 freq
cum - 4 freq
coum - 2 freq
cann - 1 freq
can' - 1 freq
come - 32 freq
chinee - 1 freq
cheenie - 1 freq
cheemo - 2 freq
cannae - 2 freq
''cannae - 1 freq
cun - 18 freq
can - 22 freq
cany - 5 freq
comm - 2 freq
chën - 1 freq
chewin' - 1 freq
cam - 1 freq
canni - 6 freq
caani - 1 freq
ceann - 1 freq
can - 1 freq
china - 1 freq
como - 1 freq
comme - 3 freq
cem - 1 freq
chowin' - 1 freq
chane - 1 freq
cunno - 1 freq
cheann - 1 freq
can - 1 freq
cjem - 1 freq
chawi'n - 1 freq
connie - 2 freq
cyn - 1 freq
cmmh - 1 freq
cm - 13 freq
chinny - 1 freq
cannaee - 1 freq
cani - 2 freq
connae - 1 freq
'choon' - 1 freq
cnn - 1 freq
cooney - 2 freq
cmo - 1 freq
cammay - 1 freq
cheyney - 1 freq
canio - 1 freq
ca’in - 1 freq
ccmw - 1 freq
ccwm - 3 freq
‘cone’ - 2 freq
conway - 1 freq
chummie - 1 freq
csum - 1 freq
cwyouim - 1 freq
'comma - 1 freq
comma - 1 freq
cauin - 1 freq
chiyan - 1 freq
chun - 1 freq
cannea - 10 freq
chan - 1 freq
cym - 6 freq
ceen - 2 freq
co'en - 2 freq
cùm - 1 freq
camo - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - XN
shone - 43 freq
shiny - 68 freq
shaein - 1 freq
shaen - 3 freq
sheen - 115 freq
chain - 61 freq
chin - 149 freq
china - 53 freq
shane - 62 freq
chyne - 10 freq
chaain - 7 freq
shin - 35 freq
chein - 2 freq
shewn - 14 freq
shaun - 12 freq
shown - 51 freq
shuin - 99 freq
cheenae - 3 freq
shune - 39 freq
shine - 74 freq
shooin - 1 freq
sheena - 39 freq
shoon - 14 freq
sheein - 1 freq
shoen - 2 freq
chaine - 6 freq
cheyn - 4 freq
cheyne - 4 freq
choon - 6 freq
cheeny - 4 freq
shun - 9 freq
cheena - 5 freq
shan - 10 freq
chaaen - 1 freq
chanee - 1 freq
shawn - 43 freq
chon - 3 freq
tion - 1 freq
sheeny - 18 freq
shun' - 1 freq
chine - 2 freq
sheen' - 1 freq
shounn - 1 freq
shön - 46 freq
shon - 7 freq
shaain - 15 freq
cheinie - 1 freq
shaan - 26 freq
shüne - 1 freq
shona - 16 freq
chewnie - 1 freq
shinn - 3 freq
shien - 2 freq
chean - 8 freq
cheen - 2 freq
shawnee - 1 freq
shün - 5 freq
chen - 4 freq
wöshen - 1 freq
shaa'n - 1 freq
chainey - 1 freq
chinee - 1 freq
cheenie - 1 freq
shanghai - 2 freq
shin-o- - 1 freq
chën - 1 freq
china - 1 freq
shinny - 3 freq
shinny - 1 freq
chane - 1 freq
cheann - 1 freq
shanny - 9 freq
chinny - 1 freq
'choon' - 1 freq
sion - 1 freq
shinnie - 1 freq
cheyney - 1 freq
shuna - 1 freq
'shin' - 2 freq
“shoon - 1 freq
shauny - 1 freq
chun - 1 freq
chan - 1 freq
shoe-in - 1 freq
CHAIN
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.177030 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 - 0.333061 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 - 0.028971 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 - 0.036597 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 - 0.000867 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.