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Similar words to flicks in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
flicks (0) - 7 freq
flocks (1) - 10 freq
slicks (1) - 1 freq
flecks (1) - 3 freq
flisks (1) - 1 freq
licks (1) - 12 freq
flick (1) - 25 freq
clicks (1) - 8 freq
blinks (2) - 14 freq
focks (2) - 7 freq
lick (2) - 47 freq
fleck (2) - 1 freq
flasks (2) - 9 freq
bricks (2) - 24 freq
chicks (2) - 8 freq
flits (2) - 8 freq
facks (2) - 15 freq
blacks (2) - 3 freq
links (2) - 67 freq
licky (2) - 1 freq
olick (2) - 1 freq
i'flicks (2) - 1 freq
locks (2) - 37 freq
alick (2) - 1 freq
pricks (2) - 15 freq
flicks (0) - 7 freq
flecks (1) - 3 freq
flocks (1) - 10 freq
clicks (2) - 8 freq
licks (2) - 12 freq
flick (2) - 25 freq
slicks (2) - 1 freq
flisks (2) - 1 freq
flechs (3) - 8 freq
flickit (3) - 7 freq
flicker (3) - 13 freq
flicked (3) - 14 freq
blocks (3) - 17 freq
fucks (3) - 11 freq
flesks (3) - 1 freq
flezicks (3) - 1 freq
flickin (3) - 18 freq
fecks (3) - 3 freq
clecks (3) - 1 freq
flack (3) - 2 freq
plucks (3) - 1 freq
clocks (3) - 17 freq
flects (3) - 1 freq
lacks (3) - 9 freq
flickers (3) - 4 freq
SoundEx code - F420
flees - 70 freq
folk - 1669 freq
fleg - 84 freq
feels - 153 freq
folks - 110 freq
fyles - 44 freq
files - 108 freq
flakie - 3 freq
flock - 41 freq
flask - 22 freq
flash - 76 freq
flesh - 121 freq
flisks - 1 freq
fellas' - 1 freq
floozy - 3 freq
fellas - 12 freq
fella's - 2 freq
flegs - 10 freq
flag - 70 freq
flicks - 7 freq
false - 33 freq
flisk - 2 freq
flags - 44 freq
flowes - 2 freq
'flees - 1 freq
fleas - 13 freq
falls - 15 freq
flies - 32 freq
follows - 19 freq
flashy - 4 freq
fleece - 11 freq
fleys - 1 freq
fills - 34 freq
foolish - 4 freq
fellaes - 9 freq
folies - 1 freq
fliskie - 4 freq
flax - 3 freq
flake - 7 freq
flows - 10 freq
follaes - 58 freq
folk's - 25 freq
folks' - 14 freq
foals - 4 freq
flick - 25 freq
flexi - 2 freq
fells - 2 freq
floss - 16 freq
fallaes - 1 freq
flaws - 11 freq
flaes - 1 freq
fauls - 2 freq
flech - 8 freq
flocks - 10 freq
faalls - 1 freq
fules - 2 freq
fleshie - 1 freq
flosi - 2 freq
flaisk - 2 freq
flaky - 4 freq
flookie - 1 freq
flask's - 1 freq
full's - 1 freq
flux - 2 freq
flush - 25 freq
fails - 20 freq
folke - 1 freq
fiel's - 1 freq
fals - 1 freq
fiels - 23 freq
flooch - 2 freq
floozie - 3 freq
folly's - 1 freq
folk' - 3 freq
followeq - 1 freq
flakey - 4 freq
'folk - 2 freq
fliche - 1 freq
fly's - 1 freq
flea's - 2 freq
flays - 1 freq
faals - 1 freq
fuels - 6 freq
fools - 12 freq
follies - 8 freq
fellows - 1 freq
flex - 1 freq
fulls - 2 freq
fleish - 3 freq
fuils - 7 freq
fellah's - 2 freq
felix - 1 freq
fallguy - 1 freq
flook - 1 freq
fallas' - 3 freq
flags' - 2 freq
f-holes - 1 freq
flak - 6 freq
flesk - 5 freq
flesch - 2 freq
folyies - 1 freq
fluke - 1 freq
flossy - 1 freq
floss's - 1 freq
fooils - 1 freq
faalse - 1 freq
flasks - 9 freq
flaigs - 1 freq
flakki - 1 freq
fuilish - 5 freq
falso - 1 freq
feelies - 1 freq
fulische - 1 freq
flecks - 3 freq
foulk - 15 freq
folloos - 1 freq
fleish' - 1 freq
foula's - 1 freq
föl's - 1 freq
filk - 12 freq
filikie - 2 freq
filch - 1 freq
flag's - 1 freq
fowls - 1 freq
flesks - 1 freq
flok - 1 freq
flugs - 2 freq
fleech - 1 freq
flechy - 2 freq
failyeis - 1 freq
foilage - 1 freq
flegg - 2 freq
flech' - 1 freq
floes - 1 freq
feel's - 1 freq
follas - 1 freq
fleesh - 3 freq
flawis - 1 freq
foulis - 1 freq
foliage - 2 freq
flaaki - 1 freq
flog - 1 freq
'flock' - 1 freq
€œfolk - 1 freq
fallacy - 1 freq
flack - 2 freq
folios - 2 freq
flehg - 1 freq
fouls - 2 freq
faills - 1 freq
foalies - 1 freq
failzie - 1 freq
fallows - 1 freq
f''lyke - 1 freq
folloes - 1 freq
flossie - 1 freq
faels - 1 freq
flechie - 9 freq
fool's - 1 freq
foolÂ’s - 1 freq
flacky - 1 freq
fowlk - 1 freq
fleck - 1 freq
flys - 4 freq
fylse - 4 freq
folkÂ’s - 2 freq
fulca - 1 freq
'feels - 1 freq
follys - 1 freq
flushy - 1 freq
flushie - 1 freq
feuls - 1 freq
flc - 1 freq
folyx - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - FLKS
folks - 110 freq
flakes - 20 freq
flegs - 10 freq
flicks - 7 freq
flags - 44 freq
flax - 3 freq
folk's - 25 freq
folks' - 14 freq
flexi - 2 freq
flaggies - 3 freq
flocks - 10 freq
flux - 2 freq
folkies - 2 freq
flex - 1 freq
felix - 1 freq
flags' - 2 freq
flaigs - 1 freq
flecks - 3 freq
flag's - 1 freq
flugs - 2 freq
foulkes - 4 freq
folkÂ’s - 2 freq
folyx - 1 freq
FLICKS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.169156 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 - 0.363658 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 - 0.027861 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 - 0.037273 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 - 0.000851 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.