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Similar words to skelt in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
skelt (0) - 1 freq
shelt (1) - 28 freq
skelet (1) - 3 freq
skett (1) - 1 freq
stelt (1) - 2 freq
smelt (1) - 43 freq
skelf (1) - 36 freq
skelpt (1) - 22 freq
selt (1) - 87 freq
skely (1) - 1 freq
skelp (1) - 137 freq
spelt (1) - 46 freq
swelt (1) - 4 freq
skeet (1) - 1 freq
skult (1) - 2 freq
kell (2) - 1 freq
skal (2) - 1 freq
kert (2) - 8 freq
kent (2) - 1809 freq
'kelt' (2) - 1 freq
sken (2) - 2 freq
heelt (2) - 3 freq
saalt (2) - 5 freq
gelt (2) - 1 freq
skæt (2) - 1 freq
skelt (0) - 1 freq
skelet (1) - 3 freq
skult (1) - 2 freq
skeet (2) - 1 freq
swelt (2) - 4 freq
skett (2) - 1 freq
skailt (2) - 32 freq
shelt (2) - 28 freq
skelp (2) - 137 freq
spelt (2) - 46 freq
smelt (2) - 43 freq
stelt (2) - 2 freq
skely (2) - 1 freq
skelf (2) - 36 freq
selt (2) - 87 freq
skelpt (2) - 22 freq
skant (3) - 1 freq
skelter (3) - 2 freq
sklate (3) - 1 freq
skull (3) - 45 freq
skill (3) - 55 freq
skit (3) - 3 freq
skeil (3) - 2 freq
skeels (3) - 48 freq
spult (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - S430
swallied - 15 freq
should - 907 freq
solid - 68 freq
slowed - 17 freq
skailt - 32 freq
sweeled - 6 freq
slid - 32 freq
selt - 87 freq
slate-aw - 1 freq
swallaed - 34 freq
slate - 33 freq
sauld - 1 freq
sweelt - 3 freq
skult - 2 freq
sellt - 31 freq
sealed - 17 freq
salt - 49 freq
sailed - 32 freq
sallied - 3 freq
shield - 26 freq
skald - 57 freq
skailed - 39 freq
salute - 19 freq
shelled - 2 freq
sleet - 46 freq
slide - 24 freq
sclate - 7 freq
shalt - 6 freq
swelled - 8 freq
skauld - 1 freq
skellie-ee'd - 1 freq
skellet - 4 freq
'should - 2 freq
shoulda - 29 freq
selled - 1 freq
swallayed - 1 freq
shaldou - 1 freq
sulwath - 4 freq
ssolaht - 1 freq
scold - 1 freq
swallt - 15 freq
slot - 12 freq
swalla't - 1 freq
swallat - 3 freq
sweel't - 1 freq
schuled - 3 freq
sled - 7 freq
shallt - 2 freq
silhooette - 1 freq
swelt - 4 freq
suld - 11 freq
sold - 23 freq
skaldie - 44 freq
sailit - 10 freq
swallit - 2 freq
scailit - 2 freq
'skald - 2 freq
'shield - 1 freq
skaldie' - 1 freq
silt - 3 freq
sealt - 2 freq
saylt - 1 freq
sail't - 4 freq
slut - 5 freq
sell't - 4 freq
silhouette - 4 freq
scald - 1 freq
swallaet - 1 freq
swaalt - 1 freq
skillet - 2 freq
solaid - 4 freq
scahldie - 1 freq
should'a - 2 freq
scaled - 7 freq
squealed - 2 freq
skilled - 12 freq
salty - 9 freq
skail'd - 1 freq
slatey - 1 freq
scaldie - 2 freq
swalled - 6 freq
salad - 30 freq
swald - 2 freq
shuld - 29 freq
saalt - 5 freq
shouldae - 1 freq
slayed - 2 freq
swallyed - 1 freq
skelliet - 3 freq
scowlt - 2 freq
squealt - 1 freq
swalliet - 1 freq
scilt - 2 freq
slit - 9 freq
slidey - 2 freq
solt - 7 freq
schuiled - 6 freq
scoult - 3 freq
slidy - 2 freq
scowled - 3 freq
sould - 6 freq
soold - 1 freq
sheltie - 31 freq
sklite - 1 freq
shooled - 1 freq
sheeld - 1 freq
swallowed - 9 freq
swilled - 1 freq
swalleyed - 1 freq
solit - 5 freq
saulit - 1 freq
sauled - 4 freq
slaet - 12 freq
slite - 4 freq
saalty - 1 freq
skiled - 1 freq
slaty - 1 freq
skelt - 1 freq
squalid - 1 freq
shelt - 28 freq
slouth - 1 freq
sclide - 1 freq
skail't - 1 freq
soiled - 2 freq
slate-oh - 1 freq
shaald - 3 freq
swalla'd - 1 freq
skelet - 3 freq
slawed - 5 freq
skyled - 1 freq
sld - 9 freq
sselliat - 1 freq
sollit - 1 freq
sloth - 2 freq
skellat - 1 freq
swallayt - 1 freq
sallet - 1 freq
sleety - 5 freq
squeeled - 1 freq
slatie - 2 freq
sklate - 1 freq
sklid - 1 freq
skeilled - 1 freq
slewed - 1 freq
sallowed - 1 freq
shawled - 1 freq
skellied - 2 freq
slade - 3 freq
€˜should - 2 freq
scuiled - 1 freq
sailt - 2 freq
swellt - 1 freq
scale't - 1 freq
sell-oot - 2 freq
slitty - 1 freq
€œsuld - 1 freq
€œshould - 1 freq
shilt - 2 freq
scauld - 1 freq
'shult' - 1 freq
'shultie' - 1 freq
should' - 1 freq
shouldda - 2 freq
sqlt - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - SKLT
skailt - 32 freq
skult - 2 freq
skald - 57 freq
skailed - 39 freq
sclate - 7 freq
skauld - 1 freq
skellie-ee'd - 1 freq
skellet - 4 freq
scold - 1 freq
sauclt - 1 freq
suckled - 3 freq
skaldie - 44 freq
scailit - 2 freq
'skald - 2 freq
skaldie' - 1 freq
scald - 1 freq
skillet - 2 freq
scahldie - 1 freq
scaled - 7 freq
squealed - 2 freq
skilled - 12 freq
skail'd - 1 freq
scaldie - 2 freq
so-called - 3 freq
skelliet - 3 freq
scowlt - 2 freq
squealt - 1 freq
scoult - 3 freq
scowled - 3 freq
sklite - 1 freq
cycled - 3 freq
skiled - 1 freq
skelt - 1 freq
squalid - 1 freq
sclide - 1 freq
skail't - 1 freq
sickelt - 1 freq
skelet - 3 freq
skyled - 1 freq
skellat - 1 freq
squeeled - 1 freq
sklate - 1 freq
sklid - 1 freq
skeilled - 1 freq
skellied - 2 freq
scuiled - 1 freq
scale't - 1 freq
scauld - 1 freq
sqlt - 1 freq
sae-called - 2 freq
SKELT
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.360693 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 - 0.881527 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 - 0.028105 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 - 0.095635 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 - 0.000808 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.