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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to ferries in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
ferries (0) - 5 freq
herries (1) - 4 freq
ferrier (1) - 6 freq
ferrie (1) - 7 freq
berries (1) - 25 freq
kerries (1) - 8 freq
ferris (1) - 1 freq
cerries (1) - 3 freq
ferried (1) - 2 freq
ferlies (1) - 61 freq
ferriet (1) - 1 freq
jerries (1) - 11 freq
merries (1) - 6 freq
ferriers (1) - 1 freq
fergies (1) - 1 freq
norries (2) - 5 freq
corries (2) - 14 freq
merrier (2) - 4 freq
memries (2) - 9 freq
lorries (2) - 5 freq
farrier (2) - 2 freq
feelies (2) - 1 freq
perties (2) - 7 freq
wearies (2) - 2 freq
sorries (2) - 2 freq
ferries (0) - 5 freq
ferris (1) - 1 freq
ferriet (2) - 1 freq
jerries (2) - 11 freq
ferriers (2) - 1 freq
forres (2) - 3 freq
ferlies (2) - 61 freq
merries (2) - 6 freq
fergies (2) - 1 freq
ferried (2) - 2 freq
ferrier (2) - 6 freq
ferrie (2) - 7 freq
herries (2) - 4 freq
kerries (2) - 8 freq
cerries (2) - 3 freq
berries (2) - 25 freq
ferry's (3) - 1 freq
feres (3) - 52 freq
firrits (3) - 3 freq
wirries (3) - 10 freq
faeries (3) - 13 freq
feerins (3) - 1 freq
furrie (3) - 1 freq
yarries (3) - 1 freq
ferrest (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - F620
fairies - 38 freq
frocks - 16 freq
fierce - 33 freq
fresh - 198 freq
forge - 14 freq
furras - 1 freq
forks - 15 freq
forkie - 4 freq
'forgie - 3 freq
forgie - 92 freq
forcie - 4 freq
frog - 26 freq
foark - 2 freq
fairce - 3 freq
fears - 40 freq
feres - 52 freq
fire's - 8 freq
frees - 4 freq
fork - 71 freq
force - 126 freq
freak - 8 freq
freakshow - 1 freq
fieres - 3 freq
far's - 20 freq
furs - 6 freq
fergie - 121 freq
'fergie - 1 freq
faar's - 4 freq
freeze - 23 freq
fowers - 7 freq
froze - 21 freq
furrows - 4 freq
fires - 48 freq
frock - 52 freq
forgya - 2 freq
faeries - 13 freq
ferrick - 1 freq
foresaw - 1 freq
fares - 5 freq
fiers - 6 freq
feerach - 3 freq
fair's - 1 freq
for's - 1 freq
frag - 1 freq
fairs - 10 freq
forage - 4 freq
faroes - 7 freq
freya's - 11 freq
'freya's - 1 freq
faur's - 5 freq
frae's - 2 freq
firs - 6 freq
foarse - 1 freq
'far's - 3 freq
furk's - 1 freq
frogs - 14 freq
froack - 2 freq
frisco - 2 freq
farage - 10 freq
freaks - 2 freq
fower's - 1 freq
furious - 11 freq
fergie' - 1 freq
fir's - 3 freq
farrago - 1 freq
furk - 1 freq
force' - 1 freq
frieze - 2 freq
ferries - 5 freq
freaky - 4 freq
farce - 17 freq
forays - 2 freq
fre's - 2 freq
fearce - 1 freq
freish - 3 freq
faers - 2 freq
foresee - 7 freq
firg - 1 freq
faerce-wye - 1 freq
frug - 2 freq
faerce - 6 freq
frush - 4 freq
furrs - 1 freq
fries' - 1 freq
frass' - 1 freq
freck - 2 freq
foras - 3 freq
freize - 1 freq
frae'z - 1 freq
forss - 3 freq
freesks - 1 freq
freesk - 1 freq
ferry's - 1 freq
fairese - 1 freq
firse - 1 freq
feeroese - 1 freq
feroese - 1 freq
frisk - 1 freq
fyirs - 1 freq
frys - 1 freq
frisky - 4 freq
frizzy - 2 freq
forsh - 1 freq
freuchie - 1 freq
fryske - 4 freq
fehrs - 1 freq
froak - 4 freq
fur's - 2 freq
feires - 1 freq
feirs - 3 freq
frock's - 1 freq
faroese - 4 freq
fres - 1 freq
