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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to failure in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
failure (0) - 32 freq
failures (1) - 6 freq
failyie (2) - 1 freq
flure (2) - 13 freq
naiture (2) - 4 freq
figure (2) - 104 freq
failte (2) - 2 freq
vadlure (2) - 6 freq
failzie (2) - 1 freq
maisure (2) - 1 freq
allure (2) - 2 freq
faire (2) - 1 freq
bailie (3) - 6 freq
faimlie (3) - 140 freq
faldie (3) - 1 freq
file (3) - 118 freq
sailor (3) - 20 freq
ailie (3) - 1 freq
vailye (3) - 6 freq
dailers (3) - 2 freq
fails (3) - 20 freq
feigurs (3) - 11 freq
seizure (3) - 2 freq
feelurs (3) - 1 freq
salute (3) - 19 freq
failure (0) - 32 freq
flure (2) - 13 freq
failures (2) - 6 freq
failzie (3) - 1 freq
faire (3) - 1 freq
flyre (3) - 1 freq
flare (3) - 10 freq
allure (3) - 2 freq
failte (3) - 2 freq
figure (3) - 104 freq
failyie (3) - 1 freq
tailor (4) - 28 freq
failed (4) - 50 freq
fayre (4) - 8 freq
fille (4) - 1 freq
galore (4) - 22 freq
fallae (4) - 4 freq
filee (4) - 1 freq
failyiet (4) - 1 freq
filie (4) - 19 freq
false (4) - 33 freq
faur (4) - 718 freq
future (4) - 242 freq
famour (4) - 1 freq
mailr (4) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - F460
flooer - 150 freq
floor - 87 freq
flair - 386 freq
fleer - 122 freq
flurry - 16 freq
flouer - 26 freq
fluir - 39 freq
failure - 32 freq
feller - 1 freq
fullyary - 1 freq
flooery - 13 freq
fulyerie - 1 freq
fullyery - 1 freq
flower - 14 freq
flarie - 3 freq
flare - 10 freq
fleer' - 1 freq
floory - 6 freq
flour - 15 freq
filler - 2 freq
follower - 8 freq
floo'er - 3 freq
flure - 13 freq
flirry - 2 freq
flora - 10 freq
flooerie - 3 freq
'flooer - 1 freq
foolery - 2 freq
flouer' - 1 freq
follaer - 10 freq
flör - 9 freq
floo'ry - 1 freq
flyre - 1 freq
floar - 6 freq
flor - 1 freq
flér - 1 freq
floorie - 1 freq
floer - 2 freq
fowler - 2 freq
fleur - 1 freq
flouerie - 2 freq
fullyerie - 1 freq
flÖr - 2 freq
flowery - 2 freq
flouery - 1 freq
fuller - 3 freq
flaur - 1 freq
fellar - 1 freq
flerr - 4 freq
fylier - 1 freq
'flair' - 1 freq
flow'r - 7 freq
€œflower - 2 freq
€˜floor - 3 freq
€œflouer - 1 freq
€œflooer - 1 freq
flyer - 1 freq
flairoa - 1 freq
flr - 3 freq
flier - 1 freq
floower - 2 freq
florrie - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - FLR
flooer - 150 freq
floor - 87 freq
flair - 386 freq
fleer - 122 freq
flurry - 16 freq
flouer - 26 freq
fluir - 39 freq
failure - 32 freq
valour - 1 freq
feller - 1 freq
flooery - 13 freq
flarie - 3 freq
flare - 10 freq
fleer' - 1 freq
floory - 6 freq
flour - 15 freq
filler - 2 freq
floo'er - 3 freq
flure - 13 freq
flirry - 2 freq
flora - 10 freq
flooerie - 3 freq
'flooer - 1 freq
foolery - 2 freq
flouer' - 1 freq
follaer - 10 freq
valour' - 1 freq
flör - 9 freq
floo'ry - 1 freq
flyre - 1 freq
floar - 6 freq
flor - 1 freq
flér - 1 freq
valerie - 4 freq
floorie - 1 freq
floer - 2 freq
fowler - 2 freq
velar - 7 freq
fleur - 1 freq
flouerie - 2 freq
flÖr - 2 freq
flouery - 1 freq
fuller - 3 freq
flaur - 1 freq
fellar - 1 freq
flerr - 4 freq
fylier - 1 freq
valère - 1 freq
'flair' - 1 freq
flow'r - 7 freq
€˜floor - 3 freq
€œflouer - 1 freq
€œflooer - 1 freq
voller - 2 freq
flairoa - 1 freq
flr - 3 freq
flier - 1 freq
florrie - 1 freq
FAILURE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.207635 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 - 0.385713 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 - 0.027667 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 - 0.036677 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 - 0.000765 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.