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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to worken in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
worken (0) - 1 freq
workin (1) - 178 freq
worsen (1) - 1 freq
wurken (1) - 8 freq
workan (1) - 9 freq
workn (1) - 1 freq
worker (1) - 23 freq
worked (1) - 148 freq
woken (1) - 7 freq
worket (1) - 3 freq
workmen (1) - 2 freq
wurket (2) - 31 freq
token (2) - 11 freq
workie (2) - 1 freq
forked (2) - 3 freq
looken (2) - 19 freq
walken (2) - 1 freq
mornen (2) - 9 freq
worte (2) - 1 freq
lokken (2) - 1 freq
worsent (2) - 1 freq
wordin (2) - 3 freq
werker (2) - 2 freq
workman (2) - 1 freq
wurkmen (2) - 1 freq
worken (0) - 1 freq
workn (1) - 1 freq
wurken (1) - 8 freq
workan (1) - 9 freq
workin (1) - 178 freq
warkin (2) - 156 freq
werkin (2) - 2 freq
wurkin (2) - 21 freq
wurkan (2) - 2 freq
wirkin (2) - 159 freq
wirkan (2) - 12 freq
worker (2) - 23 freq
woken (2) - 7 freq
worket (2) - 3 freq
workmen (2) - 2 freq
worsen (2) - 1 freq
worked (2) - 148 freq
weaken (3) - 1 freq
wirked (3) - 35 freq
warked (3) - 23 freq
wikken (3) - 1 freq
work' (3) - 1 freq
forkin (3) - 7 freq
wren (3) - 3 freq
waarkin (3) - 20 freq
SoundEx code - W625
warkin - 156 freq
wirkin - 159 freq
werkin - 2 freq
workin - 178 freq
working - 64 freq
worrysome - 1 freq
worsent - 1 freq
workins - 3 freq
worsenin - 1 freq
wreckin - 3 freq
workmen - 2 freq
wurkin - 21 freq
workmanship - 3 freq
workan - 9 freq
wurkin''s - 1 freq
wurkin' - 3 freq
worken - 1 freq
wurken - 8 freq
warkin' - 2 freq
workings - 1 freq
wrackin - 5 freq
workin-class - 1 freq
wearisome - 9 freq
wurkin-class - 4 freq
working' - 1 freq
warkmates - 1 freq
workin' - 3 freq
wurkmen - 1 freq
workmates - 2 freq
wirkan - 12 freq
wirkeens - 1 freq
warkin-hunnér - 1 freq
wirkmaan - 1 freq
wurkan - 2 freq
waarkin - 20 freq
wrekin - 1 freq
warsang - 1 freq
wershness - 3 freq
wirkin-cless - 6 freq
wirking - 4 freq
war-gemmes - 1 freq
wirkmen - 1 freq
warkins - 1 freq
wirriesome - 1 freq
'working - 1 freq
wirkins - 7 freq
wurking - 1 freq
wirking-cless - 1 freq
€œworking - 1 freq
work-in - 1 freq
€˜workin - 1 freq
worsen - 1 freq
warasin - 1 freq
wry-smilin' - 1 freq
workmate - 1 freq
wirkin' - 2 freq
worrisome - 1 freq
wrecking - 1 freq
workminship - 1 freq
workn - 1 freq
wheresmabuntin - 1 freq
workman - 1 freq
wheresmybook - 1 freq
workingclass - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - WRKN
warkin - 156 freq
wirkin - 159 freq
werkin - 2 freq
workin - 178 freq
wurkin - 21 freq
workan - 9 freq
wurkin' - 3 freq
worken - 1 freq
wurken - 8 freq
warkin' - 2 freq
workin' - 3 freq
wirkan - 12 freq
wurkan - 2 freq
waarkin - 20 freq
work-in - 1 freq
€˜workin - 1 freq
wirkin' - 2 freq
workn - 1 freq
WORKEN
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.311048 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 - 0.441615 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 - 0.062892 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 - 0.038531 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 - 0.000795 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.