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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to self in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
self (0) - 83 freq
seef (1) - 5 freq
sels (1) - 7 freq
self- (1) - 1 freq
helf (1) - 2 freq
skelf (1) - 36 freq
pelf (1) - 6 freq
sekf (1) - 1 freq
belf (1) - 3 freq
selt (1) - 87 freq
elf (1) - 10 freq
shelf (1) - 77 freq
selfs (1) - 3 freq
sel (1) - 75 freq
sell (1) - 164 freq
sef (1) - 1 freq
seaf (1) - 1 freq
seej (2) - 1 freq
saels (2) - 1 freq
sowf (2) - 3 freq
ses (2) - 6 freq
elo (2) - 2 freq
tel (2) - 47 freq
ayelf (2) - 1 freq
sllq (2) - 1 freq
self (0) - 83 freq
sell (2) - 164 freq
sel (2) - 75 freq
selfs (2) - 3 freq
seaf (2) - 1 freq
yeself (2) - 1 freq
selfie (2) - 11 freq
seilfu (2) - 5 freq
shelf (2) - 77 freq
selfou (2) - 1 freq
sef (2) - 1 freq
self- (2) - 1 freq
skelf (2) - 36 freq
seef (2) - 5 freq
elf (2) - 10 freq
pelf (2) - 6 freq
sels (2) - 7 freq
selt (2) - 87 freq
belf (2) - 3 freq
sekf (2) - 1 freq
helf (2) - 2 freq
solt (3) - 7 freq
aseef (3) - 1 freq
sile (3) - 9 freq
suld (3) - 11 freq
SoundEx code - S410
sleep - 395 freq
slip - 65 freq
slave - 41 freq
skelp - 137 freq
shelf - 77 freq
slap - 53 freq
scliff - 7 freq
sleepy - 35 freq
skelf - 36 freq
sleep' - 6 freq
slop - 2 freq
self - 83 freq
solve - 9 freq
slab - 32 freq
sleeve - 46 freq
slepe - 3 freq
scalp - 6 freq
slippy - 11 freq
sleip - 4 freq
slope - 29 freq
slype - 3 freq
salve - 5 freq
slippie - 3 freq
slep - 10 freq
slipway - 2 freq
she-wulf - 1 freq
skleff - 2 freq
shelby - 1 freq
schoolboay - 1 freq
saliva - 6 freq
skliff - 4 freq
slip- - 2 freq
selbie - 3 freq
school've - 1 freq
sclaff - 4 freq
slopp - 1 freq
'slap - 2 freq
sleepy-wye - 1 freq
salève' - 1 freq
salève - 1 freq
seilfu - 5 freq
seil-fu - 1 freq
sklave - 2 freq
selfie - 11 freq
sylvia - 9 freq
sliep - 1 freq
slieve - 1 freq
sleive - 2 freq
'sleep' - 1 freq
sloop - 3 freq
salbe - 7 freq
slipe - 1 freq
schoolboy - 3 freq
€˜slip - 1 freq
€˜sleep - 2 freq
syllab - 1 freq
sylvie - 8 freq
selfou - 1 freq
shilfie - 1 freq
self- - 1 freq
skillfu - 1 freq
sklif - 1 freq
sloppy - 1 freq
sqleba - 1 freq
sylv - 3 freq
slob - 1 freq
swulb - 5 freq
silvio - 1 freq
skyewolf - 3 freq
scallop - 1 freq
selfy- - 1 freq
ssluyb - 1 freq
shelfie - 1 freq
scuilwab - 1 freq
shelvey - 1 freq
sxlp - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - SLF
slave - 41 freq
self - 83 freq
solve - 9 freq
sleeve - 46 freq
salve - 5 freq
saliva - 6 freq
sleigh - 9 freq
salève' - 1 freq
salève - 1 freq
seilfu - 5 freq
seil-fu - 1 freq
selfie - 11 freq
sylvia - 9 freq
slieve - 1 freq
sleive - 2 freq
sylvie - 8 freq
selfou - 1 freq
self- - 1 freq
sluagh - 2 freq
sylv - 3 freq
silvio - 1 freq
selfy- - 1 freq
SELF
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.199397 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 - 0.336276 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 - 0.027611 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 - 0.037022 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 - 0.000850 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.