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Similar words to waxy in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
waxy (0) - 6 freq
wary (1) - 11 freq
wavy (1) - 5 freq
waky (1) - 2 freq
waxt (1) - 2 freq
way (1) - 878 freq
wauy (1) - 1 freq
waiy (1) - 98 freq
waty (1) - 1 freq
waly (1) - 27 freq
wax (1) - 33 freq
waey (1) - 6 freq
da'y (2) - 2 freq
waxit (2) - 2 freq
warl (2) - 164 freq
wauk (2) - 40 freq
wall (2) - 76 freq
dasy (2) - 1 freq
waw (2) - 155 freq
waoa (2) - 1 freq
ax' (2) - 1 freq
wappy (2) - 1 freq
wage (2) - 20 freq
wauxt (2) - 1 freq
wark (2) - 892 freq
waxy (0) - 6 freq
wax (1) - 33 freq
waly (2) - 27 freq
wex (2) - 1 freq
waty (2) - 1 freq
wx (2) - 4 freq
wxi (2) - 1 freq
waey (2) - 6 freq
waxt (2) - 2 freq
wary (2) - 11 freq
waky (2) - 2 freq
wavy (2) - 5 freq
wauy (2) - 1 freq
way (2) - 878 freq
waiy (2) - 98 freq
wais (3) - 6 freq
war (3) - 1438 freq
lax (3) - 2 freq
wxl (3) - 2 freq
weiy (3) - 23 freq
wame (3) - 74 freq
wag (3) - 15 freq
waas (3) - 155 freq
waer (3) - 2 freq
wam (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - W200
wis - 27947 freq
woke - 90 freq
week - 626 freq
was - 3361 freq
waws - 71 freq
which - 1103 freq
weys - 275 freq
wa's - 23 freq
wish - 374 freq
wig - 34 freq
wey's - 4 freq
wise - 80 freq
wheech - 90 freq
wik - 115 freq
wi's - 33 freq
whuskie - 6 freq
wice - 42 freq
wes - 1816 freq
whack - 15 freq
weak - 60 freq
whase - 142 freq
wha's - 158 freq
weeks - 285 freq
wags - 8 freq
wag - 15 freq
wash - 131 freq
whose - 43 freq
who's - 73 freq
wake - 92 freq
wyse - 7 freq
waas - 155 freq
'wes - 1 freq
week's - 19 freq
whos - 2 freq
ways - 49 freq
wage - 20 freq
whae's - 29 freq
'who's - 1 freq
'wis - 17 freq
éwis - 1 freq
wauk - 40 freq
wyce - 66 freq
weeks' - 2 freq
wax - 33 freq
wiss - 72 freq
whisky - 110 freq
'was - 1 freq
wyss - 1 freq
weigh - 11 freq
whacks - 2 freq
wheeze - 4 freq
weik - 9 freq
waik - 28 freq
whaes - 27 freq
wo-och - 1 freq
whussh - 1 freq
whusky - 3 freq
wiz - 1272 freq
wikk - 47 freq
'wakk - 1 freq
wikks - 19 freq
wick - 56 freq
wakey - 6 freq
waa's - 6 freq
'whae's - 1 freq
wiks - 34 freq
wyke - 2 freq
wesh - 8 freq
whause - 20 freq
wae's - 6 freq
wush - 36 freq
whey's - 2 freq
wicca - 1 freq
wyes - 106 freq
wakk - 3 freq
wica - 1 freq
woes - 4 freq
whas - 17 freq
weesh - 11 freq
whaese - 3 freq
whys - 1 freq
whoosh - 4 freq
whaize - 2 freq
waxy - 6 freq
wj - 4 freq
wicks - 16 freq
whess - 3 freq
weich - 2 freq
waky - 2 freq
woos - 1 freq
wus - 1426 freq
wees - 1 freq
weis - 486 freq
weik's - 1 freq
weiss - 2 freq
wuiy's - 1 freq
'weis - 1 freq
wick's - 1 freq
waash - 32 freq
week' - 1 freq
'whos - 2 freq
weiys - 4 freq
wha'es - 3 freq
woe's - 1 freq
wye's - 2 freq
wuz - 73 freq
whuskey - 7 freq
wak - 53 freq
wheek - 8 freq
wies - 17 freq
wha''s - 2 freq
'wha's - 9 freq
'which - 8 freq
wish' - 1 freq
we'yg - 1 freq
whiskey - 17 freq
wuys - 1 freq
ws - 6 freq
wij - 1 freq
wigs - 4 freq
waak - 53 freq
wex - 1 freq
weg - 2 freq
wc - 6 freq
wis-' - 1 freq
wehs - 2 freq
whash - 1 freq
whuch - 25 freq
wug - 1 freq
why's - 5 freq
weehìssy' - 1 freq
waes - 6 freq
'whose - 1 freq
