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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to lame in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
lame (0) - 10 freq
lume (1) - 1 freq
hame (1) - 2334 freq
lamh (1) - 1 freq
came (1) - 890 freq
lamm (1) - 3 freq
ame (1) - 3 freq
dame (1) - 16 freq
lime (1) - 28 freq
name (1) - 1202 freq
rame (1) - 3 freq
lama (1) - 17 freq
lace (1) - 31 freq
lam (1) - 1 freq
bame (1) - 2 freq
laze (1) - 1 freq
wame (1) - 74 freq
jame (1) - 3 freq
lames (1) - 1 freq
clame (1) - 1 freq
same (1) - 1698 freq
blame (1) - 155 freq
late (1) - 491 freq
mame (1) - 2 freq
lade (1) - 26 freq
lame (0) - 10 freq
lama (1) - 17 freq
lam (1) - 1 freq
lime (1) - 28 freq
lume (1) - 1 freq
lyme (1) - 1 freq
eame (2) - 1 freq
fame (2) - 47 freq
lane (2) - 240 freq
lamp (2) - 79 freq
lame' (2) - 1 freq
lae (2) - 28 freq
lare (2) - 7 freq
lamb (2) - 62 freq
laam (2) - 1 freq
game (2) - 642 freq
flame (2) - 46 freq
loam (2) - 5 freq
lima (2) - 2 freq
lm (2) - 5 freq
liam (2) - 31 freq
loma (2) - 2 freq
limo (2) - 9 freq
lym (2) - 1 freq
lumi (2) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - L500
lyin - 327 freq
lan - 138 freq
lean - 47 freq
lum - 139 freq
liam - 31 freq
lion - 139 freq
leam - 17 freq
lown - 58 freq
layin - 45 freq
loon - 667 freq
laun - 76 freq
line - 479 freq
lowin - 31 freq
luim - 6 freq
len - 73 freq
lin - 10 freq
lane - 240 freq
loun - 62 freq
lowny - 1 freq
lain - 18 freq
lima - 2 freq
louin - 1 freq
loan - 42 freq
leain - 23 freq
laein - 9 freq
lammie - 8 freq
loonie - 35 freq
laan - 9 freq
leon - 2 freq
lone - 9 freq
linn - 26 freq
lan' - 7 freq
lm - 5 freq
loe'n - 1 freq
leein - 29 freq
loon' - 2 freq
leen - 18 freq
lumn - 1 freq
lona - 1 freq
'lain - 1 freq
laen - 3 freq
lame - 10 freq
limn - 2 freq
lime - 28 freq
lawn - 16 freq
ln - 7 freq
lyn - 17 freq
lino - 5 freq
loam - 5 freq
lyan - 29 freq
loom - 14 freq
lowen - 2 freq
lyne - 21 freq
lawen - 1 freq
lyen - 2 freq
laam - 1 freq
lyin' - 2 freq
layin' - 2 freq
looney - 3 freq
leanne - 31 freq
limo - 9 freq
lea'in - 1 freq
line' - 3 freq
lehin - 4 freq
layan - 1 freq
lym - 1 freq
lon - 2 freq
lene - 2 freq
lun - 1 freq
lenn - 2 freq
loma - 2 freq
lawin - 2 freq
lame' - 1 freq
lem - 5 freq
leone - 1 freq
lowan - 6 freq
loanie - 2 freq
liein - 3 freq
lamm - 3 freq
lyoun - 1 freq
'leanne - 3 freq
'leanne' - 1 freq
lena - 2 freq
lenny - 9 freq
lee'in - 1 freq
laem - 1 freq
leino - 1 freq
lemm - 2 freq
lenna - 1 freq
lowein - 1 freq
lume - 1 freq
luna - 2 freq
linnie - 3 freq
lyme - 1 freq
lemme - 4 freq
€™lin - 1 freq
lanie - 1 freq
lynne - 2 freq
lama - 17 freq
leim - 2 freq
layen - 2 freq
lane' - 2 freq
linne - 1 freq
lyon - 2 freq
lynn - 1 freq
€˜lion - 1 freq
'lion - 1 freq
lnm - 1 freq
loney - 1 freq
lamh - 1 freq
lumi - 2 freq
limmy - 2 freq
lina - 1 freq
lyno - 2 freq
lna - 1 freq
lam - 1 freq
lhihm - 1 freq
lhan - 1 freq
'lowin - 1 freq
loony - 1 freq
lennie - 4 freq
lhhn - 2 freq
lny - 1 freq
llion - 57 freq
MetaPhone code - LM
lum - 139 freq
liam - 31 freq
leam - 17 freq
luim - 6 freq
lima - 2 freq
lammie - 8 freq
limb - 14 freq
lamb - 62 freq
lm - 5 freq
lame - 10 freq
lime - 28 freq
loam - 5 freq
lambie - 3 freq
loom - 14 freq
laam - 1 freq
limo - 9 freq
lym - 1 freq
loma - 2 freq
lame' - 1 freq
lem - 5 freq
lamm - 3 freq
laem - 1 freq
lemm - 2 freq
lume - 1 freq
lyme - 1 freq
lemme - 4 freq
lama - 17 freq
limbie - 1 freq
leim - 2 freq
hlmm - 1 freq
lamh - 1 freq
lambo - 1 freq
lumi - 2 freq
limmy - 2 freq
lam - 1 freq
LAME
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.395399 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 - 0.534705 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 - 0.061162 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 - 0.036326 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 - 0.000779 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.