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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to seedlies in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
seedlies (0) - 7 freq
seedlie (1) - 1 freq
deedlie (2) - 1 freq
seddles (2) - 1 freq
seedlin (2) - 2 freq
sheddies (2) - 1 freq
jeelies (2) - 4 freq
feelies (2) - 1 freq
heedlines (2) - 1 freq
seedling (2) - 3 freq
keelies (2) - 10 freq
needles (2) - 16 freq
emilies (3) - 1 freq
teenies (3) - 3 freq
deedle (3) - 2 freq
scuddies (3) - 1 freq
reddies (3) - 13 freq
eenies (3) - 15 freq
deeplie (3) - 1 freq
beetles (3) - 2 freq
sleelie (3) - 1 freq
eelits (3) - 1 freq
detdlie (3) - 1 freq
jeebies (3) - 2 freq
schulies (3) - 1 freq
seedlies (0) - 7 freq
seedlie (2) - 1 freq
sidles (3) - 2 freq
sidlees (3) - 1 freq
needles (3) - 16 freq
seedlin (3) - 2 freq
seddles (3) - 1 freq
scoolies (4) - 1 freq
sillies (4) - 1 freq
sadlie (4) - 2 freq
seeds (4) - 47 freq
sullies (4) - 3 freq
bedlaes (4) - 1 freq
saidils (4) - 1 freq
fiedles (4) - 2 freq
saddles (4) - 3 freq
jeelies (4) - 4 freq
sheddies (4) - 1 freq
deedlie (4) - 1 freq
feelies (4) - 1 freq
heedlines (4) - 1 freq
keelies (4) - 10 freq
seedling (4) - 3 freq
sallies (4) - 3 freq
seeplin (5) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - S342
stalks - 6 freq
steel-shod - 1 freq
stalls - 10 freq
stalk - 18 freq
shettleston - 10 freq
sweitless - 1 freq
stylistically - 1 freq
sidles - 2 freq
stalked - 2 freq
seddles - 1 freq
stells - 4 freq
saddles - 3 freq
stuils - 2 freq
stalking - 2 freq
sydwuliy's - 1 freq
stallie's - 1 freq
still-like - 1 freq
settles - 11 freq
stillest - 1 freq
stalk's - 1 freq
styles - 14 freq
sidlaws - 1 freq
stalkin - 7 freq
stools - 2 freq
stylishly - 2 freq
stalky - 2 freq
sweet-talkin - 1 freq
seedlies - 7 freq
sidewheels - 1 freq
skuttles - 1 freq
sattles - 2 freq
stalkit - 2 freq
shitless - 1 freq
styalls - 1 freq
styluses - 1 freq
stylus - 1 freq
stills - 5 freq
stylish - 3 freq
sidlees - 1 freq
skaithless - 2 freq
steel-caps - 1 freq
stylistic - 1 freq
skaithles - 2 freq
saut-like - 1 freq
staels - 2 freq
staalkin - 2 freq
staalker - 1 freq
steel's - 1 freq
saidils - 1 freq
stylised - 3 freq
skittles - 1 freq
€˜shettleston - 1 freq
stylist - 2 freq
steals - 2 freq
schedules - 1 freq
stalactite - 1 freq
swith-like - 1 freq
stalker - 2 freq
stillstandingfree - 1 freq
stooiewalker - 2 freq
stillgame - 1 freq
shettlestonclp - 1 freq
steelyseabirder - 4 freq
styleshifting - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - STLS
stalls - 10 freq
sidles - 2 freq
seddles - 1 freq
stells - 4 freq
saddles - 3 freq
stuils - 2 freq
stallie's - 1 freq
settles - 11 freq
styles - 14 freq
sidlaws - 1 freq
stools - 2 freq
seedlies - 7 freq
sattles - 2 freq
stylus - 1 freq
stills - 5 freq
sidlees - 1 freq
staels - 2 freq
steel's - 1 freq
saidils - 1 freq
steals - 2 freq
SEEDLIES
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.183141 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 - 0.380810 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 - 0.027367 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 - 0.037378 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 - 0.000811 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.