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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to result in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
result (0) - 116 freq
resumt (1) - 1 freq
results (1) - 70 freq
risult (1) - 1 freq
requit (2) - 1 freq
relt (2) - 1 freq
nestlt (2) - 1 freq
resume (2) - 6 freq
resile (2) - 1 freq
revolt (2) - 3 freq
jesuit (2) - 1 freq
rult (2) - 1 freq
rest (2) - 683 freq
resumet (2) - 2 freq
reuls (2) - 2 freq
restit (2) - 18 freq
resultin (2) - 7 freq
resulted (2) - 1 freq
refull (2) - 1 freq
rebuilt (2) - 5 freq
insult (2) - 27 freq
resultan (2) - 1 freq
resort (2) - 8 freq
rustlt (2) - 1 freq
resultit (2) - 5 freq
result (0) - 116 freq
risult (1) - 1 freq
resumt (2) - 1 freq
results (2) - 70 freq
resort (3) - 8 freq
rustlt (3) - 1 freq
resultan (3) - 1 freq
rebuilt (3) - 5 freq
resist (3) - 45 freq
insult (3) - 27 freq
rebelt (3) - 1 freq
resultat (3) - 1 freq
reset (3) - 1 freq
renault (3) - 2 freq
resulted (3) - 1 freq
resent (3) - 3 freq
resit (3) - 1 freq
resultit (3) - 5 freq
rult (3) - 1 freq
resile (3) - 1 freq
resolute (3) - 8 freq
relt (3) - 1 freq
rest (3) - 683 freq
revolt (3) - 3 freq
resultin (3) - 7 freq
SoundEx code - R243
resultit - 5 freq
result - 116 freq
resiled - 2 freq
reschuiled - 1 freq
regulate - 3 freq
reeshelt - 2 freq
'rock-solid - 1 freq
resolution - 19 freq
rigwelter - 1 freq
rigweltit - 1 freq
resolutions - 4 freq
resolute - 8 freq
resulted - 1 freq
resultin - 7 freq
results - 70 freq
regulations - 5 freq
rasseled - 1 freq
russelt - 1 freq
raclette - 1 freq
resultan - 1 freq
rickled - 1 freq
rissolution - 4 freq
regulaetors - 1 freq
regolith - 1 freq
reeseled - 1 freq
reeshlet - 1 freq
recoilt - 2 freq
reishelt - 1 freq
rochled - 2 freq
regulatit - 2 freq
regulation - 4 freq
regoolations - 1 freq
recalled - 1 freq
resolutely - 3 freq
raigulations - 1 freq
reeshled - 1 freq
re-solet - 1 freq
resultat - 1 freq
rauchled - 1 freq
regaled - 2 freq
regalate - 1 freq
reeselled - 1 freq
reesled - 1 freq
€˜results - 1 freq
risult - 1 freq
rkylyd - 1 freq
racludgie - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - RSLT
result - 116 freq
resiled - 2 freq
wrassled - 1 freq
resolute - 8 freq
rasseled - 1 freq
russelt - 1 freq
reeseled - 1 freq
re-solet - 1 freq
reeselled - 1 freq
reesled - 1 freq
risult - 1 freq
RESULT
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.468090 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 - 0.931973 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 - 0.086253 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 - 0.098155 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 - 0.000797 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.