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Similar words to curse in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
curse (0) - 72 freq
curie (1) - 1 freq
cursed (1) - 43 freq
purse (1) - 37 freq
nurse (1) - 163 freq
carse (1) - 17 freq
curve (1) - 24 freq
curses (1) - 8 freq
cursen (1) - 1 freq
turse (1) - 1 freq
curset (1) - 1 freq
curst (1) - 2 freq
cure (1) - 52 freq
course (1) - 489 freq
corse (1) - 2 freq
'curse (1) - 1 freq
wurse (1) - 16 freq
wurs (2) - 3 freq
burie (2) - 4 freq
purses (2) - 1 freq
scursed (2) - 1 freq
harse (2) - 1 freq
bure (2) - 3 freq
crye (2) - 1 freq
earse (2) - 4 freq
curse (0) - 72 freq
carse (1) - 17 freq
corse (1) - 2 freq
course (1) - 489 freq
cruise (2) - 13 freq
coarse (2) - 67 freq
corsa (2) - 1 freq
carso (2) - 1 freq
caurs (2) - 10 freq
acourse (2) - 2 freq
cours (2) - 1 freq
cures (2) - 4 freq
cuirs (2) - 1 freq
carsie (2) - 1 freq
cors (2) - 1 freq
cars (2) - 91 freq
coorse (2) - 827 freq
cerise (2) - 1 freq
curses (2) - 8 freq
cursen (2) - 1 freq
turse (2) - 1 freq
curst (2) - 2 freq
curve (2) - 24 freq
nurse (2) - 163 freq
curie (2) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - C620
coorse - 827 freq
creak - 13 freq
course - 489 freq
craggy - 4 freq
crush - 21 freq
cries - 101 freq
crack - 345 freq
craws - 59 freq
chris - 253 freq
craigs - 24 freq
cross - 244 freq
church - 72 freq
curious - 74 freq
chorus - 64 freq
crash - 50 freq
courage - 38 freq
cheers - 218 freq
croass - 8 freq
cares - 58 freq
cours - 1 freq
curse - 72 freq
chairs - 63 freq
creeshie - 13 freq
cairries - 36 freq
craik - 39 freq
craggie - 2 freq
croak - 4 freq
cars - 91 freq
creek - 9 freq
craig - 206 freq
'cheers - 3 freq
charge - 61 freq
crouse - 32 freq
chairge - 124 freq
cuirious - 3 freq
cairiage - 1 freq
correck - 3 freq
cairriage - 6 freq
chirries - 1 freq
crazy - 38 freq
crouch - 8 freq
créche - 1 freq
cargo - 12 freq
croose - 14 freq
cork - 31 freq
creeshy - 6 freq
craze - 6 freq
cracks - 39 freq
crocks - 5 freq
craic - 17 freq
creaks - 6 freq
cerries - 3 freq
caurs - 10 freq
corrie's - 2 freq
choric - 1 freq
cruik - 12 freq
'crack' - 2 freq
caur's - 1 freq
coories - 5 freq
'cross - 4 freq
'course - 5 freq
coors - 4 freq
caress - 4 freq
curroos - 1 freq
crux - 5 freq
craas - 6 freq
careous - 1 freq
cairies - 4 freq
carse - 17 freq
crags - 6 freq
craigie - 22 freq
corries - 14 freq
curries - 7 freq
corse - 2 freq
crag - 8 freq
creesh - 18 freq
cruiks - 1 freq
carrick - 6 freq
crawick - 1 freq
craw's - 5 freq
cures - 4 freq
cros - 1 freq
crock - 13 freq
carxe - 1 freq
cherries - 5 freq
coarse - 67 freq
croakie - 1 freq
car's - 16 freq
carraygewuiy - 1 freq
cary's - 2 freq
circa - 7 freq
crews - 4 freq
craiks - 2 freq
crows - 4 freq
