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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to sambies in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
sambies (0) - 1 freq
sabies (1) - 13 freq
lambies (1) - 4 freq
samples (2) - 2 freq
sannies (2) - 7 freq
sammie's (2) - 1 freq
gambles (2) - 2 freq
sarnies (2) - 1 freq
tammies (2) - 1 freq
mammies (2) - 7 freq
babies (2) - 28 freq
jammies (2) - 14 freq
ambles (2) - 2 freq
sommies (2) - 3 freq
babbies (2) - 13 freq
sybies (2) - 1 freq
dumbies (2) - 1 freq
barbies (2) - 3 freq
abies (2) - 3 freq
saies (2) - 1 freq
saxties (2) - 4 freq
shambles (2) - 30 freq
damies (2) - 1 freq
sallies (2) - 3 freq
rabies (2) - 2 freq
sambies (0) - 1 freq
lambies (2) - 4 freq
sabies (2) - 13 freq
sybies (3) - 1 freq
zombies (3) - 6 freq
dumbies (3) - 1 freq
maybies (3) - 1 freq
sommies (3) - 3 freq
saabs (4) - 1 freq
smuirs (4) - 3 freq
sambucas (4) - 1 freq
smokes (4) - 8 freq
sumbidee (4) - 1 freq
smiles (4) - 103 freq
sam's (4) - 2 freq
mbes (4) - 1 freq
samba (4) - 1 freq
smits (4) - 1 freq
maybes (4) - 50 freq
lambs (4) - 56 freq
symbols (4) - 13 freq
similes (4) - 1 freq
sombidy (4) - 1 freq
jambs (4) - 1 freq
sybes (4) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - S512
snaps - 23 freq
snaabas - 1 freq
snappishly - 2 freq
sumphs - 8 freq
snaaba's - 1 freq
snuves - 1 freq
sma-boukit - 2 freq
symbiosis - 1 freq
snobs - 1 freq
snubs - 1 freq
sniffs - 5 freq
snipes - 3 freq
scumbag - 2 freq
scomfished - 3 freq
sun-baked - 1 freq
snawbaws - 1 freq
snap-snap-snap - 1 freq
shame-faced - 2 freq
synapses - 1 freq
simpsons' - 1 freq
somepiece - 5 freq
shampsin - 1 freq
swanbister - 1 freq
snipie's - 1 freq
simpson - 10 freq
sionifies - 1 freq
swamps - 2 freq
'scomfish - 1 freq
snuffbox - 2 freq
shewin-box - 1 freq
snuffs - 1 freq
sumps - 1 freq
skummfisht - 1 freq
scomfishin - 2 freq
scomfish - 2 freq
snaabaas - 1 freq
sea-myaavs - 1 freq
snibs - 1 freq
sham-faced - 1 freq
snips - 2 freq
snp's - 1 freq
snapchat - 5 freq
snobbish - 1 freq
sambucas - 1 freq
some-fuckin-hing - 1 freq
scomfishes - 1 freq
snps - 2 freq
snapshots - 1 freq
snapback - 1 freq
symposium - 1 freq
simpsons - 2 freq
schnapps - 1 freq
snpcommandments - 1 freq
sambies - 1 freq
snpsoosie - 4 freq
simpsonuna - 1 freq
snufkinn - 1 freq
snpjlfgmj - 1 freq
snpkdyofficial - 1 freq
snpstudents - 1 freq
snpkelvin - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - SMS
siem's - 1 freq
seems - 517 freq
seams - 6 freq
smaas - 1 freq
sums - 43 freq
same's - 4 freq
symes - 2 freq
syme's - 1 freq
seamus - 3 freq
zombies - 6 freq
seamaws - 2 freq
seem's - 3 freq
sea-maws - 4 freq
sammie's - 1 freq
sammy's - 4 freq
seemes - 1 freq
sooms - 3 freq
sam's - 2 freq
zumbas - 1 freq
soums - 3 freq
semi's - 1 freq
semes - 2 freq
smoosie - 2 freq
sea-maws' - 1 freq
siems - 2 freq
sum's - 1 freq
some's - 1 freq
seumas - 17 freq
cims - 1 freq
'syme's - 1 freq
sie-mews - 1 freq
smaws - 1 freq
xmas - 48 freq
sommies - 3 freq
saems - 1 freq
xmos - 1 freq
semis - 4 freq
sambies - 1 freq
xxxmissy - 1 freq
sma's - 1 freq
SAMBIES
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.210274 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 - 0.374714 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 - 0.031130 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 - 0.040764 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 - 0.000837 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.