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Similar words to wher in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
wher (0) - 6 freq
whor (1) - 1 freq
her (1) - 14018 freq
whyr (1) - 1 freq
waer (1) - 2 freq
cher (1) - 6 freq
ther (1) - 111 freq
weer (1) - 68 freq
wheer (1) - 20 freq
wheh (1) - 3 freq
wer (1) - 220 freq
whar (1) - 382 freq
'her (1) - 7 freq
wiher (1) - 1 freq
whey (1) - 16 freq
where (1) - 706 freq
when (1) - 4360 freq
whet (1) - 13 freq
whee (1) - 1 freq
whew (1) - 2 freq
wler (1) - 1 freq
wier (1) - 2 freq
whur (1) - 63 freq
wherr (1) - 3 freq
whir (1) - 11 freq
wher (0) - 6 freq
whar (1) - 382 freq
wheer (1) - 20 freq
where (1) - 706 freq
whir (1) - 11 freq
wiher (1) - 1 freq
whyr (1) - 1 freq
whor (1) - 1 freq
whur (1) - 63 freq
whore (2) - 1 freq
wherr (2) - 3 freq
whure (2) - 1 freq
whaur (2) - 1961 freq
wahr (2) - 1 freq
whare (2) - 19 freq
whaar (2) - 180 freq
whara (2) - 1 freq
whoor (2) - 2 freq
wier (2) - 2 freq
whire (2) - 1 freq
whair (2) - 12 freq
ther (2) - 111 freq
waer (2) - 2 freq
'her (2) - 7 freq
wer (2) - 220 freq
SoundEx code - W600
whaur - 1961 freq
were - 4054 freq
we're - 724 freq
where - 706 freq
wir - 2162 freq
wore - 121 freq
whar - 382 freq
wear - 157 freq
weary - 60 freq
wee-er - 29 freq
wire - 62 freq
waur - 221 freq
weeer - 2 freq
weer - 68 freq
whirrr - 2 freq
war - 1438 freq
worry - 147 freq
wur - 1596 freq
who're - 4 freq
ware - 26 freq
'whaur - 24 freq
whaar - 180 freq
wurr - 27 freq
'where - 15 freq
'we're - 34 freq
weir - 139 freq
wer - 220 freq
'were - 4 freq
whirwey - 1 freq
wure - 5 freq
wry - 12 freq
whaur- - 2 freq
wuir - 4 freq
waar - 70 freq
we'r - 41 freq
weeir - 3 freq
'w'ur - 1 freq
wi're - 22 freq
whair - 12 freq
wyre - 5 freq
wary - 11 freq
wirry - 26 freq
warie - 1 freq
w'e're - 1 freq
whor - 1 freq
'wur - 3 freq
wor - 20 freq
wearie - 10 freq
whure - 1 freq
wi'r - 13 freq
wr - 7 freq
weyer - 1 freq
whore' - 1 freq
wha're - 4 freq
whur - 63 freq
whara - 1 freq
wiher - 1 freq
wi'yer - 1 freq
whir - 11 freq
waury - 1 freq
whar'r - 1 freq
wireoa - 1 freq
wee'er - 8 freq
weear - 1 freq
where- - 2 freq
wurry - 3 freq
waer - 2 freq
wae'r - 2 freq
wery - 1 freq
wooer - 3 freq
wiry - 10 freq
worrie - 3 freq
'we'r - 1 freq
whoor - 2 freq
'wir - 7 freq
wheer - 20 freq
werr - 5 freq
'whaar - 1 freq
wa'er - 1 freq
'whar - 1 freq
wurhae - 1 freq
waary - 1 freq
wri - 1 freq
wor' - 2 freq
wi'oor - 1 freq
whirr - 4 freq
whare - 19 freq
wier - 2 freq
wöre - 1 freq
whurr - 6 freq
wair - 6 freq
w'ir - 17 freq
'weary' - 1 freq
'-where' - 1 freq
'were' - 1 freq
wye-are - 1 freq
wha'r - 2 freq
'waur - 1 freq
€˜where - 15 freq
wör - 2 freq
whe'er - 1 freq
€œwhere - 3 freq
€œwhaur - 15 freq
wirey - 1 freq
wirrie - 6 freq
weire - 1 freq
wee'r - 4 freq