crake - 1 freq
corkey - 1 freq
crak - 4 freq
chores - 9 freq
crusoe - 3 freq
cherche - 1 freq
cherish - 8 freq
cherokee - 4 freq
chrissy - 9 freq
craig's - 18 freq
craigy - 42 freq
carries - 10 freq
carso - 1 freq
corss - 9 freq
'coorse - 14 freq
creeks - 3 freq
cora's - 3 freq
charhe's - 1 freq
crooks - 2 freq
cruise - 13 freq
crook - 12 freq
crease - 3 freq
crehs - 1 freq
croas - 1 freq
cracke - 1 freq
crikey - 5 freq
cerise - 1 freq
chrissie - 21 freq
chris's - 1 freq
carg - 1 freq
criss - 5 freq
chris' - 1 freq
chairs' - 1 freq
crack's - 1 freq
corragh - 1 freq
cresh - 3 freq
crogs - 1 freq
curios - 1 freq
cairrage - 3 freq
craa's - 2 freq
cairres - 1 freq
chirag - 1 freq
cheerios - 5 freq
cross' - 1 freq
currie's - 2 freq
crics - 1 freq
craaws - 2 freq
currys - 1 freq
coorse-wye - 1 freq
croy's - 2 freq
croys - 1 freq
corry's - 1 freq
cargae - 2 freq
crok - 1 freq
corrs - 2 freq
chryse - 5 freq
craesh - 1 freq
cores - 3 freq
creashie - 2 freq
carriage - 7 freq
corsh - 2 freq
coorsh - 1 freq
caers - 1 freq
croasss - 1 freq
crass - 4 freq
czars - 2 freq
cry's - 1 freq
crosshy - 1 freq
creish - 5 freq
caress' - 1 freq
crug - 1 freq
currie-coo - 1 freq
c-r-a-c-k - 1 freq
cheirs - 3 freq
coars - 1 freq
chaurge - 1 freq
cairrie's - 1 freq
cark - 6 freq
chaaaaarge - 1 freq
creashy - 2 freq
'church - 1 freq
croix - 1 freq
courries - 1 freq
'curse - 1 freq
ceres - 11 freq
craks - 1 freq
cracs - 1 freq
courss - 2 freq
coorse' - 1 freq
crèche - 1 freq
curch - 1 freq
cuirs - 1 freq
chork - 1 freq
cruz - 1 freq
craack - 1 freq
€˜course - 1 freq
corsa - 1 freq
€˜cheers - 4 freq
€œcheers - 1 freq
chyres - 1 freq
cawrs - 1 freq
crichie - 4 freq
cherge - 4 freq
€œcrazy - 1 freq
coires - 1 freq
craick - 1 freq
cors - 1 freq
crackie - 1 freq
crooch - 1 freq
caries - 1 freq
carsie - 1 freq
cairious - 1 freq
crys - 1 freq
croog - 1 freq
carriagewey - 1 freq
creus - 1 freq
creag - 1 freq
craiyg - 1 freq
chars - 1 freq
curragh - 1 freq
cerys - 1 freq
corgi - 1 freq
ckeroos - 1 freq
cruwc - 1 freq
carr's - 1 freq
craÂ’s - 1 freq
chories - 1 freq
crayg - 1 freq
creg - 1 freq
crish - 1 freq
charge' - 1 freq
carrie's - 1 freq
'cargo - 1 freq
craigwhoy - 1 freq
cxhris - 1 freq
chreach - 1 freq
ckriyk - 1 freq
coreyhook - 7 freq
caresÂ’ - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - KRS
gress - 199 freq
coorse - 827 freq
course - 489 freq
grows - 40 freq
cries - 101 freq
grass - 101 freq
craws - 59 freq
gray's - 3 freq
cross - 244 freq
curious - 74 freq
croass - 8 freq
cares - 58 freq
cours - 1 freq
curse - 72 freq
gurrs - 1 freq
cairries - 36 freq
grace - 153 freq
cars - 91 freq
gairs - 1 freq
crouse - 32 freq
gaars - 1 freq
greece - 23 freq
cuirious - 3 freq
querious - 2 freq
crazy - 38 freq
