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Similar words to whist in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
whist (0) - 5 freq
waist (1) - 45 freq
wist (1) - 3 freq
whilst (1) - 124 freq
whisk (1) - 2 freq
wrist (1) - 22 freq
wheist (1) - 2 freq
chist (1) - 68 freq
whit (1) - 6995 freq
whict (1) - 1 freq
whisht (1) - 3 freq
whiet (1) - 1 freq
whipt (1) - 2 freq
whists (1) - 1 freq
€™ist (2) - 2 freq
yist (2) - 14 freq
whig (2) - 2 freq
warst (2) - 71 freq
whase (2) - 142 freq
wisst (2) - 5 freq
jeist (2) - 1 freq
whi (2) - 2 freq
chipt (2) - 1 freq
wheest (2) - 19 freq
whice (2) - 1 freq
whist (0) - 5 freq
wheist (1) - 2 freq
whipt (2) - 2 freq
whiet (2) - 1 freq
whists (2) - 1 freq
waist (2) - 45 freq
wheest (2) - 19 freq
whoost (2) - 1 freq
whict (2) - 1 freq
whisht (2) - 3 freq
wist (2) - 3 freq
whilst (2) - 124 freq
whisk (2) - 2 freq
wrist (2) - 22 freq
whit (2) - 6995 freq
chist (2) - 68 freq
chiste (3) - 1 freq
whoat (3) - 6 freq
histy (3) - 1 freq
ghost (3) - 73 freq
whet (3) - 13 freq
wast (3) - 139 freq
whaft (3) - 1 freq
whiskit (3) - 1 freq
whose (3) - 43 freq
SoundEx code - W230
wheesht - 189 freq
west - 211 freq
wecht - 133 freq
'wheesht - 15 freq
wagged - 3 freq
washd - 2 freq
wechtie - 35 freq
waste - 120 freq
wheecht - 10 freq
waist - 45 freq
wisht - 8 freq
waucht - 13 freq
wast - 139 freq
wechty - 20 freq
waecot - 1 freq
washed - 89 freq
wished - 61 freq
weight - 54 freq
which'd - 1 freq
wee-est - 23 freq
éwist - 1 freq
wis't - 8 freq
wyced - 2 freq
wakkit - 2 freq
wee'est - 2 freq
wheeched - 47 freq
whacked - 5 freq
weicht - 29 freq
weskit - 12 freq
wickit - 36 freq
wast- - 2 freq
wachty - 1 freq
wusst - 3 freq
weighed - 14 freq
'wheesht' - 3 freq
weeist - 2 freq
wyceheid - 1 freq
wauked - 14 freq
waaked - 3 freq
wiceheid - 4 freq
waasht - 4 freq
whaized - 1 freq
weesht - 11 freq
whist - 5 freq
wicked - 25 freq
weiched - 1 freq
wush't - 2 freq
wag-at-the-waa - 1 freq
waxit - 2 freq
wiste - 2 freq
weest - 1 freq
washt - 3 freq
waaket - 1 freq
waicht - 9 freq
wakket - 1 freq
wheest - 19 freq
waashed - 9 freq
wist - 3 freq
wheeked - 8 freq
wakked - 5 freq
wicht - 11 freq
weekday - 3 freq
weichty - 1 freq
waak't - 1 freq
waash't - 1 freq
whisht - 3 freq
waakit - 18 freq
whizzed - 4 freq
wheechit - 2 freq
wecht' - 1 freq
wicket - 2 freq
waakid - 1 freq
whessed - 2 freq
waakt - 11 freq
whiskit - 1 freq
washte - 1 freq
weeest - 2 freq
wïckit - 5 freq
wakt - 1 freq
wak'ed - 3 freq
wa'ked - 1 freq
wheezed - 3 freq
whackt - 1 freq
wyste - 2 freq
waggit - 7 freq
weecked - 1 freq
wauxt - 1 freq
wissed - 13 freq
'wast - 1 freq
'wast' - 1 freq
wissett - 1 freq
whess'd - 1 freq
westie - 2 freq
whizz-kid - 2 freq
wushed - 1 freq
wheiched - 4 freq
wikkit - 5 freq
wheisht - 7 freq
waached - 2 freq
wheist - 2 freq
weyghty - 1 freq
weyght - 4 freq
waxed - 2 freq
whict - 1 freq
waescot - 1 freq
wight - 1 freq
wescht - 1 freq
weeiest - 1 freq
whisky-wuid - 1 freq
waxt - 2 freq
'west - 1 freq
wisst - 5 freq
wheeshed - 3 freq
wheesht' - 1 freq
whooshti - 1 freq
whoosht - 3 freq
wes't - 1 freq
was't - 4 freq
wicked' - 1 freq
wiegt - 1 freq
wacht - 1 freq
wycit - 1 freq
'waxed - 1 freq
weekit - 7 freq
weeked - 2 freq
'wheeshtie - 1 freq
wheeshtie - 3 freq
wikkday - 1 freq
waukit - 4 freq
wheichit - 1 freq
wusht - 2 freq
washit - 1 freq
weygate - 1 freq
waygate - 1 freq
wkd - 4 freq
wised - 1 freq
waiskit - 1 freq
€˜waste - 1 freq
€œwheesht - 1 freq
whoost - 1 freq
€˜wheesht - 1 freq
waggitie - 12 freq
€œwaggitie - 1 freq
wiggitie - 1 freq
wussed - 4 freq
€œwhassat - 1 freq
weesh't - 1 freq
whisked - 1 freq
westy - 6 freq
€œwheest - 1 freq
wisset - 1 freq
wiecht - 1 freq
waket - 1 freq
'whackshite' - 1 freq
whusht - 1 freq
west' - 1 freq
weighty - 1 freq
wyseheid - 1 freq
wiishiite - 2 freq
weestie - 1 freq
wqt - 1 freq
wheeshtÂ’ - 3 freq
MetaPhone code - WST
west - 211 freq
waste - 120 freq
waist - 45 freq
wast - 139 freq
wee-est - 23 freq
éwist - 1 freq
wis't - 8 freq
wee'est - 2 freq
wast- - 2 freq
wusst - 3 freq
weeist - 2 freq
whaized - 1 freq
whist - 5 freq
wiste - 2 freq
weest - 1 freq
wheest - 19 freq
wist - 3 freq
whizzed - 4 freq
whessed - 2 freq
weeest - 2 freq
wheezed - 3 freq
wissed - 13 freq
'wast - 1 freq
'wast' - 1 freq
wissett - 1 freq
whess'd - 1 freq
westie - 2 freq
wheist - 2 freq
weeiest - 1 freq
'west - 1 freq
wisst - 5 freq
wes't - 1 freq
was't - 4 freq
wised - 1 freq
€˜waste - 1 freq
whoost - 1 freq
wussed - 4 freq
€œwhassat - 1 freq
westy - 6 freq
€œwheest - 1 freq
wisset - 1 freq
west' - 1 freq
weestie - 1 freq
WHIST
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.192945 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 - 0.335093 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 - 0.028275 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 - 0.036514 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 - 0.000841 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.