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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to eir in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
eir (0) - 18 freq
tir (1) - 4 freq
hir (1) - 1279 freq
efir (1) - 1 freq
eit (1) - 644 freq
keir (1) - 9 freq
'ir (1) - 11 freq
leir (1) - 20 freq
ei (1) - 102 freq
eire (1) - 3 freq
heir (1) - 44 freq
eik (1) - 90 freq
air (1) - 970 freq
ir (1) - 1540 freq
etr (1) - 1 freq
teir (1) - 10 freq
yir (1) - 1337 freq
eer (1) - 192 freq
eih (1) - 51 freq
lir (1) - 16 freq
eil (1) - 10 freq
evir (1) - 4 freq
eif (1) - 46 freq
ear (1) - 139 freq
err (1) - 40 freq
eir (0) - 18 freq
ir (1) - 1540 freq
air (1) - 970 freq
eur (1) - 1 freq
yir (1) - 1337 freq
eer (1) - 192 freq
ear (1) - 139 freq
eire (1) - 3 freq
yeir (1) - 253 freq
er (1) - 627 freq
euer (2) - 6 freq
aur (2) - 1 freq
ri (2) - 117 freq
ur (2) - 541 freq
rio (2) - 5 freq
ior (2) - 1 freq
oar (2) - 37 freq
eery (2) - 2 freq
yr (2) - 16 freq
ar (2) - 208 freq
rie (2) - 1 freq
ire (2) - 9 freq
yeer (2) - 22 freq
era (2) - 30 freq
yur (2) - 221 freq
SoundEx code - E600
eerie - 34 freq
ere - 287 freq
ear - 139 freq
era - 30 freq
ery - 15 freq
err - 40 freq
eir - 18 freq
e'er - 58 freq
ee're - 33 freq
er - 627 freq
'er - 10 freq
eer - 192 freq
eyre - 7 freq
eyrie - 6 freq
erey - 1 freq
ehr' - 1 freq
eery - 2 freq
'ere - 57 freq
¥e're - 1 freq
ee'r - 1 freq
ee-are - 2 freq
eare - 1 freq
eeyore - 1 freq
euro - 21 freq
'ear' - 1 freq
erae - 1 freq
erie - 1 freq
'ear - 15 freq
eari - 1 freq
ewer - 2 freq
'ee're - 1 freq
-er - 1 freq
ðer - 2 freq
ey're - 1 freq
''ere - 1 freq
erþ - 1 freq
eorðe - 1 freq
er - 101 freq
ere - 1 freq
ear - 22 freq
ere' - 3 freq
eire - 3 freq
eir - 1 freq
er - 8 freq
eri - 1 freq
ear - 3 freq
ere - 3 freq
er - 1 freq
euer - 6 freq
‘er - 1 freq
ee’r - 1 freq
e’er - 1 freq
erra - 3 freq
eur - 1 freq
ear’ - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - ER
eerie - 34 freq
ere - 287 freq
ear - 139 freq
era - 30 freq
aer - 67 freq
ery - 15 freq
err - 40 freq
eir - 18 freq
e'er - 58 freq
ee're - 33 freq
er - 627 freq
'er - 10 freq
eer - 192 freq
eyre - 7 freq
eyrie - 6 freq
erey - 1 freq
ehr' - 1 freq
eery - 2 freq
'ere - 57 freq
¥e're - 1 freq
ee'r - 1 freq
ee-are - 2 freq
eare - 1 freq
euro - 21 freq
'ear' - 1 freq
erae - 1 freq
erie - 1 freq
'ear - 15 freq
aere - 1 freq
eari - 1 freq
'ee're - 1 freq
-er - 1 freq
ðer - 2 freq
ey're - 1 freq
''ere - 1 freq
erþ - 1 freq
eorðe - 1 freq
er - 101 freq
ere - 1 freq
ear - 22 freq
ere' - 3 freq
eire - 3 freq
eir - 1 freq
er - 8 freq
eri - 1 freq
ear - 3 freq
ere - 3 freq
er - 1 freq
euer - 6 freq
‘er - 1 freq
ee’r - 1 freq
e’er - 1 freq
erra - 3 freq
eur - 1 freq
aero - 1 freq
ear’ - 1 freq
EIR
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.246551 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 - 0.572767 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 - 0.027714 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 - 0.073606 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 - 0.000793 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.