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Similar words to child� in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
childer (3) - 13 freq
childish (3) - 6 freq
childs (3) - 1 freq
child's (3) - 2 freq
childe (3) - 1 freq
children (3) - 48 freq
childlik (3) - 1 freq
child (3) - 56 freq
child' (3) - 1 freq
childér (3) - 3 freq
childèr (3) - 5 freq
chided (4) - 3 freq
chillout (4) - 6 freq
chilpit (4) - 2 freq
chindian (4) - 1 freq
cuild (4) - 7 freq
hilda (4) - 23 freq
chidit (4) - 2 freq
childcare (4) - 4 freq
cuildnae (4) - 1 freq
chile's (4) - 1 freq
phildr (4) - 4 freq
cuildna (4) - 1 freq
chide (4) - 4 freq
chileans (4) - 1 freq
child (6) - 56 freq
child' (6) - 1 freq
childér (6) - 3 freq
childèr (6) - 5 freq
childlik (6) - 1 freq
childer (6) - 13 freq
children (6) - 48 freq
childs (6) - 1 freq
childish (6) - 6 freq
childe (6) - 1 freq
child's (6) - 2 freq
chaldros (7) - 1 freq
childcare (7) - 4 freq
childline (7) - 1 freq
childhood (7) - 37 freq
cholder (7) - 1 freq
childer's (7) - 1 freq
chaldro (7) - 1 freq
chield (7) - 15 freq
chillin (8) - 6 freq
ceildh (8) - 3 freq
chillier (8) - 1 freq
chilly (8) - 12 freq
chidin (8) - 1 freq
chilton (8) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - C430
could - 2637 freq
cooled - 4 freq
cauld - 842 freq
clood - 79 freq
clad - 14 freq
claith - 59 freq
cloath - 1 freq
cool't - 1 freq
clowt - 1 freq
cloot - 129 freq
couldae - 4 freq
clatty - 26 freq
chield - 15 freq
cleid - 10 freq
ceilidh - 23 freq
culd - 41 freq
clattie - 11 freq
'clatty - 1 freq
called - 195 freq
cloud - 67 freq
cold - 44 freq
cloth - 16 freq
claaed - 2 freq
cled - 34 freq
'cauld - 4 freq
'callet' - 1 freq
clud - 9 freq
child - 56 freq
clootie - 33 freq
clyth - 1 freq
'could - 16 freq
cald - 8 freq
coulda - 29 freq
cluit - 1 freq
caald - 28 freq
clyde - 66 freq
clutha - 2 freq
clyte - 1 freq
clatt - 5 freq
claa't - 1 freq
clout - 18 freq
cowld - 52 freq
caalt - 24 freq
callit - 3 freq
clathy - 1 freq
coilit - 1 freq
cloody - 6 freq
coiled - 2 freq
cowl-eed - 1 freq
clawed - 5 freq
chilehuid - 1 freq
'child - 2 freq
couldhae - 1 freq
couled - 1 freq
clod - 14 freq
clawit - 1 freq
clat - 6 freq
cowlt - 4 freq
cal'd - 2 freq
clooth - 1 freq
culled - 3 freq
claithe - 1 freq
chilled - 9 freq
callt - 14 freq
collate - 1 freq
cult - 8 freq
clooty - 3 freq
clathe - 1 freq
cuillied - 1 freq
cledd - 1 freq
caaled - 5 freq
cawld - 4 freq
cleed - 2 freq
clot - 1 freq
cloutie - 2 freq
clowtd - 1 freq
claethe - 1 freq
clothe - 1 freq
collit - 1 freq
cuiled - 3 freq
'cold - 1 freq
cold' - 1 freq
cladh - 1 freq
colled - 2 freq
cleat - 1 freq
coled - 1 freq
€˜clyde - 1 freq
cilt - 7 freq
colt - 1 freq
€œcauld - 1 freq
chalet - 5 freq
cweeled - 4 freq
celt - 2 freq
cluitie - 1 freq
€˜child - 3 freq
call-oot - 1 freq
€˜cauld - 1 freq
€˜could - 2 freq
childe - 1 freq
ceildh - 3 freq
€œceildih - 1 freq
couldo - 1 freq
€œcould - 4 freq
cuild - 7 freq
cöllied - 1 freq
'chilled - 1 freq
clothie - 1 freq
claude - 1 freq
clued - 1 freq
cheilidh - 2 freq
clyde- - 1 freq
clydeu - 2 freq
cauld” - 1 freq
cloudy - 3 freq
'clootie - 1 freq
child' - 1 freq
cloot' - 1 freq
chilloot - 3 freq
chillout - 6 freq
MetaPhone code - XLT
should - 907 freq
chield - 15 freq
shield - 26 freq
shelled - 2 freq
child - 56 freq
shalt - 6 freq
'should - 2 freq
shoulda - 29 freq
shaldou - 1 freq
shallt - 2 freq
'shield - 1 freq
should'a - 2 freq
'child - 2 freq
shuld - 29 freq
shouldae - 1 freq
sheltie - 31 freq
shooled - 1 freq
chilled - 9 freq
sheeld - 1 freq
shelt - 28 freq
shaald - 3 freq
chalet - 5 freq
€˜child - 3 freq
childe - 1 freq
shawled - 1 freq
€˜should - 2 freq
€œshould - 1 freq
shilt - 2 freq
'chilled - 1 freq
'shult' - 1 freq
'shultie' - 1 freq
should' - 1 freq
cheilidh - 2 freq
shouldda - 2 freq
child' - 1 freq
chilloot - 3 freq
chillout - 6 freq
CHILD�
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.201563 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 - 0.363841 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 - 0.028172 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 - 0.039029 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 - 0.000804 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.