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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to sklif in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
sklif (0) - 1 freq
skliff (1) - 4 freq
sklid (1) - 1 freq
sklim (1) - 3 freq
slid (2) - 32 freq
shaif (2) - 5 freq
skrie (2) - 1 freq
skim (2) - 38 freq
skelf (2) - 36 freq
sklite (2) - 1 freq
skoof (2) - 2 freq
skein (2) - 8 freq
skin (2) - 264 freq
kaif (2) - 1 freq
skil (2) - 3 freq
staif (2) - 1 freq
skilin (2) - 4 freq
self (2) - 83 freq
olif (2) - 1 freq
skleff (2) - 2 freq
scliff (2) - 7 freq
skid (2) - 2 freq
skip (2) - 25 freq
skiin (2) - 4 freq
ckif (2) - 1 freq
sklif (0) - 1 freq
skelf (2) - 36 freq
skliff (2) - 4 freq
sklim (2) - 3 freq
sklid (2) - 1 freq
skiff (3) - 12 freq
skouf (3) - 1 freq
skleff (3) - 2 freq
skail (3) - 51 freq
skerf (3) - 4 freq
sklaik (3) - 2 freq
skeil (3) - 2 freq
sklum (3) - 1 freq
self (3) - 83 freq
skyiff (3) - 1 freq
skuil (3) - 39 freq
skl (3) - 1 freq
skil (3) - 3 freq
skoof (3) - 2 freq
sklite (3) - 1 freq
skilin (3) - 4 freq
skiled (4) - 1 freq
sklave (4) - 2 freq
skeel (4) - 45 freq
skill (4) - 55 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 - SKLF
scliff - 7 freq
skelf - 36 freq
skleff - 2 freq
skliff - 4 freq
sclaff - 4 freq
sklave - 2 freq
skillfu - 1 freq
sklif - 1 freq
seacliff - 1 freq
SKLIF
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.225447 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 - 0.415420 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 - 0.028116 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 - 0.037387 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 - 0.000790 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.