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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to spears in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
spears (0) - 27 freq
speats (1) - 1 freq
spears' (1) - 1 freq
spars (1) - 6 freq
speaks (1) - 87 freq
spear (1) - 27 freq
speers (1) - 7 freq
speirs (1) - 68 freq
shears (1) - 11 freq
swears (1) - 5 freq
spaars (1) - 1 freq
peals (2) - 2 freq
sperse (2) - 1 freq
speakes (2) - 1 freq
sneaks (2) - 3 freq
'ears (2) - 8 freq
spares (2) - 1 freq
speerd (2) - 7 freq
sweers (2) - 1 freq
speuns (2) - 1 freq
speer (2) - 21 freq
seurs (2) - 1 freq
speant (2) - 1 freq
hears (2) - 46 freq
swear (2) - 63 freq
spears (0) - 27 freq
spaars (1) - 1 freq
speirs (1) - 68 freq
speers (1) - 7 freq
spars (1) - 6 freq
spiers (2) - 15 freq
sparse (2) - 4 freq
spares (2) - 1 freq
spoors (2) - 1 freq
speats (2) - 1 freq
speris (2) - 1 freq
speires (2) - 1 freq
spurs (2) - 17 freq
spear (2) - 27 freq
spears' (2) - 1 freq
speaks (2) - 87 freq
shears (2) - 11 freq
sperse (2) - 1 freq
swears (2) - 5 freq
sweirs (3) - 2 freq
peirs (3) - 1 freq
speared (3) - 5 freq
steers (3) - 11 freq
speir (3) - 212 freq
skaars (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - S162
spreckelt - 8 freq
sprauchlin - 7 freq
sperks - 5 freq
suppressed - 21 freq
suppress - 10 freq
skybrek - 6 freq
spairkle - 3 freq
sparkle - 7 freq
sparkly - 9 freq
sprig - 6 freq
sprauchled - 7 freq
spars - 6 freq
sparkie - 5 freq
spears - 27 freq
speirs - 68 freq
shipwreckit - 1 freq
sparkled - 8 freq
spark - 35 freq
sprauchlet - 1 freq
spurgies - 4 freq
sproosh - 9 freq
spiers - 15 freq
sparks - 19 freq
sprauchlt - 4 freq
skipper's - 2 freq
syvers - 2 freq
sprauchle - 1 freq
suppers - 22 freq
subversive - 3 freq
sparkin - 8 freq
sparklin - 12 freq
sparrow's - 1 freq
sparkes - 1 freq
sprachles - 1 freq
sparkt - 1 freq
spraggit - 2 freq
superglue - 9 freq
sprocket - 1 freq
spruce - 4 freq
shivers - 14 freq
sparklan - 2 freq
spairk - 8 freq
suffers - 7 freq
sapphires - 2 freq
spearshaift - 1 freq
subversion - 3 freq
spreckles - 2 freq
spirken - 1 freq
sprocket's - 1 freq
spraag's - 1 freq
suppres - 1 freq
superstitious - 6 freq
sprightly - 5 freq
sabres - 1 freq
sparkling - 3 freq
sprachled - 2 freq
sprickled - 1 freq
spraik - 1 freq
spoors - 1 freq
spores - 2 freq
spires - 2 freq
suprisinly - 1 freq
spreckle - 1 freq
spraygun - 1 freq
sprachle - 5 freq
sovereignty - 3 freq
sparkit - 4 freq
sovereign - 7 freq
soverign - 1 freq
suppressin - 3 freq
suppression - 2 freq
sobers - 1 freq
suppresst - 4 freq
spurious - 2 freq
spairklin - 6 freq
shipwrichts - 1 freq
superstructure - 1 freq
sovereigns - 3 freq
suffrage - 3 freq
sparked - 4 freq
sprog - 2 freq
sparras - 7 freq
suprises - 1 freq
spairkly - 2 freq
spairklers - 1 freq
suppers' - 3 freq
speers - 7 freq
sparse - 4 freq
sperklin - 4 freq
spheres - 17 freq
spairkiest - 1 freq
spairks - 9 freq
spurs - 17 freq
spricklin - 1 freq
sprech - 2 freq
sparrows - 2 freq
sparkies - 2 freq
spears' - 1 freq
spurgie - 11 freq
spraggled - 1 freq
spraagled - 1 freq
spark-plugs - 1 freq
sprachlet - 1 freq
spricks - 1 freq
sprickles - 1 freq
