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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to queerlik in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
queerlik (0) - 1 freq
queerlike (1) - 3 freq
queerly (2) - 1 freq
queelin (2) - 1 freq
queerie (2) - 8 freq
quietlik (2) - 1 freq
queer-like (2) - 5 freq
queeryin (2) - 1 freq
quaetlike (3) - 1 freq
queerer (3) - 2 freq
weirlik (3) - 1 freq
sheerlin (3) - 3 freq
queetin (3) - 1 freq
queeck (3) - 1 freq
queerluikin (3) - 1 freq
queerest (3) - 6 freq
queekly (3) - 6 freq
squeelin (3) - 2 freq
queek (3) - 22 freq
queen-it (3) - 1 freq
queeklee (3) - 1 freq
quatelik (3) - 1 freq
quietlike (3) - 10 freq
queenis (3) - 1 freq
queeit (3) - 2 freq
queerlik (0) - 1 freq
queerlike (1) - 3 freq
queer-like (3) - 5 freq
queerly (3) - 1 freq
quietlik (3) - 1 freq
queerluikin (4) - 1 freq
quietlike (4) - 10 freq
quatelik (4) - 1 freq
weirlik (4) - 1 freq
queelin (4) - 1 freq
quaetlike (4) - 1 freq
queerie (4) - 8 freq
queeryin (4) - 1 freq
quhilk (5) - 4 freq
queereye (5) - 1 freq
queer (5) - 146 freq
queeried (5) - 3 freq
quirk (5) - 5 freq
quirkie (5) - 12 freq
quatelike (5) - 3 freq
quaetlie (5) - 2 freq
queeklee (5) - 1 freq
queekly (5) - 6 freq
queerest (5) - 6 freq
queeck (5) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - Q642
queer-lookin - 1 freq
queer-luikin - 1 freq
queerluikin - 1 freq
queer-like - 5 freq
queerlike - 3 freq
queer-leukin - 1 freq
queer-lookan - 1 freq
queer-lyeukin - 1 freq
quarrels - 1 freq
queerlik - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - KRLK
curlicue - 1 freq
garlic - 13 freq
queer-like - 5 freq
queerlike - 3 freq
gairleke - 1 freq
queerlik - 1 freq
carluke - 2 freq
carlgo - 1 freq
grølek - 1 freq
QUEERLIK
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.194417 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 - 0.355304 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 - 0.027613 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 - 0.043381 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 - 0.000871 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.