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Similar words to hair in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
hair (0) - 867 freq
whair (1) - 12 freq
mair (1) - 6074 freq
nair (1) - 2 freq
haird (1) - 124 freq
fair (1) - 1516 freq
haar (1) - 107 freq
bair (1) - 1 freq
hairp (1) - 5 freq
heir (1) - 44 freq
hairy (1) - 92 freq
hir (1) - 1279 freq
sair (1) - 772 freq
hain (1) - 63 freq
haur (1) - 1 freq
haip (1) - 7 freq
hait (1) - 16 freq
hai (1) - 4 freq
pair (1) - 492 freq
haik (1) - 4 freq
harr (1) - 2 freq
lair (1) - 57 freq
rair (1) - 30 freq
thair (1) - 1953 freq
wair (1) - 6 freq
hair (0) - 867 freq
haer (1) - 18 freq
hairy (1) - 92 freq
haur (1) - 1 freq
haar (1) - 107 freq
hir (1) - 1279 freq
heir (1) - 44 freq
har (1) - 8 freq
shair (2) - 445 freq
hairm (2) - 63 freq
hatr (2) - 3 freq
ahr (2) - 1 freq
gair (2) - 3 freq
hair' (2) - 2 freq
her (2) - 14018 freq
haiv (2) - 1 freq
'hair (2) - 2 freq
cair (2) - 3 freq
haif (2) - 1 freq
hairb (2) - 1 freq
hr (2) - 11 freq
hur (2) - 787 freq
haare (2) - 1 freq
hari (2) - 1 freq
hour (2) - 132 freq
SoundEx code - H600
her - 14018 freq
hair - 867 freq
here - 4136 freq
hoor - 62 freq
herr - 9 freq
haar - 107 freq
hear - 1383 freq
hairy - 92 freq
hir - 1279 freq
hurry - 147 freq
hare - 199 freq
how're - 1 freq
hero - 81 freq
'here - 51 freq
'her - 7 freq
hire - 12 freq
hour - 132 freq
herawa - 1 freq
hereawa - 6 freq
haur - 1 freq
hur - 787 freq
here' - 2 freq
'hurry - 2 freq
hurrah - 2 freq
harr - 2 freq
harry - 186 freq
hurray - 2 freq
hurr - 1 freq
'hair - 2 freq
heir - 44 freq
hairrie - 1 freq
hooray - 7 freq
hoo-ooer - 1 freq
haer - 18 freq
hure - 12 freq
hoarie - 1 freq
hairie - 6 freq
heer - 19 freq
'hooray - 3 freq
'harry - 3 freq
ho'e'er - 12 freq
hoar - 4 freq
hurrie - 1 freq
hir' - 1 freq
hrh - 1 freq
hoary - 2 freq
'hou're - 1 freq
harry' - 1 freq
'hairy - 2 freq
her' - 2 freq
hooro - 2 freq
hour' - 1 freq
houer - 7 freq
'her' - 1 freq
heer' - 1 freq
hooiwer - 1 freq
hourie - 2 freq
hoo-areye - 1 freq
haarie - 1 freq
haary - 3 freq
'hur - 2 freq
hoo-hooer - 1 freq
hoory - 2 freq
hier - 3 freq
hayur - 2 freq
harray - 3 freq
'hier' - 1 freq
harrie - 2 freq
-here - 1 freq
hera - 12 freq
horro - 1 freq
hereawaa - 3 freq
her- - 1 freq
here- - 1 freq
haare - 1 freq
harra - 2 freq
hooer - 2 freq
hair' - 2 freq
€˜hurry - 3 freq
€˜here - 40 freq
€œhere - 19 freq
hairry - 1 freq
€˜her - 1 freq
€™hir - 1 freq
herrie - 2 freq
heir-awaw - 1 freq
€œheir - 2 freq
€œhurry - 1 freq
herry - 2 freq
harrow - 2 freq
har - 8 freq
€˜harry - 3 freq
€˜hare - 1 freq
hr - 11 freq
€œher - 1 freq
€œhear - 2 freq
hierawa - 1 freq
€œhaar - 1 freq
€™here - 1 freq
hwar - 1 freq
hoora - 3 freq
hear' - 1 freq
herÂ’ - 1 freq
‘her’ - 1 freq
‘here - 1 freq
heer- - 1 freq
heera - 3 freq
heero - 1 freq
hari - 1 freq
‘her - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - HR
her - 14018 freq
hair - 867 freq
here - 4136 freq
hoor - 62 freq
herr - 9 freq
haar - 107 freq
hear - 1383 freq
hairy - 92 freq
hir - 1279 freq
hurry - 147 freq
hare - 199 freq
how're - 1 freq
hero - 81 freq
'here - 51 freq
'her - 7 freq
hire - 12 freq
hour - 132 freq
haur - 1 freq
hur - 787 freq
here' - 2 freq
'hurry - 2 freq
hurrah - 2 freq
harr - 2 freq
harry - 186 freq
hurray - 2 freq
hurr - 1 freq
'hair - 2 freq
heir - 44 freq
hairrie - 1 freq
hooray - 7 freq
hoo-ooer - 1 freq
haer - 18 freq
hure - 12 freq
hoarie - 1 freq
hairie - 6 freq
heer - 19 freq
'hooray - 3 freq
'harry - 3 freq
ho'e'er - 12 freq
hoar - 4 freq
hurrie - 1 freq
hir' - 1 freq
hoary - 2 freq
'hou're - 1 freq
harry' - 1 freq
yhere - 1 freq
'hairy - 2 freq
her' - 2 freq
hooro - 2 freq
hour' - 1 freq
houer - 7 freq
'her' - 1 freq
heer' - 1 freq
hourie - 2 freq
haarie - 1 freq
haary - 3 freq
'hur - 2 freq
hoory - 2 freq
hier - 3 freq
harray - 3 freq
heigher - 1 freq
'hier' - 1 freq
harrie - 2 freq
-here - 1 freq
hera - 12 freq
horro - 1 freq
her- - 1 freq
here- - 1 freq
haare - 1 freq
harra - 2 freq
hooer - 2 freq
hair' - 2 freq
€˜hurry - 3 freq
€˜here - 40 freq
€œhere - 19 freq
hairry - 1 freq
€˜her - 1 freq
€™hir - 1 freq
herrie - 2 freq
€œheir - 2 freq
€œhurry - 1 freq
herry - 2 freq
harrow - 2 freq
har - 8 freq
€˜harry - 3 freq
€˜hare - 1 freq
€œher - 1 freq
€œhear - 2 freq
€œhaar - 1 freq
€™here - 1 freq
hoora - 3 freq
hear' - 1 freq
herÂ’ - 1 freq
‘her’ - 1 freq
‘here - 1 freq
heer- - 1 freq
heera - 3 freq
heero - 1 freq
hari - 1 freq
‘her - 1 freq
HAIR
hair - 867 freq
hairy - 92 freq
hairs - 35 freq
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.176289 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 - 0.326673 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 - 0.027699 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 - 0.037524 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 - 0.000922 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.