wayry - 1 freq
€œwar - 1 freq
whaure - 2 freq
€˜war - 1 freq
€˜wur - 1 freq
€œwhar - 1 freq
€˜whaur - 2 freq
€™where - 2 freq
wherr - 3 freq
€˜whar - 3 freq
€œwe're - 4 freq
€¦were - 1 freq
wyr - 5 freq
whyr - 1 freq
whire - 1 freq
whore - 1 freq
€œwir - 4 freq
wher - 6 freq
wahr - 1 freq
weÂ’re - 32 freq
whar' - 1 freq
‘where - 1 freq
waÂ’ar - 3 freq
wirh - 1 freq
“were - 1 freq
werra - 1 freq
“wear - 1 freq
worry” - 1 freq
weÂ’r - 1 freq
“where - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - WR
whaur - 1961 freq
were - 4054 freq
we're - 724 freq
where - 706 freq
wir - 2162 freq
wore - 121 freq
whar - 382 freq
wear - 157 freq
weary - 60 freq
wee-er - 29 freq
wire - 62 freq
waur - 221 freq
weeer - 2 freq
weer - 68 freq
whirrr - 2 freq
war - 1438 freq
worry - 147 freq
wur - 1596 freq
who're - 4 freq
ware - 26 freq
'whaur - 24 freq
whaar - 180 freq
wurr - 27 freq
'where - 15 freq
'we're - 34 freq
weir - 139 freq
wer - 220 freq
'were - 4 freq
wure - 5 freq
whaur- - 2 freq
wuir - 4 freq
waar - 70 freq
we'r - 41 freq
weeir - 3 freq
wi're - 22 freq
whair - 12 freq
wary - 11 freq
wirry - 26 freq
warie - 1 freq
whor - 1 freq
'wur - 3 freq
wor - 20 freq
wearie - 10 freq
whure - 1 freq
wi'r - 13 freq
whore' - 1 freq
wha're - 4 freq
whur - 63 freq
whara - 1 freq
whir - 11 freq
waury - 1 freq
wireoa - 1 freq
wee'er - 8 freq
weear - 1 freq
where- - 2 freq
wurry - 3 freq
waer - 2 freq
wae'r - 2 freq
wery - 1 freq
wooer - 3 freq
wiry - 10 freq
worrie - 3 freq
'we'r - 1 freq
whoor - 2 freq
'wir - 7 freq
wheer - 20 freq
werr - 5 freq
'whaar - 1 freq
wa'er - 1 freq
'whar - 1 freq
waary - 1 freq
wor' - 2 freq
wi'oor - 1 freq
whirr - 4 freq
whare - 19 freq
wier - 2 freq
whurr - 6 freq
wair - 6 freq
'weary' - 1 freq
'-where' - 1 freq
'were' - 1 freq
wha'r - 2 freq
'waur - 1 freq
€˜where - 15 freq
whe'er - 1 freq
€œwhere - 3 freq
€œwhaur - 15 freq
wirey - 1 freq
wirrie - 6 freq
weire - 1 freq
wee'r - 4 freq
wayry - 1 freq
€œwar - 1 freq
whaure - 2 freq
€˜war - 1 freq
€˜wur - 1 freq
€œwhar - 1 freq
€˜whaur - 2 freq
€™where - 2 freq
wherr - 3 freq
€˜whar - 3 freq
€œwe're - 4 freq
€¦were - 1 freq
whyr - 1 freq
whire - 1 freq
whore - 1 freq
€œwir - 4 freq
wher - 6 freq
wahr - 1 freq
weÂ’re - 32 freq
hwar - 1 freq
whar' - 1 freq
‘where - 1 freq
waÂ’ar - 3 freq
wirh - 1 freq
“were - 1 freq
werra - 1 freq
“wear - 1 freq
worry” - 1 freq
weÂ’r - 1 freq
“where - 1 freq
WHER
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.194477 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 - 0.346175 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 - 0.034134 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 - 0.037042 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 - 0.000867 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.