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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to soft in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
soft (0) - 51 freq
sofa (1) - 33 freq
solt (1) - 7 freq
soot (1) - 10 freq
sot (1) - 6 freq
ooft (1) - 5 freq
loft (1) - 13 freq
sowt (1) - 10 freq
oft (1) - 5 freq
toft (1) - 1 freq
sort (1) - 305 freq
doft (1) - 1 freq
soat (1) - 1 freq
sift (1) - 6 freq
saft (1) - 284 freq
sont (1) - 1 freq
coft (1) - 9 freq
soit (1) - 1 freq
soaft (1) - 2 freq
sook (2) - 63 freq
sist (2) - 5 freq
seat (2) - 269 freq
shoat (2) - 4 freq
jot (2) - 13 freq
shit (2) - 109 freq
soft (0) - 51 freq
soaft (1) - 2 freq
sift (1) - 6 freq
saft (1) - 284 freq
sot (2) - 6 freq
sont (2) - 1 freq
sauft (2) - 1 freq
soit (2) - 1 freq
solt (2) - 7 freq
sofa (2) - 33 freq
saaft (2) - 5 freq
softie (2) - 3 freq
soot (2) - 10 freq
coft (2) - 9 freq
ooft (2) - 5 freq
soat (2) - 1 freq
sowt (2) - 10 freq
loft (2) - 13 freq
oft (2) - 5 freq
doft (2) - 1 freq
sort (2) - 305 freq
toft (2) - 1 freq
snout (3) - 14 freq
buft (3) - 1 freq
swift (3) - 33 freq
SoundEx code - S130
saft - 284 freq
shift - 182 freq
spot - 245 freq
speed - 106 freq
skiffed - 9 freq
shapit - 14 freq
shoved - 38 freq
sypit - 2 freq
scaffed - 1 freq
soaft - 2 freq
s'aboot - 1 freq
spite - 72 freq
sobbed - 7 freq
shaped - 34 freq
spate - 42 freq
spit - 69 freq
scabbed - 2 freq
shifty - 7 freq
spied - 87 freq
scuffed - 13 freq
scabbit - 8 freq
swift - 33 freq
shaved - 15 freq
swept - 31 freq
safety - 61 freq
scooped - 10 freq
'saftie' - 1 freq
sauftie - 4 freq
scufft - 2 freq
spat - 52 freq
spoot - 17 freq
shuvved - 2 freq
sabbed - 5 freq
saved - 83 freq
saufty - 3 freq
seevety - 1 freq
sabbath - 109 freq
soupit - 4 freq
saufed - 6 freq
soft - 51 freq
sauved - 4 freq
speid - 5 freq
saubbath - 1 freq
swuft - 5 freq
spewed - 15 freq
swopped - 1 freq
scoffed - 11 freq
swiped - 4 freq
seepit - 4 freq
spyit - 3 freq
shipped - 4 freq
spud - 3 freq
swooped - 2 freq
spaad - 6 freq
shaft - 20 freq
supped - 4 freq
spout - 5 freq
soapt - 1 freq
skipped - 7 freq
sipped - 6 freq
seeped - 5 freq
sped - 8 freq
syped - 2 freq
sweipit - 1 freq
suppit - 10 freq
sauvit - 1 freq
shiftie - 1 freq
shippit - 1 freq
siafty - 1 freq
saiftay - 1 freq
shaipet - 1 freq
shaypet - 1 freq
swappet - 1 freq
spey't - 1 freq
speyt - 1 freq
seafood - 5 freq
sea-buit - 2 freq
seabuit - 1 freq
sappit - 3 freq
sheaved - 1 freq
spaed - 5 freq
speedy - 5 freq
spoat - 8 freq
swupped - 1 freq
swapped - 8 freq
speedo - 3 freq
sweeped - 2 freq
sheepwhite - 1 freq
scowped - 1 freq
sput - 8 freq
spyed - 3 freq
spit' - 1 freq
shift' - 2 freq
shoofty - 2 freq
shaepid - 1 freq
seepid - 1 freq
shape't - 3 freq
swaapt - 2 freq
shapet - 1 freq
seabed - 2 freq
spade - 26 freq
sabbat - 1 freq
soviet - 7 freq
skift - 3 freq
'shift - 3 freq
shïft - 2 freq
spït - 1 freq
'spit - 2 freq
swappit - 10 freq
sobbit - 3 freq
'soviet' - 1 freq
skipt - 1 freq
savit - 6 freq
shaaved - 3 freq
sea-höved - 1 freq
skippity - 1 freq
spotty - 2 freq
shaipit - 1 freq
sift - 6 freq
shavit - 1 freq
spede - 1 freq
saefty - 1 freq
shooftie - 3 freq
softie - 3 freq
spedd - 2 freq
saaft - 5 freq
shaepit - 2 freq
spooty - 1 freq
'saft - 3 freq
spet - 1 freq
souped - 1 freq
shappit - 2 freq
skippit - 8 freq
soopit - 3 freq
sowff't - 1 freq
shivt - 1 freq
'shappit' - 1 freq
'shappit - 1 freq
skypit - 1 freq
scap't - 1 freq
speedie - 1 freq
spadd - 1 freq
swoopit - 1 freq
sawbath - 1 freq
saufit - 1 freq
shippet - 1 freq
scoopit - 3 freq
sabata - 1 freq
sopped - 1 freq
sept - 7 freq
scoped - 1 freq
shivvit - 1 freq
savitie - 2 freq
savetie - 2 freq
skyved - 1 freq
swoupit - 2 freq
sabbit - 1 freq
shuppit - 1 freq
saftey - 1 freq
sawbith - 4 freq
schyoopit - 8 freq
€œschyoopit - 1 freq
swypit - 1 freq
spad - 2 freq
shived - 1 freq
sauft - 1 freq
skived - 1 freq
sieved - 1 freq
€˜saft - 1 freq
sauftey - 2 freq
spottie - 1 freq
saftie - 2 freq
skepit - 1 freq
sbt - 6 freq
sbptyu - 1 freq
shuftie - 21 freq
speedway - 4 freq
skipta - 1 freq
spoty - 1 freq
sbd - 2 freq
“spot - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - SFT
saft - 284 freq
sought - 10 freq
sight - 134 freq
soaft - 2 freq
sighed - 112 freq
safety - 61 freq
'saftie' - 1 freq
sauftie - 4 freq
saved - 83 freq
saufty - 3 freq
seevety - 1 freq
saufed - 6 freq
soft - 51 freq
sauved - 4 freq
soughit - 3 freq
sauvit - 1 freq
saughit - 1 freq
saiftay - 1 freq
seafood - 5 freq
soviet - 7 freq
sughut - 2 freq
'soviet' - 1 freq
savit - 6 freq
sea-höved - 1 freq
sift - 6 freq
saefty - 1 freq
softie - 3 freq
saaft - 5 freq
'saft - 3 freq
sowff't - 1 freq
saught - 1 freq
saufit - 1 freq
savitie - 2 freq
savetie - 2 freq
saftey - 1 freq
soughed - 1 freq
sauft - 1 freq
sieved - 1 freq
€˜saft - 1 freq
sauftey - 2 freq
saftie - 2 freq
xvdh - 1 freq
yyysvdi - 1 freq
xwvt - 1 freq
xvud - 1 freq
SOFT
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.206396 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 - 0.305973 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 - 0.027324 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 - 0.036307 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 - 0.000838 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.