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Similar words to knows in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
knows (0) - 147 freq
known (1) - 62 freq
know (1) - 1123 freq
knos (1) - 1 freq
knaws (1) - 4 freq
nows (1) - 1 freq
knots (1) - 12 freq
know's (1) - 1 freq
knowes (1) - 25 freq
knobs (1) - 7 freq
know' (1) - 1 freq
knowe (1) - 56 freq
snow (2) - 66 freq
knowed (2) - 64 freq
glows (2) - 6 freq
noas (2) - 2 freq
knaps (2) - 4 freq
enow (2) - 5 freq
knock (2) - 111 freq
shows (2) - 70 freq
jows (2) - 2 freq
knot's (2) - 1 freq
neows (2) - 1 freq
cows (2) - 5 freq
koors (2) - 1 freq
knows (0) - 147 freq
knowes (1) - 25 freq
knaws (1) - 4 freq
knowe (2) - 56 freq
know's (2) - 1 freq
know' (2) - 1 freq
knobs (2) - 7 freq
knots (2) - 12 freq
known (2) - 62 freq
know (2) - 1123 freq
knos (2) - 1 freq
nows (2) - 1 freq
snaws (3) - 15 freq
kness (3) - 1 freq
kneis (3) - 1 freq
naws (3) - 1 freq
news (3) - 470 freq
aknow (3) - 1 freq
knowan (3) - 2 freq
knees (3) - 174 freq
nyows (3) - 3 freq
knowte (3) - 1 freq
knits (3) - 3 freq
knuts (3) - 1 freq
knas (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - K520
knees - 174 freq
kens - 531 freq
knows - 147 freq
knowes - 25 freq
knackie - 10 freq
kynoch - 6 freq
kings - 92 freq
king's - 55 freq
king - 824 freq
keing - 140 freq
knox's - 2 freq
knock - 111 freq
knick - 2 freq
'kings - 1 freq
kenzie - 49 freq
'kenzie - 2 freq
knox - 34 freq
kinks - 12 freq
kames - 7 freq
kink - 8 freq
knack - 12 freq
kynes - 11 freq
keeng - 77 freq
kinch - 19 freq
knocks - 14 freq
ken's - 6 freq
kins - 15 freq
kneesey - 1 freq
kaims - 2 freq
kines - 21 freq
'king - 1 freq
kensho - 1 freq
knoack - 7 freq
käng - 2 freq
knee's - 1 freq
know's - 1 freq
kïng - 26 freq
kings' - 1 freq
kïngs' - 1 freq
kïngs - 3 freq
konk - 1 freq
'kinky - 1 freq
knaws - 4 freq
knas - 1 freq
keeng's - 5 freq
keengs - 5 freq
keeng' - 1 freq
knacky - 3 freq
kums - 5 freq
kïng's - 1 freq
kanga - 36 freq
keings - 9 freq
keing's - 15 freq
knee-high - 3 freq
kimsey - 1 freq
kenny's - 1 freq
'keing - 1 freq
kinnik - 1 freq
knaggie - 5 freq
kyns - 2 freq
kynness - 1 freq
kong - 7 freq
kyng - 3 freq
knuse - 1 freq
kaens - 2 freq
knock's - 1 freq
kinky - 1 freq
kinchie - 5 freq
kynch - 1 freq
kains - 1 freq
knockha - 1 freq
kemes - 1 freq
kingie - 1 freq
knees' - 1 freq
€˜king - 5 freq
kwango - 1 freq
keenness - 1 freq
€œknock - 2 freq
kiang - 1 freq
kneis - 1 freq
kang - 1 freq
kness - 1 freq
knoax - 1 freq
kuniwyg - 1 freq
kennysc - 38 freq
keenks - 2 freq
keencks - 1 freq
kms - 1 freq
kmch - 1 freq
kmze - 1 freq
kanes - 2 freq
knqcg - 1 freq
kmc - 2 freq
knowesÂ’ - 1 freq
kxzwmk - 1 freq
knos - 1 freq
kqms - 1 freq
kenÂ’s - 1 freq
knj - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - NS
knees - 174 freq
nice - 411 freq
noisy - 13 freq
knows - 147 freq
noise - 150 freq
nae-say - 3 freq
niece - 11 freq
nosy - 6 freq
nose - 211 freq
news - 470 freq
'nice - 5 freq
newse - 3 freq
nosey - 13 freq
nis - 2 freq
na-say - 8 freq
nessie - 11 freq
noose - 14 freq
noo's - 11 freq
ness - 41 freq
noos - 8 freq
nus - 5 freq
kneesey - 1 freq
nee's - 1 freq
nazi - 9 freq
nhs - 38 freq
noah's - 4 freq
knee's - 1 freq
nicey - 3 freq
know's - 1 freq
-nsi- - 1 freq
ns - 15 freq
knaws - 4 freq
knas - 1 freq
naise - 2 freq
nou's - 5 freq
noas - 2 freq
noyse - 1 freq
'now's - 1 freq
nous - 9 freq
nyse - 2 freq
naesay - 2 freq
niys - 1 freq
nisi - 5 freq
no-wyce - 2 freq
-nis - 1 freq
knuse - 1 freq
nasa - 17 freq
«nius - 1 freq
neice - 3 freq
nece - 1 freq
€œnazi - 1 freq
neyse - 1 freq
'nice' - 1 freq
nes - 1 freq
neows - 1 freq
€˜nhs - 2 freq
naws - 1 freq
€˜nice - 2 freq
knees' - 1 freq
kneis - 1 freq
kness - 1 freq
niz - 3 freq
€™ness - 1 freq
€™nous - 1 freq
€œnews - 1 freq
'noo's - 1 freq
nz - 5 freq
newzh - 1 freq
newsy - 1 freq
neis - 1 freq
nows - 1 freq
nosie - 1 freq
nuce - 1 freq
ni's - 1 freq
‘noise’ - 1 freq
pnyzee - 1 freq
noize - 1 freq
nÂ’es - 1 freq
noiz - 1 freq
nsa - 1 freq
naze - 1 freq
nise - 1 freq
knos - 1 freq
nausea - 1 freq
nwz - 1 freq
nahz - 1 freq
nhsaaa - 1 freq
KNOWS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.189488 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 - 0.321247 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 - 0.033587 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 - 0.037853 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 - 0.000840 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.