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Similar words to plead in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
plead (0) - 6 freq
pleat (1) - 5 freq
lead (1) - 189 freq
pleas (1) - 9 freq
plea (1) - 20 freq
pleads (1) - 5 freq
pled (1) - 3 freq
plece (2) - 13 freq
plied (2) - 13 freq
plenk (2) - 3 freq
plet (2) - 4 freq
laad (2) - 29 freq
pleyt (2) - 1 freq
lad (2) - 548 freq
gleed (2) - 7 freq
plan (2) - 231 freq
glean (2) - 4 freq
plod (2) - 1 freq
peal (2) - 3 freq
'read (2) - 4 freq
pleased (2) - 206 freq
pad (2) - 56 freq
pleg (2) - 2 freq
preat (2) - 1 freq
bread (2) - 40 freq
plead (0) - 6 freq
pled (1) - 3 freq
pleyed (2) - 16 freq
upload (2) - 2 freq
puled (2) - 6 freq
plod (2) - 1 freq
plaid (2) - 23 freq
plood (2) - 1 freq
playd (2) - 2 freq
plied (2) - 13 freq
pleas (2) - 9 freq
lead (2) - 189 freq
pleat (2) - 5 freq
plea (2) - 20 freq
pleads (2) - 5 freq
piled (2) - 18 freq
plewed (3) - 2 freq
plav (3) - 1 freq
leid (3) - 1517 freq
pend (3) - 3 freq
glad (3) - 103 freq
clad (3) - 14 freq
cleid (3) - 10 freq
pluidy (3) - 1 freq
plaw (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - P430
plaid - 23 freq
pulled - 167 freq
played - 255 freq
piled - 18 freq
ploo'ed - 2 freq
plate - 180 freq
pewled - 7 freq
pulld - 10 freq
plied - 13 freq
polite - 53 freq
pullt - 34 freq
plet - 4 freq
plowt - 7 freq
pilot - 24 freq
pleyed - 16 freq
pelt - 11 freq
puled - 6 freq
poulet - 1 freq
plooed - 10 freq
pallid - 1 freq
plot - 38 freq
peeled - 17 freq
pult - 25 freq
pullit - 1 freq
plat - 4 freq
playt - 3 freq
pladda - 1 freq
pilet - 1 freq
plait - 6 freq
pluidy - 1 freq
pled - 3 freq
puult - 4 freq
pilit - 2 freq
playd - 2 freq
pylt - 1 freq
palette - 4 freq
pollute - 2 freq
plead - 6 freq
play'd - 1 freq
palate - 4 freq
pulied - 1 freq
playit - 4 freq
palt - 1 freq
palled - 5 freq
pilate - 36 freq
poleet - 3 freq
ploot - 1 freq
plato - 4 freq
polity - 4 freq
plöt - 1 freq
ploo'd - 2 freq
plaet - 5 freq
pull't - 2 freq
politie - 2 freq
pylot - 3 freq
paalled - 1 freq
pleat - 5 freq
ploied - 1 freq
plouty - 1 freq
pillowed - 1 freq
puld - 6 freq
ploued - 4 freq
pleyt - 1 freq
plywood - 1 freq
peelit - 1 freq
plaidie - 3 freq
plettie - 1 freq
plout - 1 freq
pluto - 2 freq
ploút - 1 freq
'polite' - 1 freq
platie - 2 freq
plewed - 2 freq
pawled - 1 freq
polatie - 1 freq
pleyit - 2 freq
pilled - 3 freq
plood - 1 freq
plateau - 4 freq
plod - 1 freq
pallet - 3 freq
pull-oot - 1 freq
€˜plaet - 1 freq
p-l-i-t - 1 freq
peel't - 2 freq
plyte - 1 freq
pullet - 3 freq
peelt - 1 freq
pawlett - 1 freq
plldo - 1 freq
pollidee - 3 freq
pleut - 1 freq
plottie - 1 freq
pielet - 2 freq
plutty - 1 freq
ploat - 1 freq
phildo - 2 freq
plowed - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - PLT
plaid - 23 freq
pulled - 167 freq
piled - 18 freq
ploo'ed - 2 freq
plate - 180 freq
pewled - 7 freq
pulld - 10 freq
plied - 13 freq
polite - 53 freq
pullt - 34 freq
plet - 4 freq
plowt - 7 freq
pilot - 24 freq
pelt - 11 freq
puled - 6 freq
poulet - 1 freq
plooed - 10 freq
pallid - 1 freq
plot - 38 freq
peeled - 17 freq
pult - 25 freq
pullit - 1 freq
plat - 4 freq
playt - 3 freq
pladda - 1 freq
pilet - 1 freq
plait - 6 freq
pluidy - 1 freq
pled - 3 freq
puult - 4 freq
pilit - 2 freq
playd - 2 freq
pylt - 1 freq
palette - 4 freq
pollute - 2 freq
plead - 6 freq
play'd - 1 freq
palate - 4 freq
pulied - 1 freq
palt - 1 freq
palled - 5 freq
pilate - 36 freq
poleet - 3 freq
ploot - 1 freq
plato - 4 freq
polity - 4 freq
plöt - 1 freq
ploo'd - 2 freq
plaet - 5 freq
pull't - 2 freq
politie - 2 freq
pylot - 3 freq
paalled - 1 freq
pleat - 5 freq
ploied - 1 freq
plouty - 1 freq
puld - 6 freq
ploued - 4 freq
pleyt - 1 freq
peelit - 1 freq
plaidie - 3 freq
plettie - 1 freq
plout - 1 freq
pluto - 2 freq
ploút - 1 freq
'polite' - 1 freq
platie - 2 freq
pawled - 1 freq
polatie - 1 freq
pilled - 3 freq
plood - 1 freq
plateau - 4 freq
plod - 1 freq
pallet - 3 freq
pull-oot - 1 freq
€˜plaet - 1 freq
p-l-i-t - 1 freq
peel't - 2 freq
plyte - 1 freq
pullet - 3 freq
peelt - 1 freq
pawlett - 1 freq
plldo - 1 freq
pollidee - 3 freq
pleut - 1 freq
plottie - 1 freq
hpelud - 1 freq
pielet - 2 freq
plutty - 1 freq
ploat - 1 freq
PLEAD
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.184958 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 - 0.353083 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 - 0.028721 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 - 0.036833 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 - 0.000824 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.