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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to merks in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
merks (0) - 45 freq
herks (1) - 1 freq
marks (1) - 44 freq
mercs (1) - 1 freq
merkt (1) - 5 freq
yerks (1) - 1 freq
perks (1) - 9 freq
merkis (1) - 2 freq
serks (1) - 1 freq
jerks (1) - 1 freq
merk (1) - 62 freq
mairks (2) - 15 freq
sperks (2) - 5 freq
mert (2) - 1 freq
verbs (2) - 98 freq
merge (2) - 4 freq
maiks (2) - 12 freq
keks (2) - 4 freq
monks (2) - 23 freq
derts (2) - 2 freq
erns (2) - 1 freq
mark (2) - 222 freq
mera (2) - 2 freq
merket (2) - 7 freq
mercy (2) - 92 freq
merks (0) - 45 freq
merkis (1) - 2 freq
marks (1) - 44 freq
merk (2) - 62 freq
mairks (2) - 15 freq
markus (2) - 1 freq
serks (2) - 1 freq
markis (2) - 1 freq
jerks (2) - 1 freq
herks (2) - 1 freq
mercs (2) - 1 freq
merkt (2) - 5 freq
yerks (2) - 1 freq
perks (2) - 9 freq
merkins (3) - 1 freq
arks (3) - 1 freq
merked (3) - 16 freq
harks (3) - 1 freq
merkir (3) - 1 freq
markt (3) - 5 freq
mucks (3) - 1 freq
marys (3) - 3 freq
markd (3) - 1 freq
barks (3) - 5 freq
merkin (3) - 6 freq
SoundEx code - M620
marriage - 14 freq
mark - 222 freq
mirk - 154 freq
mrs - 736 freq
mairriage - 50 freq
mercie - 22 freq
march' - 2 freq
merks - 45 freq
mercia - 13 freq
merch - 43 freq
merk - 62 freq
march - 138 freq
mar's - 1 freq
mairks - 15 freq
mercy - 92 freq
mairch - 249 freq
marx - 7 freq
mark' - 1 freq
marias - 1 freq
morra's - 2 freq
mairiage - 1 freq
morag - 36 freq
mars - 59 freq
merge - 4 freq
marks - 44 freq
'mrs - 7 freq
mirkie - 25 freq
mairrage - 21 freq
mary's - 20 freq
marys - 3 freq
maircie - 2 freq
moira's - 2 freq
murk - 3 freq
murky - 10 freq
mare's - 2 freq
merse - 4 freq
moors - 5 freq
mairs - 34 freq
mercs - 1 freq
marras - 6 freq
muirs - 21 freq
marwick's - 8 freq
mairk - 42 freq
morris - 14 freq
markie - 2 freq
mark's - 5 freq
mair's - 2 freq
marsh - 8 freq
murray's - 5 freq
mirky - 17 freq
morrice - 150 freq
morocco - 1 freq
marg - 2 freq
merro's - 1 freq
moreas - 1 freq
meyer's - 1 freq
maurice - 4 freq
muir's - 3 freq
mer-see - 2 freq
marie's - 27 freq
moorky - 1 freq
morgue - 2 freq
merries - 6 freq
merriage - 6 freq
'mercy - 2 freq
mirage - 3 freq
mairch' - 1 freq
mairries - 8 freq
marraes - 6 freq
mairech - 1 freq
marwick - 15 freq
'maurice' - 1 freq
meer's - 1 freq
meers - 2 freq
marie's-' - 1 freq
mires - 3 freq
morice - 1 freq
marcha - 1 freq
marge - 1 freq
marwicks - 3 freq
merrage - 1 freq
'march - 1 freq
mares - 2 freq
mowers - 1 freq
mirk's - 1 freq
muirhouse - 2 freq
mønrys - 1 freq
maries' - 1 freq
maries - 60 freq
morag's - 5 freq
mairrage' - 1 freq
more-as - 1 freq
mairsae - 1 freq
maurice' - 1 freq
marros - 1 freq
merriege - 5 freq
mieras - 5 freq
mieras's - 1 freq
marish - 1 freq
mirras - 2 freq
mairs' - 1 freq
meharg - 1 freq
murcia - 1 freq
merc - 2 freq
€œmrs - 8 freq
€œmorag - 1 freq
meers' - 1 freq
merrege - 1 freq
marakihau - 1 freq
myres - 1 freq
mairraige - 1 freq
maurs - 12 freq
€˜mars - 1 freq
mairage - 2 freq
mrsa - 1 freq
€˜mirk - 1 freq
mores - 1 freq
€˜mrs - 1 freq
morse - 3 freq
marco - 5 freq
marc - 16 freq
marche - 1 freq
€žmorag - 1 freq
morose - 1 freq
margo - 1 freq
marris - 2 freq
moors' - 1 freq
myrus - 2 freq
€œmercy - 1 freq
€œmarcie - 2 freq
marcie - 1 freq
marrows - 1 freq
mairsay - 1 freq
mere's - 1 freq
€”mark - 1 freq
murq - 1 freq
marisa - 1 freq
mairiac - 1 freq
mreaich - 2 freq
murrays - 1 freq
mrsw - 5 freq
marshy - 3 freq
mrjjs - 1 freq
murs - 1 freq
mrez - 1 freq
merci - 1 freq
mariza - 1 freq
mhairi's - 1 freq
murrayÂ’s - 1 freq
maircy - 1 freq
maris - 1 freq
markyou - 1 freq
marky - 1 freq
marcia - 1 freq
moras - 1 freq
mroj - 1 freq
mrg - 1 freq
morga - 1 freq
morrows - 1 freq
mairi's - 1 freq
mrc - 1 freq
marisha - 1 freq
mruq - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - MRKS
merks - 45 freq
mairks - 15 freq
marx - 7 freq
marks - 44 freq
mercs - 1 freq
mark's - 5 freq
marco's - 1 freq
markies - 1 freq
morcas - 1 freq
marcus - 2 freq
marquis - 3 freq
mirka's - 1 freq
mirk's - 1 freq
morag's - 5 freq
merkis - 2 freq
markis - 1 freq
markus - 1 freq
marcas - 3 freq
MERKS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.239805 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 - 0.363295 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 - 0.029455 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 - 0.038085 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 - 0.000776 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.