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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to knot in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
knot (0) - 27 freq
knob (1) - 12 freq
knox (1) - 34 freq
knots (1) - 12 freq
knos (1) - 1 freq
'not (1) - 8 freq
knoat (1) - 3 freq
kno (1) - 16 freq
know (1) - 1123 freq
not (1) - 712 freq
knit (1) - 17 freq
knott (1) - 6 freq
snot (1) - 1 freq
riot (2) - 30 freq
kat (2) - 156 freq
kxo (2) - 1 freq
got (2) - 3871 freq
quot (2) - 15 freq
kop (2) - 2 freq
init (2) - 1 freq
knobs (2) - 7 freq
pot (2) - 206 freq
flot (2) - 2 freq
trot (2) - 17 freq
k'nit (2) - 2 freq
knot (0) - 27 freq
knoat (1) - 3 freq
knit (1) - 17 freq
snot (2) - 1 freq
kint (2) - 57 freq
kent (2) - 1809 freq
not (2) - 712 freq
kant (2) - 4 freq
knott (2) - 6 freq
know (2) - 1123 freq
knots (2) - 12 freq
knos (2) - 1 freq
knox (2) - 34 freq
kno (2) - 16 freq
knob (2) - 12 freq
'not (2) - 8 freq
unt (3) - 1 freq
knei (3) - 1 freq
kert (3) - 8 freq
knoab (3) - 1 freq
knew (3) - 218 freq
unit (3) - 41 freq
anoot (3) - 1 freq
nt (3) - 34 freq
knelt (3) - 21 freq
SoundEx code - K530
kind - 686 freq
kent - 1809 freq
knot - 27 freq
knoweth - 1 freq
kindae - 23 freq
knoat - 3 freq
kynd - 24 freq
kennt - 151 freq
kinda - 160 freq
kenned - 33 freq
kint - 57 freq
kant - 4 freq
kenneth - 16 freq
knowehead - 1 freq
knowed - 64 freq
kin't - 2 freq
'kind' - 1 freq
knit - 17 freq
ken't - 19 freq
kaimed - 3 freq
kennawhat - 1 freq
kinnd - 2 freq
kindo - 32 freq
'kent - 1 freq
koomed - 1 freq
keind - 1 freq
k'nit - 2 freq
kynda - 3 freq
kneed - 2 freq
kennedy - 23 freq
knowte - 1 freq
kennet - 1 freq
kamed - 1 freq
kanada - 1 freq
kindawye - 1 freq
kennedie - 1 freq
knott - 6 freq
kandy - 1 freq
kaint - 4 freq
kindey - 1 freq
kindy - 1 freq
kenn'd - 1 freq
'kind - 1 freq
kaimt - 1 freq
keynote - 1 freq
kinda - 1 freq
kennit - 1 freq
knawed - 1 freq
ken’t - 1 freq
‘kind - 1 freq
kenwood - 1 freq
kendo - 2 freq
'kent' - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - NT
nut - 127 freq
nod - 107 freq
need - 1780 freq
knot - 27 freq
not - 712 freq
neat - 42 freq
wynd - 14 freq
nutt - 2 freq
nott - 55 freq
note - 238 freq
nd - 88 freq
nowt - 116 freq
knoat - 3 freq
net - 87 freq
needy - 7 freq
'ned' - 1 freq
'not - 8 freq
'need - 2 freq
ned - 42 freq
nate - 9 freq
nouat - 1 freq
'nowt - 2 freq
needae - 1 freq
notie - 8 freq
nout - 2 freq
neid - 1 freq
noat - 6 freq
knit - 17 freq
gna'd - 1 freq
noad - 11 freq
nutty - 6 freq
natty - 2 freq
nato - 5 freq
-nut - 1 freq
now-at - 1 freq
nite - 87 freq
naet - 3 freq
neddie - 1 freq
neddy - 1 freq
nit - 10 freq
nudie - 2 freq
ïntae - 93 freq
neyt - 3 freq
needie - 3 freq
nat - 21 freq
yyned - 2 freq
nied - 3 freq
nd - 1 freq
notae - 1 freq
'ned - 1 freq
'nd' - 2 freq
'need' - 1 freq
nooat - 1 freq
nt - 2 freq
nd - 1 freq
nt - 34 freq
n't - 2 freq
kneed - 2 freq
nuid - 1 freq
knowte - 1 freq
net - 1 freq
nuit' - 1 freq
nait - 1 freq
not - 8 freq
'nut' - 1 freq
knott - 6 freq
nede - 3 freq
hynd - 1 freq
nude - 4 freq
not - 3 freq
nuyt - 1 freq
hnd - 3 freq
netta - 6 freq
need - 2 freq
nato- - 1 freq
noida - 1 freq
node - 4 freq
needa - 1 freq
nitty - 1 freq
gnd - 1 freq
nyte - 1 freq
‘not’ - 1 freq
nou oot - 1 freq
newt - 1 freq
nowt' - 5 freq
pnd - 1 freq
hnuty - 1 freq
“netty - 1 freq
nud - 1 freq
hnid - 1 freq
noddy - 1 freq
KNOT
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.197759 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 - 0.549463 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 - 0.033637 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 - 0.078410 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 - 0.000802 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.