weck - 1 freq
whig - 2 freq
woz - 1 freq
wishae - 7 freq
wacky - 6 freq
wisa - 1 freq
weegie - 9 freq
whusks - 1 freq
waak' - 2 freq
waaks - 5 freq
whooch - 1 freq
'waws - 1 freq
wak' - 1 freq
whisk - 2 freq
'wish - 1 freq
wais - 6 freq
we'ek - 1 freq
'whase - 1 freq
wyes' - 3 freq
waage - 1 freq
'whoosh - 1 freq
wick' - 1 freq
wis' - 4 freq
waw's - 1 freq
waek - 7 freq
whaase - 2 freq
wesee - 1 freq
'wash' - 2 freq
'wahsh' - 1 freq
wik's - 2 freq
waks - 8 freq
weesks - 1 freq
wooh's - 2 freq
waah's - 2 freq
wheezy - 2 freq
wok - 1 freq
wi'z - 5 freq
waache - 1 freq
wauge - 1 freq
'wauk - 1 freq
whice - 1 freq
waakie - 1 freq
wiks' - 1 freq
whass - 1 freq
wis- - 1 freq
wiys - 3 freq
wheesks - 1 freq
wauks - 5 freq
whiech - 3 freq
wogs - 1 freq
wach - 9 freq
wikks' - 1 freq
we'se - 15 freq
wich - 1 freq
wijjy - 1 freq
wayes - 1 freq
wösh - 1 freq
waegs - 1 freq
wuss - 22 freq
wous - 3 freq
we's - 1 freq
waq - 1 freq
weeack - 2 freq
'wous - 1 freq
'wous' - 1 freq
whaw's - 1 freq
wauchie - 1 freq
wayis - 1 freq
wiki - 5 freq
wikk's - 2 freq
waugh - 2 freq
whigs - 1 freq
wch - 1 freq
waas' - 2 freq
€œwes - 1 freq
weish - 4 freq
wauch - 2 freq
€”which - 1 freq
€“woosh - 1 freq
wäek - 1 freq
€˜weeks - 1 freq
waiys - 1 freq
€œwis - 3 freq
-week - 1 freq
€™ways - 6 freq
wazzie - 1 freq
whizz - 2 freq
wheeeeeeeeeeech - 1 freq
€˜weesh - 1 freq
€œwish - 1 freq
whaisk - 1 freq
€œwas - 1 freq
€˜wise - 1 freq
€˜which - 1 freq
waiks - 1 freq
wahs - 4 freq
wse - 1 freq
wugqj - 1 freq
whau's - 7 freq
wookie - 1 freq
'whack - 1 freq
wÂ’ik - 1 freq
whauÂ’s - 1 freq
wk - 11 freq
wiceia - 1 freq
wjz - 2 freq
wg - 4 freq
wwig - 1 freq
waz - 1 freq
wossy - 1 freq
weekÂ’s - 1 freq
wkkc - 1 freq
wkj - 1 freq
wx - 4 freq
wxzkc - 1 freq
wowaiq - 1 freq
wci - 2 freq
weegg - 4 freq
whaÂ’s - 3 freq
wjy - 1 freq
wec - 1 freq
wks - 1 freq
whoÂ’s - 3 freq
whoooooooÂ’s - 1 freq
wxaw - 1 freq
wqw - 1 freq
“wis - 1 freq
weehissy - 1 freq
wxi - 1 freq
wyc - 2 freq
wos - 2 freq
wjszia - 1 freq
whaas - 1 freq
whyqx - 1 freq
waggy - 1 freq
wokey - 1 freq
wass - 7 freq
“wha’s - 1 freq
woqq - 4 freq
wqj - 1 freq
wocj - 1 freq
wq - 2 freq
wgh - 1 freq
wza - 1 freq
wozza - 2 freq
wishy - 1 freq
wicko - 1 freq
wcq - 1 freq
wskea - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - WKS
weeks - 285 freq
wags - 8 freq
week's - 19 freq
weeks' - 2 freq
wax - 33 freq
whacks - 2 freq
wikks - 19 freq
wiks - 34 freq
wakes - 10 freq
waxy - 6 freq
wicks - 16 freq
weik's - 1 freq
wick's - 1 freq
wigs - 4 freq
wex - 1 freq
waaks - 5 freq
wik's - 2 freq
waks - 8 freq
wiks' - 1 freq
wauks - 5 freq
wogs - 1 freq
wikks' - 1 freq
waegs - 1 freq
wikk's - 2 freq
whigs - 1 freq
weekis - 1 freq
€˜weeks - 1 freq
waiks - 1 freq
weekÂ’s - 1 freq
WAXY
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.193850 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 - 0.374300 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 - 0.032713 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 - 0.037625 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 - 0.000857 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.