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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to stare in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
stare (0) - 69 freq
stave (1) - 1 freq
stare' (1) - 1 freq
stared (1) - 69 freq
sture (1) - 6 freq
sware (1) - 1 freq
snare (1) - 13 freq
stares (1) - 41 freq
stame (1) - 8 freq
star' (1) - 2 freq
staret (1) - 1 freq
staere (1) - 1 freq
stark (1) - 32 freq
stars (1) - 104 freq
tare (1) - 4 freq
stae (1) - 1 freq
share (1) - 281 freq
skare (1) - 4 freq
spare (1) - 98 freq
stake (1) - 31 freq
stane (1) - 414 freq
starm (1) - 1 freq
store (1) - 79 freq
scare (1) - 20 freq
starve (1) - 5 freq
stare (0) - 69 freq
staere (1) - 1 freq
stere (1) - 1 freq
sture (1) - 6 freq
store (1) - 79 freq
star (1) - 255 freq
stoar (2) - 1 freq
stair (2) - 173 freq
starn (2) - 52 freq
straue (2) - 1 freq
story (2) - 697 freq
stade (2) - 3 freq
satyre (2) - 1 freq
sare (2) - 30 freq
str (2) - 1 freq
stage (2) - 184 freq
satire (2) - 14 freq
ster (2) - 3 freq
storie (2) - 28 freq
stereo (2) - 7 freq
stur (2) - 3 freq
strae (2) - 102 freq
staur (2) - 3 freq
astaire (2) - 1 freq
stoary (2) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - S360
stair - 173 freq
stoor - 100 freq
stare - 69 freq
story - 697 freq
steer - 118 freq
store - 79 freq
shither - 4 freq
stoorie - 21 freq
shooder - 131 freq
scutter - 13 freq
swither - 31 freq
soutar - 39 freq
stir - 19 freq
stour - 101 freq
stuir - 4 freq
shatter - 1 freq
sture - 6 freq
shouther - 23 freq
sotter - 34 freq
straa - 9 freq
strae - 102 freq
star - 255 freq
shudder - 10 freq
stray - 29 freq
shouder - 27 freq
steir - 22 freq
storie - 28 freq
stereo - 7 freq
skitter - 15 freq
stairy - 1 freq
scooter - 9 freq
seatter - 1 freq
squatter - 11 freq
scatter - 14 freq
skitterie - 2 freq
sweeter - 7 freq
stourie - 13 freq
shoudder - 1 freq
straw - 27 freq
straiy - 1 freq
syder - 5 freq
stoary - 1 freq
stoar - 1 freq
stare' - 1 freq
shoother - 43 freq
stoory - 19 freq
stur - 3 freq
swuther - 1 freq
shoodery - 1 freq
sadder - 4 freq
shidder - 3 freq
skittery - 3 freq
souter - 9 freq
sottar - 10 freq
see-throwe - 1 freq
shooter - 2 freq
stower - 1 freq
squathry - 1 freq
scattèr - 1 freq
sïstèr - 2 freq
steyer - 3 freq
staere - 1 freq
star' - 2 freq
satire - 14 freq
starrie - 5 freq
'steer - 1 freq
scaiter - 1 freq
storey - 4 freq
starry - 7 freq
strew - 1 freq
sowther - 5 freq
soother - 3 freq
sterr - 11 freq
see-trou - 1 freq
skuther - 1 freq
'star - 1 freq
setter - 4 freq
shutter - 2 freq
stra - 1 freq
stairway - 2 freq
stoury - 5 freq
ster - 3 freq
scouther - 1 freq
scaitter - 2 freq
'stair' - 1 freq
satyr - 1 freq
-ster - 1 freq
see-trowe - 1 freq
staur - 3 freq
scotarea - 1 freq
stairwey - 1 freq
showder - 3 freq
set-ower - 1 freq
souder - 1 freq
steerie - 2 freq
'stour' - 1 freq
straue - 1 freq
sea-watter - 3 freq
stere - 1 freq
souther - 1 freq
strow - 1 freq
shitherie - 1 freq
scowthier - 1 freq
str - 1 freq
scootèr - 1 freq
shoodir - 1 freq
story- - 1 freq
steery - 1 freq
sottery - 1 freq
stouer - 1 freq
swatter - 1 freq
seater - 1 freq
stree - 1 freq
‘star’ - 1 freq
sitter - 1 freq
scottr - 2 freq
satyre - 1 freq
sweater - 1 freq
scoter - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - STR
stair - 173 freq
stoor - 100 freq
stare - 69 freq
story - 697 freq
steer - 118 freq
store - 79 freq
stoorie - 21 freq
soutar - 39 freq
stir - 19 freq
cedar - 4 freq
stour - 101 freq
stuir - 4 freq
sture - 6 freq
hysteria - 9 freq
sotter - 34 freq
straa - 9 freq
strae - 102 freq
cider - 38 freq
star - 255 freq
stray - 29 freq
steir - 22 freq
storie - 28 freq
stereo - 7 freq
stairy - 1 freq
seatter - 1 freq
stourie - 13 freq
straw - 27 freq
straiy - 1 freq
syder - 5 freq
stoary - 1 freq
stoar - 1 freq
stare' - 1 freq
stoory - 19 freq
stur - 3 freq
sadder - 4 freq
souter - 9 freq
sottar - 10 freq
staere - 1 freq
star' - 2 freq
satire - 14 freq
starrie - 5 freq
'steer - 1 freq
storey - 4 freq
starry - 7 freq
strew - 1 freq
hïstrie - 8 freq
sterr - 11 freq
cetera - 1 freq
see-trou - 1 freq
'cider - 1 freq
cider' - 1 freq
'star - 1 freq
setter - 4 freq
stra - 1 freq
stoury - 5 freq
ster - 3 freq
'stair' - 1 freq
satyr - 1 freq
-ster - 1 freq
staur - 3 freq
souder - 1 freq
steerie - 2 freq
'stour' - 1 freq
straue - 1 freq
ceterae - 1 freq
stere - 1 freq
strow - 1 freq
zadar - 4 freq
str - 1 freq
story- - 1 freq
steery - 1 freq
sottery - 1 freq
hsitory - 1 freq
stouer - 1 freq
seater - 1 freq
zodr - 1 freq
stree - 1 freq
‘star’ - 1 freq
sitter - 1 freq
xtra - 5 freq
satyre - 1 freq
STARE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.183972 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 - 0.327177 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 - 0.027146 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 - 0.036735 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 - 0.000842 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.