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Similar words to samurai in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
samurai (0) - 7 freq
samgray (2) - 29 freq
sahara (3) - 7 freq
samosas (3) - 1 freq
amara (3) - 1 freq
saudi (3) - 6 freq
sarah (3) - 40 freq
samhain (3) - 1 freq
samuel' (3) - 1 freq
samain (3) - 1 freq
saturday (3) - 198 freq
saturdaie (3) - 1 freq
sandra (3) - 51 freq
aura (3) - 11 freq
sandras (3) - 1 freq
sauron (3) - 1 freq
amoral (3) - 1 freq
samhradh (3) - 2 freq
smora (3) - 1 freq
sautan (3) - 1 freq
cameras (3) - 10 freq
lauri (3) - 1 freq
mural (3) - 1 freq
sara (3) - 15 freq
camera (3) - 55 freq
samurai (0) - 7 freq
smora (3) - 1 freq
samaria (3) - 7 freq
samgray (3) - 29 freq
smur (3) - 3 freq
tamara (4) - 16 freq
sammi (4) - 1 freq
camera (4) - 55 freq
kamara (4) - 1 freq
safari (4) - 2 freq
saur (4) - 12 freq
smore (4) - 7 freq
smoar (4) - 1 freq
sumer (4) - 1 freq
smuir (4) - 4 freq
samoan (4) - 1 freq
samba (4) - 1 freq
sara (4) - 15 freq
siura (4) - 1 freq
sari (4) - 3 freq
samuel (4) - 22 freq
smuha (4) - 2 freq
samain (4) - 1 freq
sahara (4) - 7 freq
smear (4) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - S560
smirr - 39 freq
scunner - 97 freq
simmer - 309 freq
somewhaur - 72 freq
smoor - 28 freq
sumwhaur - 6 freq
somewhere - 68 freq
sooner - 29 freq
summer - 196 freq
skimmer - 7 freq
suiner - 27 freq
smear - 2 freq
sonar - 1 freq
senior - 40 freq
scenario - 6 freq
shuiner - 6 freq
smaa-er - 2 freq
skunner - 3 freq
smore - 7 freq
sneer - 9 freq
shimmer - 4 freq
sinner - 10 freq
sumwhere - 6 freq
senir - 1 freq
seener - 14 freq
smaaer - 7 freq
somewhar - 7 freq
shaner - 3 freq
siner - 1 freq
samurai - 7 freq
snare - 13 freq
sumwhar - 1 freq
scenery - 16 freq
somewhur - 4 freq
sweemer - 1 freq
somwhaur - 1 freq
swimmer - 3 freq
'simmer - 1 freq
sinnerie - 1 freq
scunnèr - 1 freq
samaria - 7 freq
sïnner - 1 freq
smawer - 9 freq
shiner - 3 freq
sumer - 1 freq
smirry - 1 freq
'somewhaur - 1 freq
shöner - 2 freq
shoner - 1 freq
summarie - 3 freq
skinnier - 1 freq
shuner - 1 freq
snaar - 1 freq
snorry - 1 freq
summur - 1 freq
snore - 6 freq
simmir - 1 freq
smuir - 4 freq
smora - 1 freq
sma'er - 2 freq
smur - 3 freq
summer' - 1 freq
smoar - 1 freq
summ'ry - 1 freq
smaer - 3 freq
suner - 3 freq
somewhaar - 5 freq
summary - 3 freq
sma-er - 1 freq
schooner - 2 freq
smaar - 2 freq
suimmer - 1 freq
sheener - 1 freq
sumwher - 1 freq
scanner - 1 freq
€˜simmer - 1 freq
sumwhair - 1 freq
skinner - 1 freq
€œscunner - 1 freq
€˜scunner - 1 freq
€œsmirr - 1 freq
shunner - 2 freq
smaÂ’er - 1 freq
shinner - 1 freq
'skunnyr' - 1 freq
sconir - 1 freq
senario - 1 freq
seanair - 1 freq
snooerry - 1 freq
shanner - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - SMR
smirr - 39 freq
simmer - 309 freq
smoor - 28 freq
summer - 196 freq
smear - 2 freq
smaa-er - 2 freq
cymru - 5 freq
smore - 7 freq
zimmer - 3 freq
sombre - 6 freq
smaaer - 7 freq
zoomer - 3 freq
samurai - 7 freq
'simmer - 1 freq
samaria - 7 freq
sumer - 1 freq
smirry - 1 freq
summarie - 3 freq
sumburgh - 16 freq
summur - 1 freq
simmir - 1 freq
smuir - 4 freq
smora - 1 freq
sma'er - 2 freq
smur - 3 freq
summer' - 1 freq
smoar - 1 freq
summ'ry - 1 freq
smaer - 3 freq
summary - 3 freq
sma-er - 1 freq
smaar - 2 freq
suimmer - 1 freq
€˜simmer - 1 freq
€œsmirr - 1 freq
smaÂ’er - 1 freq
xmur - 1 freq
SAMURAI
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.607815 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 - 1.203731 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 - 0.092477 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 - 0.178605 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 - 0.000781 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.