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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to fan in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
fan (0) - 1354 freq
ian (1) - 202 freq
fav (1) - 7 freq
foan (1) - 1 freq
van (1) - 159 freq
faan (1) - 69 freq
fab (1) - 18 freq
fon (1) - 3 freq
fn (1) - 4 freq
far (1) - 1515 freq
fang (1) - 12 freq
fain (1) - 44 freq
faq (1) - 1 freq
fane (1) - 1 freq
-an (1) - 9 freq
fao (1) - 20 freq
fax (1) - 9 freq
qan (1) - 1 freq
dan (1) - 472 freq
gan (1) - 768 freq
fun (1) - 635 freq
f'an (1) - 1 freq
wan (1) - 2334 freq
fak (1) - 10 freq
aan (1) - 30 freq
fan (0) - 1354 freq
faen (1) - 7 freq
fun (1) - 635 freq
fain (1) - 44 freq
fane (1) - 1 freq
fen (1) - 47 freq
fn (1) - 4 freq
fyn (1) - 8 freq
fon (1) - 3 freq
fin (1) - 1547 freq
foan (1) - 1 freq
faan (1) - 69 freq
faun (1) - 40 freq
fuan (1) - 2 freq
ean (2) - 46 freq
han (2) - 392 freq
an (2) - 76376 freq
san (2) - 44 freq
lan (2) - 138 freq
ban (2) - 48 freq
fank (2) - 25 freq
fad (2) - 1 freq
faa (2) - 280 freq
'an (2) - 155 freq
nan (2) - 14 freq
SoundEx code - F500
fine - 1588 freq
fawin - 83 freq
fin - 1547 freq
faa'n - 8 freq
funny - 359 freq
fan - 1354 freq
faa'en - 1 freq
fin' - 13 freq
faain - 60 freq
faan - 69 freq
fun - 635 freq
fawen - 9 freq
faem - 25 freq
fen - 47 freq
funn - 25 freq
fain - 44 freq
'fine - 7 freq
feem - 11 freq
fame - 47 freq
fawn - 23 freq
foon - 7 freq
'fan - 2 freq
foun - 45 freq
fyne - 38 freq
faen - 7 freq
faim - 1 freq
foamy - 4 freq
fa'in - 19 freq
fyin - 1 freq
faaen - 11 freq
finn - 47 freq
faw'n - 2 freq
fume - 4 freq
femme - 2 freq
fouin - 1 freq
foam - 16 freq
fowne - 1 freq
feyn - 7 freq
fein - 3 freq
fone - 8 freq
fim - 4 freq
faun - 40 freq
fawin' - 1 freq
fanny - 36 freq
'fiona - 1 freq
fuin - 4 freq
fam - 23 freq
fiona - 42 freq
fa'en - 4 freq
'-fun - 1 freq
fyn - 8 freq
feein - 4 freq
famou - 1 freq
faemy - 2 freq
foun' - 7 freq
faun' - 2 freq
fa'n - 1 freq
funie - 1 freq
fiann - 1 freq
fon - 3 freq
foan - 1 freq
fawm - 2 freq
fiown - 1 freq
fionn - 1 freq
funna - 1 freq
faa'in - 2 freq
f''an - 1 freq
f'an - 1 freq
fann - 1 freq
fauna - 3 freq
fee'in - 1 freq
'fin - 6 freq
feinn - 1 freq
€˜fan - 3 freq
€˜fane - 1 freq
fne - 1 freq
€¦fin - 2 freq
fenn - 1 freq
fonn - 1 freq
€œfine - 7 freq
€œfun - 1 freq
famie - 1 freq
€œfam - 1 freq
'fame - 1 freq
fun' - 1 freq
f-in - 1 freq
€œfin - 1 freq
fa-in - 1 freq
finnie - 1 freq
féin - 1 freq
€˜finn - 2 freq
fianna - 1 freq
fuan - 2 freq
€˜fine - 1 freq
fm - 90 freq
feehan - 1 freq
fvn - 1 freq
fn - 4 freq
fum - 1 freq
fane - 1 freq
fion - 2 freq
