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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to matter in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
matter (0) - 175 freq
tatter (1) - 1 freq
fatter (1) - 13 freq
natter (1) - 7 freq
smatter (1) - 2 freq
watter (1) - 1016 freq
catter (1) - 16 freq
maeter (1) - 2 freq
maxter (1) - 5 freq
matters (1) - 27 freq
master (1) - 19 freq
matted (1) - 2 freq
maitter (1) - 382 freq
batter (1) - 68 freq
latter (1) - 24 freq
patter (1) - 53 freq
mitter (1) - 1 freq
matter' (1) - 1 freq
metter (1) - 53 freq
matte (1) - 1 freq
atter (1) - 1 freq
mater (1) - 15 freq
matther (1) - 2 freq
maiter (1) - 67 freq
mutter (1) - 10 freq
matter (0) - 175 freq
mutter (1) - 10 freq
maitter (1) - 382 freq
mitter (1) - 1 freq
metter (1) - 53 freq
matte (2) - 1 freq
matter' (2) - 1 freq
atter (2) - 1 freq
matther (2) - 2 freq
mettur (2) - 1 freq
mettir (2) - 2 freq
hatter (2) - 279 freq
maiter (2) - 67 freq
patter (2) - 53 freq
mater (2) - 15 freq
maettir (2) - 1 freq
smatter (2) - 2 freq
latter (2) - 24 freq
tatter (2) - 1 freq
natter (2) - 7 freq
fatter (2) - 13 freq
catter (2) - 16 freq
watter (2) - 1016 freq
matted (2) - 2 freq
batter (2) - 68 freq
SoundEx code - M360
maitter - 382 freq
mither - 1376 freq
metter - 53 freq
matter - 175 freq
matr - 7 freq
mother - 97 freq
mutter - 10 freq
motor - 162 freq
mature - 14 freq
maiter - 67 freq
mid-air - 8 freq
madder - 5 freq
m'dear - 1 freq
'mither - 12 freq
metier - 1 freq
'motor - 6 freq
matter' - 1 freq
miuther - 1 freq
mither' - 4 freq
motorway - 8 freq
moter - 5 freq
meter - 8 freq
metther - 1 freq
metre - 13 freq
'mature - 1 freq
mettér - 5 freq
motir - 12 freq
mithir - 15 freq
mettèr - 7 freq
'mother' - 2 freq
meteor - 1 freq
midder - 64 freq
motthor - 2 freq
maettir - 1 freq
mitherie - 1 freq
mother' - 1 freq
matther - 2 freq
muthur - 1 freq
mater - 15 freq
matur - 1 freq
möder - 1 freq
mettir - 2 freq
€˜midder - 1 freq
€œmither - 3 freq
modere - 1 freq
€˜mother - 2 freq
maeter - 2 freq
€˜mither - 1 freq
maither - 1 freq
moather - 5 freq
mettur - 1 freq
mitre - 2 freq
metro - 3 freq
muther - 26 freq
mithier - 1 freq
motòr - 2 freq
myther - 2 freq
'mither' - 1 freq
mitter - 1 freq
midori - 2 freq
mtr - 1 freq
moadore - 9 freq
moder - 2 freq
'maitter' - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - MTR
maitter - 382 freq
metter - 53 freq
matter - 175 freq
matr - 7 freq
mutter - 10 freq
motor - 162 freq
mature - 14 freq
maiter - 67 freq
mid-air - 8 freq
madder - 5 freq
m'dear - 1 freq
metier - 1 freq
'motor - 6 freq
matter' - 1 freq
moter - 5 freq
meter - 8 freq
metther - 1 freq
metre - 13 freq
'mature - 1 freq
mettér - 5 freq
motir - 12 freq
mettèr - 7 freq
meteor - 1 freq
midder - 64 freq
motthor - 2 freq
maettir - 1 freq
matther - 2 freq
mater - 15 freq
matur - 1 freq
möder - 1 freq
mettir - 2 freq
€˜midder - 1 freq
modere - 1 freq
maeter - 2 freq
mettur - 1 freq
mitre - 2 freq
metro - 3 freq
motòr - 2 freq
mitter - 1 freq
midori - 2 freq
mtr - 1 freq
moadore - 9 freq
moder - 2 freq
'maitter' - 1 freq
MATTER
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.184654 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 - 0.333249 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 - 0.028461 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 - 0.038402 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 - 0.000849 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.