graze - 9 freq
gressy - 15 freq
croose - 14 freq
craze - 6 freq
gracie - 21 freq
gaurs - 2 freq
caurs - 10 freq
corrie's - 2 freq
gars - 89 freq
greasy - 23 freq
caur's - 1 freq
coories - 5 freq
'cross - 4 freq
'course - 5 freq
coors - 4 freq
caress - 4 freq
curroos - 1 freq
craas - 6 freq
careous - 1 freq
queries - 1 freq
cairies - 4 freq
carse - 17 freq
greys - 5 freq
grouse - 29 freq
corries - 14 freq
curries - 7 freq
corse - 2 freq
grease - 12 freq
ycars - 1 freq
craw's - 5 freq
cures - 4 freq
gross - 6 freq
cros - 1 freq
hcro's - 1 freq
coarse - 67 freq
car's - 16 freq
goarse - 1 freq
cary's - 2 freq
gar's - 2 freq
grassy - 7 freq
crews - 4 freq
crows - 4 freq
gris - 1 freq
quires - 1 freq
quares - 1 freq
crusoe - 3 freq
carries - 10 freq
goers - 3 freq
carso - 1 freq
corss - 9 freq
'coorse - 14 freq
cora's - 3 freq
grees - 18 freq
cruise - 13 freq
crease - 3 freq
kerries - 8 freq
crehs - 1 freq
'grice' - 3 freq
grous - 2 freq
croas - 1 freq
criss - 5 freq
korea's - 1 freq
curios - 1 freq
gurs - 1 freq
craa's - 2 freq
cairres - 1 freq
cross' - 1 freq
currie's - 2 freq
gorse - 6 freq
gress' - 1 freq
garrs - 2 freq
craaws - 2 freq
currys - 1 freq
groose - 4 freq
grice - 38 freq
croy's - 2 freq
kerrs - 9 freq
croys - 1 freq
gairsay - 1 freq
'grace' - 1 freq
quarries - 4 freq
corry's - 1 freq
corrs - 2 freq
cores - 3 freq
gary's - 7 freq
kers - 6 freq
grouws - 1 freq
gorie's - 1 freq
caers - 1 freq
graws - 4 freq
'grees - 2 freq
croasss - 1 freq
crass - 4 freq
koors - 1 freq
quairs - 3 freq
grey's - 2 freq
cry's - 1 freq
keerious - 3 freq
crosshy - 1 freq
caress' - 1 freq
coars - 1 freq
cairrie's - 1 freq
greiss - 1 freq
kerr's - 1 freq
courries - 1 freq
gros - 8 freq
greesie - 1 freq
'curse - 1 freq
quarz - 2 freq
grays - 2 freq
courss - 2 freq
gruws - 2 freq
coorse' - 1 freq
quarry's - 4 freq
gryss - 3 freq
cuirs - 1 freq
grues - 1 freq
groce - 4 freq
grose - 1 freq
cruz - 1 freq
gruesie - 1 freq
€˜course - 1 freq
corsa - 1 freq
cawrs - 1 freq
€˜grossa - 2 freq
€œgrossa - 1 freq
€œcrazy - 1 freq
grasse - 1 freq
coires - 1 freq
cors - 1 freq
€œgracie - 1 freq
gryce - 1 freq
caries - 1 freq
carsie - 1 freq
cairious - 1 freq
crys - 1 freq
€œgrace - 2 freq
creus - 1 freq
grayÂ’s - 3 freq
ckeroos - 1 freq
carr's - 1 freq
craÂ’s - 1 freq
gras - 5 freq
carrie's - 1 freq
kris - 1 freq
caresÂ’ - 1 freq
CURSE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.166946 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 - 0.327689 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 - 0.028781 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 - 0.037087 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 - 0.000807 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.