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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to confess in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
confess (0) - 21 freq
confesst (1) - 4 freq
confesso (1) - 1 freq
confer (2) - 1 freq
convers (2) - 1 freq
conifers (2) - 1 freq
congress (2) - 1 freq
cenless (2) - 1 freq
conceps (2) - 4 freq
confessin (2) - 2 freq
oonless (2) - 4 freq
confuse (2) - 8 freq
contest (2) - 16 freq
coontess (2) - 8 freq
cones (2) - 2 freq
contests (2) - 6 freq
confessed (2) - 8 freq
onless (2) - 7 freq
conkers (2) - 3 freq
confuses (2) - 3 freq
offess (2) - 1 freq
conters (2) - 1 freq
moness (2) - 2 freq
boness (2) - 3 freq
countess (2) - 8 freq
confess (0) - 21 freq
confesso (1) - 1 freq
confuses (2) - 3 freq
confesst (2) - 4 freq
coontess (3) - 8 freq
confuse (3) - 8 freq
countess (3) - 8 freq
confessin (3) - 2 freq
confessed (3) - 8 freq
confesses (3) - 1 freq
conifers (3) - 1 freq
cenless (3) - 1 freq
consis (4) - 1 freq
conneks (4) - 2 freq
oonless (4) - 4 freq
canvass (4) - 1 freq
confines (4) - 2 freq
coontiess (4) - 1 freq
confusin (4) - 13 freq
confession (4) - 10 freq
confaise (4) - 2 freq
confused (4) - 43 freq
confusan (4) - 3 freq
confuise (4) - 1 freq
coneys (4) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - C512
canvas - 34 freq
canvases - 2 freq
confesst - 4 freq
confused - 43 freq
confusion - 41 freq
confusin - 13 freq
convick - 5 freq
convicks' - 1 freq
compass - 14 freq
'champagne - 1 freq
chimps - 2 freq
confess - 21 freq
confession - 10 freq
convoys - 8 freq
comeback - 7 freq
confuse - 8 freq
conviction - 10 freq
compassion - 6 freq
campaign - 102 freq
campsie - 2 freq
compescet - 2 freq
canvassers - 1 freq
canvassed - 2 freq
canvased - 1 freq
champagne - 15 freq
confessed - 8 freq
convicted - 3 freq
composin - 3 freq
confuision - 2 freq
composed - 15 freq
cunfuchlt - 1 freq
cunfusen - 1 freq
cunfeyoosed - 1 freq
cumpoased - 1 freq
cunfuchult - 1 freq
come-affs - 1 freq
come-ups - 1 freq
caunopies - 1 freq
campaignin - 19 freq
compose - 6 freq
combust - 4 freq
composure - 4 freq
compassionless - 1 freq
compasssionate - 1 freq
compact - 7 freq
confuses - 3 freq
compos-mentis - 1 freq
confection - 1 freq
camps - 15 freq
campaigns - 15 freq
combs - 6 freq
canvis - 1 freq
composer - 3 freq
campsite - 1 freq
cannabis - 1 freq
canapés - 1 freq
camp-site - 1 freq
confiscated - 2 freq
convictions - 1 freq
confessin - 2 freq
champs - 2 freq
confesses - 1 freq
campus - 5 freq
composit - 2 freq
composietion - 1 freq
cambus - 3 freq
co-investin - 1 freq
confaise - 2 freq
compasses - 2 freq
confesso - 1 freq
campos - 1 freq
confusan - 3 freq
champaign - 1 freq
composeition - 2 freq
compaignion - 1 freq
confuise - 1 freq
coanvicts - 1 freq
coanvict - 3 freq
convickit - 1 freq
coanvics - 1 freq
cinfession - 1 freq
composeetions - 1 freq
cambuslang - 2 freq
campie's - 1 freq
compostela - 1 freq
compost - 7 freq
campaiging - 1 freq
campaigning - 4 freq
confaised - 1 freq
€œcnapag - 1 freq
confessouris - 1 freq
confuised - 1 freq
confuisin - 1 freq
campaigner - 3 freq
compassionate - 1 freq
comfiest - 1 freq
canvassin - 3 freq
convictit - 2 freq
compositional - 1 freq
composition - 3 freq
configuration - 1 freq
compostit - 1 freq
canopies - 2 freq
campaignt - 1 freq
confiscating - 1 freq
canapes - 1 freq
compis - 1 freq
composing - 1 freq
confucius - 1 freq
€˜convicts - 1 freq
convicts - 1 freq
canvas-covert - 1 freq
campaigned - 1 freq
campaigners - 7 freq
confiscate - 1 freq
canvass - 1 freq
chin-ups - 1 freq
confessions - 2 freq
chimpscum - 1 freq
campusprjo - 1 freq
composureÂ… - 1 freq
comfies - 2 freq
compston - 2 freq
canvassing - 1 freq
ccampbauslangs - 1 freq
campesina - 1 freq
cammvgwg - 1 freq
confusing - 1 freq
champagnes - 1 freq
cumback - 1 freq
convos - 1 freq
cambuslangsteve - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - KNFS
canvas - 34 freq
confess - 21 freq
convoys - 8 freq
confuse - 8 freq
canvis - 1 freq
confaise - 2 freq
confesso - 1 freq
confuise - 1 freq
canvass - 1 freq
convos - 1 freq
CONFESS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.189041 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 - 0.325980 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 - 0.027057 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 - 0.036910 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 - 0.000838 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.