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Similar words to lad in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
lad (0) - 548 freq
wad (1) - 2248 freq
lard (1) - 4 freq
sad (1) - 198 freq
clad (1) - 14 freq
rad (1) - 3 freq
yad (1) - 1 freq
ead (1) - 1 freq
lan (1) - 138 freq
oad (1) - 2 freq
lat (1) - 551 freq
bad (1) - 925 freq
land (1) - 340 freq
lae (1) - 28 freq
lqd (1) - 1 freq
law (1) - 291 freq
lah (1) - 1 freq
lal (1) - 1 freq
'lad (1) - 1 freq
las (1) - 8 freq
led (1) - 245 freq
pad (1) - 56 freq
lak (1) - 10 freq
lao (1) - 3 freq
mad (1) - 345 freq
lad (0) - 548 freq
lid (1) - 71 freq
laad (1) - 29 freq
led (1) - 245 freq
ld (1) - 3 freq
laid (1) - 269 freq
laed (1) - 23 freq
lade (1) - 26 freq
load (1) - 132 freq
laud (1) - 5 freq
lead (1) - 189 freq
lady (1) - 158 freq
lod (1) - 2 freq
laidy (2) - 1 freq
lied (2) - 15 freq
ald (2) - 14 freq
lude (2) - 1 freq
laude (2) - 1 freq
lam (2) - 1 freq
tad (2) - 54 freq
laa (2) - 114 freq
laf (2) - 1 freq
lapd (2) - 1 freq
la (2) - 116 freq
lau (2) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - L300
let - 1354 freq
late - 491 freq
laid - 269 freq
leid - 1517 freq
laddie - 567 freq
lood - 153 freq
lot - 790 freq
lid - 71 freq
lead - 189 freq
lad - 548 freq
lit - 261 freq
led - 245 freq
lat - 551 freq
leet - 80 freq
leddie - 28 freq
loat - 39 freq
load - 132 freq
'let - 15 freq
loud - 172 freq
laith - 25 freq
looed - 8 freq
lowdie - 6 freq
leith - 200 freq
layoot - 6 freq
loe'd - 2 freq
laed - 23 freq
luit - 4 freq
lou'd - 1 freq
'lit - 2 freq
loot - 9 freq
'lat - 14 freq
lied - 15 freq
lee'ed - 1 freq
'laid - 1 freq
litt - 2 freq
lauddie - 4 freq
lt - 5 freq
loued - 14 freq
laud - 5 freq
lee'd - 1 freq
'laddie' - 3 freq
leith' - 1 freq
lade - 26 freq
loath - 4 freq
lo'ed - 6 freq
lut - 59 freq
leed - 25 freq
leid' - 5 freq
lady - 158 freq
lyth - 1 freq
laete - 1 freq
lea't - 2 freq
lued - 16 freq
layt - 1 freq
laad - 29 freq
lait - 4 freq
laada - 2 freq
layed - 16 freq
lad' - 3 freq
lydo - 2 freq
loddie - 5 freq
ledy - 1 freq
lod - 2 freq
late' - 2 freq
leddy - 24 freq
lowed - 3 freq
lawd - 1 freq
lawdie - 4 freq
lythe - 4 freq
lawdie' - 1 freq
lotto - 6 freq
loadae - 1 freq
loathe - 2 freq
loatae - 3 freq
lotae - 1 freq
loado - 1 freq
loady - 1 freq
lty - 1 freq
loed - 4 freq
lethe - 2 freq
lotta - 14 freq
lateh - 1 freq
lloyd - 1 freq
lithe - 4 freq
loada - 3 freq
°let - 1 freq
lït - 2 freq
lite - 3 freq
lay-oot - 2 freq
lady' - 2 freq
lieth - 2 freq
lode - 2 freq
'laddie - 1 freq
löt - 6 freq
laet - 9 freq
lottie - 1 freq
layout - 1 freq
'ld' - 1 freq
l''d - 1 freq
lede - 9 freq
'late - 1 freq
loott - 1 freq
leit - 15 freq
lathie - 1 freq
lidd - 2 freq
lithy - 1 freq
ledd - 7 freq
loohit - 1 freq
læt - 1 freq
lith - 1 freq
lido - 2 freq
latte - 5 freq
liath - 1 freq
lute - 8 freq
luath - 16 freq
lota - 1 freq
laidy - 1 freq
luaidh - 1 freq
ltd - 8 freq
'lad - 1 freq
lea'd - 1 freq
latt - 3 freq
ld - 3 freq
lydia - 1 freq
€˜let - 10 freq
lawtie - 1 freq
ladye - 5 freq
€˜lat - 3 freq