fraise - 2 freq
fresco - 4 freq
fyres - 3 freq
ferric - 1 freq
€œfresh - 2 freq
forgí - 2 freq
fries - 3 freq
fress - 1 freq
fars - 14 freq
fuirs - 1 freq
feirich - 1 freq
ferss - 1 freq
foirsei - 1 freq
fresch - 2 freq
farg - 1 freq
€œforky - 1 freq
€˜ferox - 5 freq
freeweys - 1 freq
feerich - 1 freq
froggie - 3 freq
ferruccio - 2 freq
fours - 2 freq
fiooers - 2 freq
forego - 1 freq
'fourish - 1 freq
faras - 1 freq
fairish - 1 freq
forrays - 1 freq
frac - 2 freq
€˜feres - 1 freq
€œforgie - 1 freq
ferris - 1 freq
fuar's - 7 freq
fores - 1 freq
farrach - 1 freq
fraes - 1 freq
faroeeze - 1 freq
force” - 1 freq
frwx - 1 freq
frz - 1 freq
fraazee - 1 freq
forres - 3 freq
farÂ’s - 1 freq
froch - 1 freq
forgo - 1 freq
forsee - 1 freq
farq - 1 freq
frères - 2 freq
freja - 1 freq
frc - 1 freq
frjsu - 1 freq
ferg - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - FRS
fairies - 38 freq
fierce - 33 freq
furras - 1 freq
phrase - 121 freq
forcie - 4 freq
various - 59 freq
verse - 127 freq
fairce - 3 freq
fears - 40 freq
feres - 52 freq
fire's - 8 freq
frees - 4 freq
force - 126 freq
fieres - 3 freq
far's - 20 freq
furs - 6 freq
faar's - 4 freq
freeze - 23 freq
froze - 21 freq
furrows - 4 freq
fires - 48 freq
faeries - 13 freq
pharaohs - 2 freq
vairse - 15 freq
foresaw - 1 freq
fares - 5 freq
vera's - 3 freq
fiers - 6 freq
fair's - 1 freq
for's - 1 freq
versie - 1 freq
fairs - 10 freq
faroes - 7 freq
faur's - 5 freq
frae's - 2 freq
firs - 6 freq
pharoahss - 1 freq
foarse - 1 freq
'far's - 3 freq
virus - 57 freq
vers - 1 freq
versa - 4 freq
furious - 11 freq
fir's - 3 freq
force' - 1 freq
frieze - 2 freq
ferries - 5 freq
farce - 17 freq
pharisee - 13 freq
forays - 2 freq
fre's - 2 freq
fearce - 1 freq
faers - 2 freq
foresee - 7 freq
verse' - 1 freq
varius - 1 freq
faerce - 6 freq
furrs - 1 freq
fries' - 1 freq
frass' - 1 freq
foras - 3 freq
vawrious - 2 freq
freize - 1 freq
'vairse' - 1 freq
frae'z - 1 freq
forss - 3 freq
varse - 1 freq
ferry's - 1 freq
fairese - 1 freq
firse - 1 freq
voars - 3 freq
feeroese - 1 freq
feroese - 1 freq
frys - 1 freq
frizzy - 2 freq
fehrs - 1 freq
fur's - 2 freq
feires - 1 freq
feirs - 3 freq
faroese - 4 freq
fres - 1 freq
fraise - 2 freq
pharoah's - 1 freq
fyres - 3 freq
fries - 3 freq
fress - 1 freq
fars - 14 freq
verus - 1 freq
fuirs - 1 freq
ferss - 1 freq
foirsei - 1 freq
varies - 2 freq
pharos - 1 freq
versy - 1 freq
fours - 2 freq
vries - 1 freq
fiooers - 2 freq
faras - 1 freq
forrays - 1 freq
€˜feres - 1 freq
veers - 1 freq
ferris - 1 freq
fuar's - 7 freq
fores - 1 freq
fraes - 1 freq
faroeeze - 1 freq
force” - 1 freq
frz - 1 freq
fraazee - 1 freq
forres - 3 freq
farÂ’s - 1 freq
forsee - 1 freq
varios - 1 freq
viris - 1 freq
FERRIES
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.185828 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 - 0.343415 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 - 0.027477 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 - 0.037631 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 - 0.000806 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.