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Similar words to purée in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
purée (0) - 1 freq
pursie (2) - 2 freq
purple (2) - 98 freq
príe (2) - 1 freq
purpre (2) - 1 freq
purse (2) - 37 freq
pursue (2) - 8 freq
purdie (2) - 16 freq
pure (2) - 668 freq
purpie (2) - 23 freq
puritie (3) - 1 freq
hurdle (3) - 3 freq
burrae (3) - 1 freq
wurse (3) - 16 freq
pirate (3) - 5 freq
pernee (3) - 1 freq
turtle (3) - 344 freq
pere (3) - 1 freq
puffie (3) - 2 freq
gurhie (3) - 1 freq
hurrie (3) - 1 freq
burgle (3) - 1 freq
furie (3) - 13 freq
turnie (3) - 2 freq
durtie (3) - 2 freq
purée (0) - 1 freq
príe (3) - 1 freq
purpie (4) - 23 freq
soirée (4) - 1 freq
fré (4) - 1 freq
purdie (4) - 16 freq
pure (4) - 668 freq
pursue (4) - 8 freq
purple (4) - 98 freq
purpre (4) - 1 freq
pursie (4) - 2 freq
purse (4) - 37 freq
pree (5) - 30 freq
pyre (5) - 1 freq
purves (5) - 21 freq
parrie (5) - 4 freq
porkie (5) - 1 freq
purrs (5) - 3 freq
purned (5) - 1 freq
purdas (5) - 1 freq
pursin (5) - 1 freq
purrt (5) - 1 freq
purvey (5) - 20 freq
purely (5) - 16 freq
prize (5) - 83 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
PURÉE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.254708 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 - 0.399809 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 - 0.033014 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 - 0.038791 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 - 0.000754 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.