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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to pier in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
pier (0) - 38 freq
pied (1) - 4 freq
piers (1) - 7 freq
tier (1) - 36 freq
pler (1) - 1 freq
spier (1) - 42 freq
pies (1) - 55 freq
piee (1) - 1 freq
pie (1) - 117 freq
bier (1) - 4 freq
hier (1) - 3 freq
puer (1) - 1 freq
pior (1) - 1 freq
fier (1) - 6 freq
gier (1) - 2 freq
pir (1) - 31 freq
per (1) - 63 freq
paer (1) - 3 freq
piper (1) - 24 freq
ier (1) - 1 freq
peer (1) - 196 freq
wier (1) - 2 freq
pirr (1) - 2 freq
pie' (1) - 1 freq
poer (1) - 1 freq
pier (0) - 38 freq
per (1) - 63 freq
pior (1) - 1 freq
paer (1) - 3 freq
puer (1) - 1 freq
peer (1) - 196 freq
poer (1) - 1 freq
pir (1) - 31 freq
por (2) - 2 freq
puur (2) - 1 freq
pyr (2) - 1 freq
peur (2) - 28 freq
prie (2) - 4 freq
payer (2) - 1 freq
prey (2) - 27 freq
poor (2) - 407 freq
puir (2) - 544 freq
pre (2) - 10 freq
pere (2) - 1 freq
pree (2) - 30 freq
peri (2) - 2 freq
pouer (2) - 149 freq
pair (2) - 492 freq
pur (2) - 5 freq
pierie (2) - 8 freq
SoundEx code - P600
puir - 544 freq
pure - 668 freq
pour - 29 freq
pair - 492 freq
prey - 27 freq
peerie - 626 freq
pree - 30 freq
poo'er - 8 freq
peer - 196 freq
pooer - 159 freq
poor - 407 freq
pouer - 149 freq
pray - 144 freq
peru - 2 freq
power - 166 freq
pier - 38 freq
prow - 5 freq
para - 13 freq
perry - 17 freq
per - 63 freq
'pray - 3 freq
'peer - 3 freq
perr - 23 freq
parrie - 4 freq
proo - 3 freq
pierre - 3 freq
paree - 2 freq
pirr - 2 freq
puur - 1 freq
'puir - 5 freq
pior - 1 freq
pro - 11 freq
peeree - 2 freq
peoor - 1 freq
peeoor - 1 freq
pere - 1 freq
par - 10 freq
perra - 10 freq
pur - 5 freq
pare - 5 freq
purr - 2 freq
pr - 21 freq
power' - 1 freq
peur - 28 freq
pore - 2 freq
prie - 4 freq
pear - 9 freq
pre - 10 freq
pharoh - 1 freq
poure - 1 freq
powre - 2 freq
poorie - 3 freq
pierie - 8 freq
peerie-wee - 12 freq
pero - 1 freq
peerie-' - 1 freq
pör - 32 freq
por - 2 freq
peirie - 5 freq
pair' - 1 freq
'pur - 1 freq
pry - 1 freq
peérie - 1 freq
pooir - 1 freq
paer - 3 freq
pouer' - 3 freq
pyoor - 1 freq
pyre - 1 freq
'pure' - 2 freq
'pour - 1 freq
pre- - 3 freq
perrie - 1 freq
príe - 1 freq
€˜puir - 1 freq
pir - 31 freq
€œpuir - 1 freq
€˜peirie - 2 freq
€˜pair - 1 freq
€˜pour - 1 freq
peerie- - 1 freq
pharoah - 1 freq
€œpower - 1 freq
pirrie - 1 freq
paira - 1 freq
poer - 1 freq
€œpoor - 1 freq
€œpour - 1 freq
payer - 1 freq
pirie - 5 freq
paro - 2 freq
parry - 1 freq
€œprwhew - 1 freq
ppera - 24 freq
€œpeerie - 3 freq
peir - 3 freq
phhr - 1 freq
po'er - 1 freq
porr - 1 freq
pray-y - 1 freq
purée - 1 freq
prue - 1 freq
pyr - 1 freq
powr - 1 freq
pire - 1 freq
pyyyyuioor - 1 freq
pro- - 1 freq
pwr - 1 freq
powerÂ’ - 1 freq
peri - 2 freq
puer - 1 freq
peerieÂ… - 1 freq
‘pure - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - PR
puir - 544 freq
pure - 668 freq
pour - 29 freq
pair - 492 freq
prey - 27 freq
peerie - 626 freq
pree - 30 freq
poo'er - 8 freq
peer - 196 freq
pooer - 159 freq
poor - 407 freq
pouer - 149 freq
pray - 144 freq
peru - 2 freq
pier - 38 freq
prow - 5 freq
para - 13 freq
perry - 17 freq
hyper - 4 freq
per - 63 freq
'pray - 3 freq
'peer - 3 freq
perr - 23 freq
parrie - 4 freq
proo - 3 freq
pierre - 3 freq
paree - 2 freq
pirr - 2 freq
puur - 1 freq
'puir - 5 freq
pior - 1 freq
pro - 11 freq
peeree - 2 freq
peoor - 1 freq
peeoor - 1 freq
pere - 1 freq
par - 10 freq
perra - 10 freq
pur - 5 freq
pare - 5 freq
purr - 2 freq
pr - 21 freq
peur - 28 freq
pore - 2 freq
prie - 4 freq
pear - 9 freq
pre - 10 freq
poure - 1 freq
powre - 2 freq
poorie - 3 freq
pierie - 8 freq
pero - 1 freq
peerie-' - 1 freq
pör - 32 freq
por - 2 freq
peirie - 5 freq
pair' - 1 freq
'pur - 1 freq
pry - 1 freq
peérie - 1 freq
pooir - 1 freq
paer - 3 freq
pouer' - 3 freq
pyre - 1 freq
'pure' - 2 freq
'pour - 1 freq
pre- - 3 freq
perrie - 1 freq
príe - 1 freq
€˜puir - 1 freq
pir - 31 freq
€œpuir - 1 freq
€˜peirie - 2 freq
€˜pair - 1 freq
€˜pour - 1 freq
peerie- - 1 freq
pirrie - 1 freq
paira - 1 freq
poer - 1 freq
€œpoor - 1 freq
€œpour - 1 freq
pirie - 5 freq
paro - 2 freq
parry - 1 freq
ppera - 24 freq
€œpeerie - 3 freq
peir - 3 freq
po'er - 1 freq
porr - 1 freq
pray-y - 1 freq
purée - 1 freq
wyper - 1 freq
prue - 1 freq
pyr - 1 freq
powr - 1 freq
pire - 1 freq
pyyyyuioor - 1 freq
pro- - 1 freq
pwr - 1 freq
peri - 2 freq
puer - 1 freq
peerieÂ… - 1 freq
‘pure - 1 freq
PIER
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.195984 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 - 0.360759 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 - 0.028006 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 - 0.038256 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 - 0.000843 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.