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Levenshtein Distance

Enter a word to find nearest neighbouring words, for example sonsie

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Similar words to replacements in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
replacements (0) - 2 freq
replacement (1) - 12 freq
replacement' (1) - 1 freq
placements (2) - 5 freq
'placement' (3) - 1 freq
placement (3) - 6 freq
departments (4) - 1 freq
implements (4) - 3 freq
detachments (4) - 1 freq
elements (4) - 35 freq
requirements (4) - 14 freq
pavements (4) - 26 freq
enactments (4) - 1 freq
replaces (4) - 1 freq
engagements (4) - 3 freq
realignments (4) - 1 freq
re-enactments (4) - 1 freq
debasements (4) - 1 freq
represents (4) - 18 freq
apartments (5) - 2 freq
clements (5) - 1 freq
improvements (5) - 7 freq
testaments (5) - 4 freq
relents (5) - 3 freq
implemints (5) - 1 freq
replacements (0) - 2 freq
replacement' (2) - 1 freq
replacement (2) - 12 freq
placements (3) - 5 freq
placement (5) - 6 freq
'placement' (5) - 1 freq
implements (6) - 3 freq
realignments (7) - 1 freq
re-enactments (7) - 1 freq
implemints (7) - 1 freq
replicant (7) - 1 freq
replaces (7) - 1 freq
represents (7) - 18 freq
elements (7) - 35 freq
departments (7) - 1 freq
employments (7) - 1 freq
requirements (7) - 14 freq
pavements (7) - 26 freq
place-mats (8) - 1 freq
deployment (8) - 1 freq
supplements (8) - 1 freq
policeman's (8) - 1 freq
laments (8) - 9 freq
replacit (8) - 1 freq
depairtments (8) - 17 freq
SoundEx code - R142
reflectin - 22 freq
reflect - 29 freq
ripples - 8 freq
roubles - 1 freq
replace - 21 freq
replies - 75 freq
reflection - 34 freq
reflectit - 16 freq
replacement - 12 freq
ruffles - 1 freq
rebels - 21 freq
replaced - 51 freq
rifles - 13 freq
reflects - 23 freq
reflex - 2 freq
revulsion - 3 freq
reflections' - 1 freq
refleckin - 4 freq
refleckit - 8 freq
raipwalkin - 1 freq
reply's - 6 freq
riflecter - 1 freq
reflections - 10 freq
replica - 4 freq
reveals - 10 freq
reflecting - 1 freq
reflected - 11 freq
rebellious - 4 freq
reflecks - 8 freq
reflective - 3 freq
reflectively - 2 freq
refleck - 18 freq
refills - 1 freq
reflexology - 1 freq
'rebellious - 1 freq
rivals - 3 freq
rufillus - 1 freq
ruifless - 2 freq
replicatin - 1 freq
reflexive - 15 freq
replicatit - 1 freq
reflectan - 3 freq
replacin - 5 freq
refleks - 1 freq
reflekkit - 3 freq
reflekkin - 1 freq
replicaetion - 1 freq
reevles - 1 freq
re-plaster - 1 freq
replacing - 1 freq
reflectin' - 2 freq
replicate - 2 freq
revolyooshun - 1 freq
replication - 2 freq
reflexively - 2 freq
replaessed - 1 freq
rebels' - 1 freq
'reflexive' - 1 freq
replacit - 1 freq
reflek - 3 freq
riffles - 2 freq
raffles - 3 freq
raploch - 2 freq
rabels - 1 freq
replaces - 1 freq
replacements - 2 freq
reflectioun - 1 freq
replicant - 1 freq
€œraivulushun - 1 freq
roblox - 1 freq
revels' - 1 freq
reflectors - 2 freq
ropelawsheil - 4 freq
reflecktions - 1 freq
replicas - 1 freq
refleksivlee - 1 freq
reflekts - 1 freq
reflexes - 1 freq
repealist - 1 freq
replays - 1 freq
revalooshun - 1 freq
rabwilson - 3 freq
revolushun - 14 freq
replacement' - 1 freq
“rebels” - 1 freq
revolushion - 2 freq
revolusshon - 3 freq
MetaPhone code - RPLSMNTS
replacements - 2 freq
REPLACEMENTS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.274621 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 - 0.489465 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 - 0.032217 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 - 0.040575 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 - 0.000833 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.