laddy - 1 freq
€œlat - 13 freq
littie - 1 freq
leat - 1 freq
lotty - 2 freq
leda - 2 freq
leidd - 1 freq
€œlet - 10 freq
€˜late - 1 freq
lude - 1 freq
lyte - 1 freq
lyde - 1 freq
late- - 1 freq
laude - 1 freq
€˜leid - 2 freq
liet - 4 freq
€œlead - 1 freq
€˜lad - 1 freq
lote - 1 freq
€”let - 1 freq
€™let - 1 freq
leeed - 1 freq
ludo - 1 freq
‘lad - 1 freq
lliot - 1 freq
'lead' - 1 freq
loadda - 1 freq
liht - 2 freq
ltw - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - LT
let - 1354 freq
late - 491 freq
laid - 269 freq
leid - 1517 freq
laddie - 567 freq
lood - 153 freq
lot - 790 freq
lid - 71 freq
lead - 189 freq
lad - 548 freq
lit - 261 freq
led - 245 freq
lat - 551 freq
leet - 80 freq
leddie - 28 freq
loat - 39 freq
load - 132 freq
'let - 15 freq
loud - 172 freq
looed - 8 freq
lowdie - 6 freq
loe'd - 2 freq
laed - 23 freq
luit - 4 freq
lou'd - 1 freq
'lit - 2 freq
loot - 9 freq
'lat - 14 freq
lied - 15 freq
lee'ed - 1 freq
'laid - 1 freq
litt - 2 freq
lauddie - 4 freq
lt - 5 freq
loued - 14 freq
laud - 5 freq
lee'd - 1 freq
'laddie' - 3 freq
lade - 26 freq
lo'ed - 6 freq
lut - 59 freq
leed - 25 freq
leid' - 5 freq
lady - 158 freq
laete - 1 freq
lea't - 2 freq
lued - 16 freq
layt - 1 freq
laad - 29 freq
lait - 4 freq
laada - 2 freq
lad' - 3 freq
lydo - 2 freq
loddie - 5 freq
ledy - 1 freq
lod - 2 freq
late' - 2 freq
leddy - 24 freq
lawd - 1 freq
lawdie - 4 freq
lawdie' - 1 freq
lotto - 6 freq
loadae - 1 freq
loatae - 3 freq
lotae - 1 freq
loado - 1 freq
loady - 1 freq
lty - 1 freq
loed - 4 freq
lotta - 14 freq
lateh - 1 freq
lloyd - 1 freq
loada - 3 freq
°let - 1 freq
lït - 2 freq
lite - 3 freq
lay-oot - 2 freq
lady' - 2 freq
lode - 2 freq
'laddie - 1 freq
löt - 6 freq
höld - 2 freq
laet - 9 freq
lottie - 1 freq
'ld' - 1 freq
l''d - 1 freq
lede - 9 freq
'late - 1 freq
loott - 1 freq
leit - 15 freq
lidd - 2 freq
wyld - 6 freq
ledd - 7 freq
læt - 1 freq
hüld - 2 freq
lido - 2 freq
latte - 5 freq
lute - 8 freq
lota - 1 freq
laidy - 1 freq
luaidh - 1 freq
hält - 1 freq
wyled - 2 freq
'lad - 1 freq
lea'd - 1 freq
latt - 3 freq
ld - 3 freq
lydia - 1 freq
€˜let - 10 freq
lawtie - 1 freq
€˜lat - 3 freq
laddy - 1 freq
€œlat - 13 freq
littie - 1 freq
leat - 1 freq
lotty - 2 freq
leda - 2 freq
leidd - 1 freq
€œlet - 10 freq
€˜late - 1 freq
lude - 1 freq
lyte - 1 freq
lyde - 1 freq
late- - 1 freq
laude - 1 freq
€˜leid - 2 freq
liet - 4 freq
€œlead - 1 freq
€˜lad - 1 freq
lote - 1 freq
€”let - 1 freq
€™let - 1 freq
leeed - 1 freq
ludo - 1 freq
‘lad - 1 freq
lliot - 1 freq
'lead' - 1 freq
wld - 1 freq
loadda - 1 freq
liht - 2 freq
ltw - 1 freq
LAD
lad - 548 freq
lads - 494 freq
laddie - 567 freq
laddies - 196 freq
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.286264 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 - 0.521985 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 - 0.027465 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 - 0.063465 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 - 0.000862 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.