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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to decent in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
decent (0) - 112 freq
descent (1) - 13 freq
'decent (1) - 1 freq
recent (1) - 71 freq
dacent (1) - 14 freq
deceit (1) - 5 freq
daecent (1) - 8 freq
werent (2) - 1 freq
detect (2) - 5 freq
percent (2) - 22 freq
ascent (2) - 2 freq
deena (2) - 1 freq
accent (2) - 108 freq
defect (2) - 1 freq
secont (2) - 16 freq
denend (2) - 1 freq
derwent (2) - 2 freq
declint (2) - 1 freq
regent (2) - 6 freq
deckt (2) - 3 freq
indecent (2) - 1 freq
cent (2) - 20 freq
dazent (2) - 1 freq
decern (2) - 2 freq
'decent' (2) - 1 freq
decent (0) - 112 freq
dacent (1) - 14 freq
daecent (1) - 8 freq
dacant (2) - 1 freq
duecento (2) - 1 freq
diacent (2) - 1 freq
descent (2) - 13 freq
recent (2) - 71 freq
daicent (2) - 60 freq
'decent (2) - 1 freq
deceit (2) - 5 freq
decin (3) - 2 freq
decht (3) - 1 freq
divent (3) - 1 freq
dent (3) - 4 freq
raecent (3) - 3 freq
recenty (3) - 1 freq
decense (3) - 1 freq
dernt (3) - 1 freq
decait (3) - 2 freq
eccent (3) - 4 freq
scent (3) - 65 freq
secunt (3) - 12 freq
deckit (3) - 6 freq
dozent (3) - 6 freq
SoundEx code - D253
doesn't - 22 freq
doughnut - 7 freq
dacent - 14 freq
decent - 112 freq
descends - 8 freq
descendit - 11 freq
daicent - 60 freq
dysentery - 1 freq
descend - 14 freq
descendin - 11 freq
discontent - 5 freq
dozent - 6 freq
dignity - 29 freq
descentants - 1 freq
dissenters - 2 freq
dismayed - 6 freq
descendants - 12 freq
dazent - 1 freq
deesint - 2 freq
descent - 13 freq
dishauntit - 2 freq
disintegratit - 1 freq
disinterested - 3 freq
dissentérs - 2 freq
dissent - 8 freq
dookin-huts - 1 freq
daesant - 1 freq
disinterestit - 1 freq
discount - 5 freq
dacant - 1 freq
disn't - 4 freq
'decent - 1 freq
descending - 2 freq
doughnuts - 8 freq
doughnuts' - 1 freq
descended - 6 freq
daecent - 8 freq
'decent' - 1 freq
disinterest - 1 freq
discentioun - 1 freq
deuk-and-goose - 1 freq
dissenter - 1 freq
decimated - 1 freq
dizzenth - 1 freq
descendents - 3 freq
deigned - 1 freq
dishaunts - 1 freq
decendant - 1 freq
decendants - 2 freq
disinterrt - 1 freq
dignitie - 2 freq
disintegrated - 2 freq
descendant - 3 freq
decent-lookin - 1 freq
discontentment - 1 freq
dignit - 1 freq
deckhand - 1 freq
discontinuously - 1 freq
disintegraetion - 1 freq
duecento - 1 freq
disjointed - 1 freq
descendent - 4 freq
dissentit - 1 freq
disentanglet - 1 freq
deegnity - 2 freq
decanted - 1 freq
dwqndlbcao - 1 freq
docandrewmurray - 2 freq
diacent - 1 freq
doesn’t - 7 freq
doughendricks - 1 freq
dognduck - 1 freq
disnt - 1 freq
dzintrasullivan - 1 freq
doesnt - 2 freq
MetaPhone code - TSNT
doesn't - 22 freq
dacent - 14 freq
decent - 112 freq
daicent - 60 freq
designed - 33 freq
descend - 14 freq
dozent - 6 freq
dazent - 1 freq
deesint - 2 freq
descent - 13 freq
dissent - 8 freq
daesant - 1 freq
disn't - 4 freq
'decent - 1 freq
daecent - 8 freq
'decent' - 1 freq
duecento - 1 freq
diacent - 1 freq
doesn’t - 7 freq
disnt - 1 freq
doesnt - 2 freq
DECENT
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.197977 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 - 0.347942 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 - 0.027858 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 - 0.037207 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 - 0.000850 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.