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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to shambles in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
shambles (0) - 30 freq
shabbles (1) - 1 freq
shambled (1) - 2 freq
shameless (2) - 3 freq
samples (2) - 2 freq
shammle (2) - 1 freq
brambles (2) - 6 freq
ambles (2) - 2 freq
stables (2) - 18 freq
shames (2) - 2 freq
sambies (2) - 1 freq
thimbles (2) - 2 freq
stumbles (2) - 3 freq
shackles (2) - 6 freq
gambles (2) - 2 freq
shalls (3) - 6 freq
saddles (3) - 3 freq
shuggles (3) - 1 freq
enables (3) - 1 freq
hackles (3) - 3 freq
shackled (3) - 6 freq
sampled (3) - 2 freq
hummles (3) - 1 freq
shaggle (3) - 1 freq
tumbles (3) - 3 freq
shambles (0) - 30 freq
shambled (2) - 2 freq
shabbles (2) - 1 freq
stumbles (3) - 3 freq
thimbles (3) - 2 freq
gambles (4) - 2 freq
shammle (4) - 1 freq
assembles (4) - 1 freq
shameless (4) - 3 freq
shambolic (4) - 3 freq
samples (4) - 2 freq
shackles (4) - 6 freq
brambles (4) - 6 freq
ambles (4) - 2 freq
stables (4) - 18 freq
shames (4) - 2 freq
sambies (4) - 1 freq
grumbles (5) - 2 freq
bumbles (5) - 1 freq
chimbley (5) - 1 freq
shallas (5) - 1 freq
fumbles (5) - 2 freq
shoogles (5) - 7 freq
hobbles (5) - 2 freq
shemmels (5) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - S514
sun-flaucht - 1 freq
simple - 205 freq
semple - 24 freq
simply - 123 freq
simply-'never - 1 freq
seembols - 3 freq
someplace - 14 freq
simplifeed - 1 freq
simplicity - 4 freq
symbol - 28 freq
snowflakes - 3 freq
sneevil - 1 freq
sneevlin - 2 freq
samplin - 2 freq
shambled - 2 freq
snuffled - 1 freq
semply - 2 freq
saumples - 1 freq
snap'll - 1 freq
sneevilin - 1 freq
shamefully - 2 freq
sample's - 2 freq
sembling - 1 freq
sunblink - 1 freq
sniffles - 2 freq
'simply - 1 freq
symbolic - 9 freq
simplest - 6 freq
snawflauchts - 1 freq
snaffler - 1 freq
snoovilt - 1 freq
sempler - 2 freq
snufflin - 4 freq
simplistic - 2 freq
skinflint - 3 freq
simplifies - 1 freq
symbolism - 5 freq
symbol-seeker - 1 freq
symbolisme - 2 freq
semblance - 3 freq
semple's - 1 freq
shambles - 30 freq
sempil - 8 freq
snawflakes - 3 freq
sampled - 2 freq
shameful - 4 freq
'simple - 2 freq
simplify - 1 freq
simplified - 2 freq
saumple - 2 freq
saumplin - 2 freq
symbolise - 1 freq
symbolisin - 1 freq
skinful - 1 freq
sanfiel - 1 freq
simpler - 4 freq
sneevilled - 1 freq
sunblinks - 1 freq
snaaploos - 1 freq
snivellin - 1 freq
shienie-blakk - 1 freq
snowball - 5 freq
sample - 19 freq
sunflowers - 3 freq
sumplace - 1 freq
snaffle - 3 freq
symbolically - 3 freq
sampler - 3 freq
simpleton - 2 freq
snaffled - 1 freq
sun-bleck - 1 freq
symbols - 13 freq
sempill - 3 freq
shanval - 1 freq
shenvhal - 1 freq
simple-myndit - 1 freq
semblay - 1 freq
sunplouks - 2 freq
sunplouk - 1 freq
simpil - 1 freq
simplifying - 1 freq
simplifyin - 2 freq
snaffling - 1 freq
semplie - 2 freq
'see-nae-evil' - 1 freq
seembol - 1 freq
samples - 2 freq
simplie - 1 freq
snawflake - 2 freq
snaaflakes - 1 freq
seinfeld's - 1 freq
snowflake - 3 freq
simple-seemin - 1 freq
€˜simple - 1 freq
sinophile - 1 freq
simpleness - 1 freq
seimbolised - 1 freq
sheenablackhall - 2 freq
snowballs - 1 freq
symbolises - 1 freq
sniffle - 1 freq
snivelling - 1 freq
simplist - 1 freq
sunfloors - 2 freq
sunfloor - 1 freq
shanefilan - 5 freq
shambolic - 3 freq
sunflooers - 1 freq
sunflwrgirl - 1 freq
simples - 10 freq
simpletons - 1 freq
snowfall - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - XMLS
shemmels - 1 freq
shameless - 3 freq
chimleys - 1 freq
shambles - 30 freq
SHAMBLES
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.216068 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 - 0.350928 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 - 0.027617 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 - 0.036845 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 - 0.000830 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.