sparra's - 1 freq
superstitions - 2 freq
sprucin - 1 freq
sprikklin - 1 freq
sprikkle - 1 freq
sprechs - 2 freq
sprug - 1 freq
Ásberg - 2 freq
shipwreck - 1 freq
spirkan - 1 freq
sparkley - 2 freq
sporrows - 1 freq
sub-organisations - 1 freq
sub-regional - 2 freq
spheirs - 1 freq
sperk - 3 freq
spreckled - 2 freq
sprickle - 1 freq
sprikkil - 1 freq
spaars - 1 freq
sprags - 1 freq
sparklers - 2 freq
shprakh - 1 freq
spraachl't - 1 freq
spraachlin - 1 freq
spreckle-lik - 1 freq
sprecklt - 1 freq
savours - 1 freq
spirkin - 3 freq
spirkit - 5 freq
spraicht - 1 freq
spirk - 3 freq
spreach - 1 freq
sub-paragraphs - 1 freq
sprosie - 1 freq
spares - 1 freq
sprigs - 1 freq
sprechin - 1 freq
seabraes - 1 freq
sperse - 1 freq
sprauchelt - 3 freq
skippers - 2 freq
spirks - 2 freq
superstition - 3 freq
spreckl'd - 1 freq
superseded - 2 freq
suberijaku - 5 freq
sparkler - 2 freq
sprickle-shooer - 1 freq
suprised - 1 freq
superstars - 1 freq
sparkles - 1 freq
supersteeshous - 1 freq
sippers - 1 freq
sprachilt - 1 freq
sprushes - 1 freq
speris - 1 freq
speires - 1 freq
sprose - 2 freq
spearsman - 1 freq
sparky - 5 freq
spray-gun - 1 freq
sprees - 2 freq
savers - 1 freq
sprackelt - 2 freq
sprackle - 2 freq
sparky's - 1 freq
sperkled - 1 freq
shoppers - 3 freq
sparklin' - 1 freq
sparraes - 1 freq
spirklin - 1 freq
supress - 1 freq
supreisin - 1 freq
suppressions - 1 freq
spraughlin - 1 freq
spreched - 1 freq
spheris - 1 freq
superstore - 3 freq
superstores - 2 freq
sprauchles - 1 freq
scuppers - 1 freq
sprechen - 1 freq
shoappers - 1 freq
sparklin’ - 1 freq
supersub - 1 freq
supergran - 1 freq
spier’s - 1 freq
sparkyantrim - 1 freq
sovereigndaisy - 1 freq
spruced - 2 freq
sappers - 2 freq
sprucing - 2 freq
sovereignannie - 1 freq
sueparsons - 1 freq
spyros - 1 freq
sueperkins - 1 freq
sparkyhamill - 1 freq
sparklejax - 6 freq
shopresponsibly - 1 freq
sovereignbain - 4 freq
sbbarclay - 2 freq
supressed - 1 freq
sperge - 1 freq
suppression' - 1 freq
spursofficial - 1 freq
sparesceltic - 1 freq
sparklythread - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - SPRS
suppress - 10 freq
spars - 6 freq
spears - 27 freq
speirs - 68 freq
spiers - 15 freq
suppers - 22 freq
sparrow's - 1 freq
spruce - 4 freq
sapphires - 2 freq
cypress - 2 freq
suppres - 1 freq
spoors - 1 freq
spores - 2 freq
spires - 2 freq
spurious - 2 freq
sparras - 7 freq
suppers' - 3 freq
speers - 7 freq
sparse - 4 freq
spurs - 17 freq
sparrows - 2 freq
spears' - 1 freq
cyprus - 7 freq
sparra's - 1 freq
sporrows - 1 freq
spaars - 1 freq
sprosie - 1 freq
spares - 1 freq
sperse - 1 freq
sippers - 1 freq
speris - 1 freq
speires - 1 freq
sprose - 2 freq
sprees - 2 freq
sparraes - 1 freq
supress - 1 freq
spier’s - 1 freq
sappers - 2 freq
spyros - 1 freq
SPEARS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.191583 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 - 0.421967 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 - 0.030369 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 - 0.037809 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 - 0.000871 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.