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Similar words to spex in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
spex (0) - 1 freq
spey (1) - 4 freq
spet (1) - 1 freq
sped (1) - 8 freq
spew (1) - 21 freq
spee (1) - 1 freq
sex (1) - 70 freq
speh (1) - 1 freq
sper (1) - 1 freq
spen (1) - 29 freq
apex (1) - 1 freq
spek (1) - 1 freq
pex (1) - 1 freq
styx (2) - 6 freq
seek (2) - 199 freq
npx (2) - 1 freq
sem (2) - 1 freq
saen (2) - 71 freq
tex (2) - 25 freq
sneg (2) - 1 freq
speel (2) - 18 freq
se (2) - 90 freq
soep (2) - 1 freq
spewy (2) - 1 freq
aspen (2) - 9 freq
spex (0) - 1 freq
sper (2) - 1 freq
spen (2) - 29 freq
spek (2) - 1 freq
speh (2) - 1 freq
apex (2) - 1 freq
pex (2) - 1 freq
spet (2) - 1 freq
sex (2) - 70 freq
spey (2) - 4 freq
sped (2) - 8 freq
spew (2) - 21 freq
spee (2) - 1 freq
qpx (3) - 1 freq
spic (3) - 1 freq
spar (3) - 14 freq
sox (3) - 1 freq
spad (3) - 2 freq
spur (3) - 5 freq
sqyx (3) - 1 freq
px (3) - 1 freq
speak (3) - 551 freq
spaz (3) - 3 freq
spin (3) - 64 freq
speed (3) - 106 freq
SoundEx code - S120
speak - 551 freq
space - 282 freq
speaks - 87 freq
shapes - 42 freq
ships - 88 freq
sypes - 5 freq
suppose - 268 freq
spake - 130 freq
speiks - 10 freq
spies - 29 freq
spoke - 267 freq
speech - 156 freq
spose - 9 freq
soup's - 5 freq
sobs - 13 freq
specs - 28 freq
seeps - 6 freq
scuffs - 1 freq
shoeboax - 3 freq
soops - 1 freq
shops - 141 freq
spak - 307 freq
spik - 308 freq
ship's - 12 freq
scaffs - 1 freq
spikey - 6 freq
spews - 5 freq
spicy - 11 freq
shaves - 15 freq
spike - 23 freq
sheep's - 9 freq
speik - 52 freq
sabs - 8 freq
spees - 1 freq
spack - 7 freq
sapsie - 2 freq
suffice - 10 freq
spikk - 46 freq
scabs - 6 freq
speech' - 2 freq
scuips - 1 freq
speug - 10 freq
s'pose - 34 freq
sheepish - 4 freq
shoves - 20 freq
specks - 6 freq
spiks - 19 freq
spikks - 3 freq
spice - 25 freq
shaps - 6 freq
spaik - 2 freq
speugs - 9 freq
sauvage - 3 freq
sheeps' - 1 freq
sups - 4 freq
spick - 95 freq
spiky - 2 freq
savage - 18 freq
spouse - 6 freq
sheaves - 5 freq
spaek - 171 freq
scoves - 1 freq
sif's - 3 freq
shop's - 1 freq
sippose - 2 freq
sippoase - 1 freq
sheif's - 1 freq
shef's - 1 freq
spoak - 1 freq
spayce - 2 freq
swoops - 4 freq
saps - 7 freq
shaifs - 2 freq
scoffs - 5 freq
skips - 5 freq
speck - 12 freq
sips - 4 freq
spacey - 1 freq
shoaps - 13 freq
sapsy - 1 freq
'speak - 8 freq
spys - 5 freq
squibs - 6 freq
space' - 1 freq
spewes - 1 freq
'space'' - 1 freq
saves - 11 freq
safeway's - 1 freq
sops - 2 freq
sybies - 1 freq
save's - 1 freq
shaevs - 4 freq
shaeves - 5 freq
spooky - 7 freq
ships' - 3 freq
soups - 4 freq
speugie - 3 freq
spaiks - 2 freq
spaz - 3 freq
spokey - 2 freq
spazzy - 2 freq
sophie's - 7 freq
spaes - 4 freq
spyooch - 1 freq
spauk - 21 freq
'spies - 1 freq
scoops - 1 freq
soap-boax - 1 freq
sheepies - 7 freq
spik's - 1 freq
spyogs - 1 freq
spooks - 1 freq
