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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to liam in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
liam (0) - 31 freq
liar (1) - 24 freq
loam (1) - 5 freq
leam (1) - 17 freq
riam (1) - 1 freq
iam (1) - 2 freq
laam (1) - 1 freq
lam (1) - 1 freq
'iam (1) - 1 freq
linn (2) - 26 freq
gim (2) - 1 freq
dim (2) - 50 freq
luim (2) - 6 freq
lin (2) - 10 freq
gam (2) - 2 freq
lig (2) - 18 freq
libr (2) - 1 freq
leav (2) - 1 freq
team (2) - 292 freq
'cam (2) - 9 freq
lyan (2) - 29 freq
lied (2) - 15 freq
liv (2) - 12 freq
lire (2) - 2 freq
jiim (2) - 1 freq
liam (0) - 31 freq
lam (1) - 1 freq
leam (1) - 17 freq
laam (1) - 1 freq
loam (1) - 5 freq
lama (2) - 17 freq
lima (2) - 2 freq
laem (2) - 1 freq
lime (2) - 28 freq
lym (2) - 1 freq
leim (2) - 2 freq
limo (2) - 9 freq
lm (2) - 5 freq
loom (2) - 14 freq
iam (2) - 2 freq
luim (2) - 6 freq
liar (2) - 24 freq
'iam (2) - 1 freq
riam (2) - 1 freq
lem (2) - 5 freq
lame (2) - 10 freq
lum (2) - 139 freq
limp (3) - 19 freq
leaz (3) - 1 freq
fam (3) - 23 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
LIAM
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.287509 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 - 0.456081 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 - 0.032843 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 - 0.073336 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 - 0.000891 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.