fino - 1 freq
femi - 1 freq
fÂ’n - 1 freq
fimo - 1 freq
fom - 2 freq
fhm - 1 freq
fine' - 1 freq
funow - 1 freq
fonuu - 1 freq
fhma - 1 freq
fami - 1 freq
finÂ’ - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - FN
fine - 1588 freq
fin - 1547 freq
faa'n - 8 freq
funny - 359 freq
fan - 1354 freq
faa'en - 1 freq
fin' - 13 freq
faain - 60 freq
faan - 69 freq
fun - 635 freq
vn - 2 freq
fen - 47 freq
phone - 500 freq
van - 159 freq
funn - 25 freq
fain - 44 freq
'fine - 7 freq
'phone - 2 freq
vouin - 1 freq
fawn - 23 freq
vain - 29 freq
vine - 25 freq
foon - 7 freq
'fan - 2 freq
vin - 6 freq
foun - 45 freq
fyne - 38 freq
vein - 5 freq
faen - 7 freq
vino - 9 freq
veni - 1 freq
wyvin - 13 freq
feign - 3 freq
veiny - 2 freq
venue - 14 freq
fa'in - 19 freq
vannie - 4 freq
faaen - 11 freq
phonie - 1 freq
finn - 47 freq
faw'n - 2 freq
fouin - 1 freq
fowne - 1 freq
feyn - 7 freq
fein - 3 freq
fone - 8 freq
faun - 40 freq
phoney - 1 freq
vienna - 4 freq
fanny - 36 freq
vinny' - 1 freq
'fiona - 1 freq
fuin - 4 freq
hyphen - 2 freq
fiona - 42 freq
fa'en - 4 freq
'-fun - 1 freq
fyn - 8 freq
feein - 4 freq
yvonne - 81 freq
yvonne' - 1 freq
v¥in - 1 freq
foun' - 7 freq
phony - 2 freq
phone' - 1 freq
faun' - 2 freq
vinna - 1 freq
ghana - 1 freq
hövin - 2 freq
fa'n - 1 freq
funie - 1 freq
vinnie - 7 freq
fiann - 1 freq
fon - 3 freq
foan - 1 freq
fiown - 1 freq
fionn - 1 freq
funna - 1 freq
faa'in - 2 freq
f''an - 1 freq
f'an - 1 freq
fann - 1 freq
fauna - 3 freq
fee'in - 1 freq
vinny - 2 freq
'fin - 6 freq
von - 1 freq
feinn - 1 freq
€˜fan - 3 freq
€˜fane - 1 freq
híven - 1 freq
fne - 1 freq
€¦fin - 2 freq
fenn - 1 freq
vann - 3 freq
fonn - 1 freq
€œfine - 7 freq
€œfun - 1 freq
phon - 1 freq
fun' - 1 freq
f-in - 1 freq
vini - 2 freq
€œfin - 1 freq
fa-in - 1 freq
finnie - 1 freq
vonny - 2 freq
féin - 1 freq
€˜finn - 2 freq
fianna - 1 freq
fuan - 2 freq
€˜fine - 1 freq
hven - 1 freq
fn - 4 freq
hvun - 1 freq
fane - 1 freq
fion - 2 freq
venn - 1 freq
phunny - 1 freq
fino - 1 freq
fÂ’n - 1 freq
vaina - 1 freq
fine' - 1 freq
vhn - 1 freq
funow - 1 freq
fonuu - 1 freq
finÂ’ - 1 freq
FAN
fan - 1354 freq
fanned - 9 freq
fans - 141 freq
fanning - freq
when - 4360 freq
whan - 2751 freq
fan - 1354 freq
whin - 754 freq
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.170912 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 - 0.333339 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 - 0.027721 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 - 0.037718 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 - 0.001072 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.