spaeks - 39 freq
spaek' - 1 freq
specky - 5 freq
speshie - 2 freq
suffix - 20 freq
'soaps' - 1 freq
saabs - 1 freq
safeways - 1 freq
sea-vaege - 1 freq
spos - 1 freq
shoebox - 2 freq
schips - 1 freq
sheipie's-ou - 1 freq
swipes - 2 freq
sceups - 1 freq
skiffs - 2 freq
soaps - 4 freq
spakk - 17 freq
spacky - 1 freq
sheeps - 5 freq
spug - 1 freq
spok - 5 freq
'spikk' - 1 freq
'spaek' - 1 freq
'spake' - 1 freq
'spikk - 3 freq
spaece - 1 freq
shaiffs - 1 freq
swaps - 3 freq
sabies - 13 freq
space- - 1 freq
spuggie - 1 freq
spess - 1 freq
sweeps - 5 freq
skeps - 1 freq
shapeq - 1 freq
soapbox - 2 freq
'spik - 1 freq
spaess - 2 freq
shaeps - 3 freq
'speaks - 1 freq
spokk - 1 freq
spicks - 6 freq
subjee- - 1 freq
shups - 1 freq
spugh - 1 freq
scaffies' - 1 freq
saip-box - 1 freq
scobie's - 1 freq
soap-box - 1 freq
'sheep's - 1 freq
spaegy - 1 freq
speishie - 2 freq
scowp's - 1 freq
sheafs - 1 freq
shivs - 2 freq
sibc - 2 freq
spic - 1 freq
skiffies - 2 freq
shaives - 1 freq
spikk's - 1 freq
spook - 1 freq
scoofs - 1 freq
scheps - 2 freq
sey-piece - 1 freq
showpiece - 1 freq
seawifs - 1 freq
schippis - 1 freq
spek - 1 freq
shoe-box - 1 freq
skopje - 2 freq
speugs' - 1 freq
spage - 1 freq
spiaggia - 1 freq
scaffies - 5 freq
€˜spik - 1 freq
€œsuffuse - 1 freq
speccy - 1 freq
spugs - 1 freq
scaups - 1 freq
spukk - 1 freq
shoppies - 6 freq
speach - 2 freq
€œsuppose - 2 freq
shopes - 3 freq
€œspeak - 2 freq
spaegie - 5 freq
sapphic - 3 freq
€˜sapphic - 1 freq
€˜saphic - 1 freq
€˜speak - 1 freq
€˜speech - 1 freq
speke - 1 freq
sopes - 1 freq
skepps - 1 freq
spex - 1 freq
spaech - 2 freq
sspca - 1 freq
spiggie - 2 freq
speaka - 2 freq
€œspeech - 1 freq
spacie - 1 freq
spag - 2 freq
scafies - 1 freq
sfaheqsa - 1 freq
spk - 1 freq
sbc - 1 freq
subs - 5 freq
sevco - 2 freq
scfc - 1 freq
sayfc - 1 freq
subj - 1 freq
sybes - 1 freq
sjfc - 1 freq
sfvpjgx - 1 freq
'speug' - 2 freq
svfajx - 1 freq
“spice - 1 freq
sovq - 1 freq
speechÂ’ - 1 freq
sofas - 1 freq
svs - 2 freq
sheps - 1 freq
spaceÂ’ - 1 freq
sbgÂ’ - 1 freq
sahfsc - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - SPKS
speaks - 87 freq
speiks - 10 freq
specs - 28 freq
spikes - 15 freq
specks - 6 freq
spiks - 19 freq
spikks - 3 freq
speugs - 9 freq
spaiks - 2 freq
spakes - 6 freq
spik's - 1 freq
spooks - 1 freq
spaeks - 39 freq
speakes - 1 freq
spuggie's - 1 freq
'speaks - 1 freq
spicks - 6 freq
speakis - 1 freq
spikk's - 1 freq
speugs' - 1 freq
speccy - 1 freq
spugs - 1 freq
spekis - 1 freq
spex - 1 freq
SPEX
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.212804 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 - 0.336213 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 - 0.063225 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 - 0.079396 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 - 0.000862 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.