A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Levenshtein Distance

Enter a word to find nearest neighbouring words, for example sonsie

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - fine-grain concord -

Similar words to wreck in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
wreck (0) - 13 freq
weck (1) - 1 freq
breck (1) - 9 freq
wrecks (1) - 2 freq
dreck (1) - 7 freq
reck (1) - 20 freq
freck (1) - 2 freq
wreak (1) - 1 freq
treck (1) - 7 freq
wrack (1) - 38 freq
wrens (2) - 1 freq
prick (2) - 70 freq
breuk (2) - 6 freq
geck (2) - 6 freq
ckeck (2) - 1 freq
jeck (2) - 16 freq
seeck (2) - 23 freq
aleck (2) - 2 freq
beck (2) - 32 freq
frecn (2) - 1 freq
brack (2) - 14 freq
eck (2) - 425 freq
drenk (2) - 7 freq
rck (2) - 1 freq
wrackt (2) - 1 freq
wreck (0) - 13 freq
wrack (1) - 38 freq
werck (2) - 1 freq
treck (2) - 7 freq
freck (2) - 2 freq
wreak (2) - 1 freq
weck (2) - 1 freq
reck (2) - 20 freq
breck (2) - 9 freq
dreck (2) - 7 freq
wrecks (2) - 2 freq
brck (3) - 1 freq
track (3) - 127 freq
brick (3) - 48 freq
wraik (3) - 1 freq
rock (3) - 188 freq
pruck (3) - 5 freq
rick (3) - 4 freq
direck (3) - 30 freq
wreckin (3) - 3 freq
wreuch (3) - 1 freq
truck (3) - 48 freq
crack (3) - 345 freq
crock (3) - 13 freq
werk (3) - 8 freq
SoundEx code - W620
wark - 892 freq
work - 654 freq
worse - 206 freq
warehoose - 3 freq
wirk - 334 freq
warks - 132 freq
wirks - 49 freq
whaur's - 45 freq
where's - 27 freq
wares - 6 freq
werk - 8 freq
wrack - 38 freq
wark''s - 1 freq
wirries - 10 freq
wires - 27 freq
wears - 53 freq
'where's - 7 freq
'whaur's - 9 freq
works - 118 freq
weers - 16 freq
worky - 1 freq
worries - 62 freq
waurk - 3 freq
war's - 3 freq
wirse - 6 freq
work's - 3 freq
'work - 2 freq
wurk - 70 freq
wurse - 16 freq
whaurs - 9 freq
wersh - 24 freq
wars - 61 freq
weirs - 25 freq
whar's - 8 freq
warse - 29 freq
wurries - 2 freq
wreck - 13 freq
wurrie's - 1 freq
woooooooaaaaaaarrch - 1 freq
'whar's - 2 freq
wark's - 4 freq
whereas - 8 freq
werrocks - 1 freq
wrak - 3 freq
wurks - 3 freq
whars - 3 freq
wurs - 3 freq
whurs - 1 freq
whur's - 1 freq
warkie - 1 freq
warehouse - 1 freq
wrek' - 1 freq
wrecks - 2 freq
'whoors' - 1 freq
wreak - 1 freq
whoor's - 1 freq
whoors - 1 freq
wark' - 2 freq
'whir's - 1 freq
wirs - 4 freq
whaar's - 3 freq
wershy - 1 freq
wrack's - 1 freq
wracks - 11 freq
wrecksi - 1 freq
wairse - 1 freq
warsh - 1 freq
waark - 110 freq
waarks - 5 freq
waars - 1 freq
wearies - 2 freq
weir's - 13 freq
whaaras - 23 freq
warg - 1 freq
weerg - 1 freq
wyres - 8 freq
whearies - 1 freq
work' - 1 freq
whurehouse - 1 freq
'weirs - 1 freq
warks' - 1 freq
whauras - 5 freq
whare's - 1 freq
wirricow - 1 freq
weirwaws - 1 freq
waurs - 1 freq
wraks - 1 freq
weires - 1 freq
warwick - 7 freq
weorc - 1 freq
warke - 1 freq
werke - 1 freq
werc - 1 freq
werck - 1 freq
woorke - 1 freq
€˜work - 2 freq
work-shy - 1 freq
€œwersh - 1 freq
whores - 2 freq
wharas - 1 freq
€˜wark - 1 freq
wahrz - 1 freq
weiris - 2 freq
wraik - 1 freq
warehoos - 1 freq
warsaw - 1 freq
wreuch - 1 freq
wirk's - 1 freq
wurc - 1 freq
wheres - 9 freq
warch - 1 freq
whaurÂ’s - 1 freq
wrzh - 1 freq
whereÂ’s - 2 freq
workshy - 1 freq
workie - 1 freq
weirÂ’s - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - RK
rock - 188 freq
reek - 167 freq
rocky - 21 freq
rigg - 7 freq
recaa - 1 freq
rag - 23 freq
rouk - 9 freq
raik - 25 freq
wrack - 38 freq
rack - 19 freq
'rake - 1 freq
reak - 1 freq
rug - 50 freq
ruggy - 1 freq
rig - 45 freq
reekie - 26 freq
reik - 15 freq
reeky - 4 freq
rik - 6 freq
ricky - 7 freq
rauk - 1 freq
reck - 20 freq
reikie - 10 freq
rook - 4 freq
rugg - 5 freq
rikk - 14 freq
ric - 10 freq
ruik - 1 freq
wreck - 13 freq
rookie - 2 freq
reggie - 1 freq
reca' - 1 freq
wrak - 3 freq
roak - 12 freq
roakie - 5 freq
rogue - 11 freq
ruk - 4 freq
rake - 31 freq
rac - 1 freq
wrek' - 1 freq
rikky - 1 freq
wreak - 1 freq
raag - 3 freq
raggy - 3 freq
raaga - 1 freq
ryke - 4 freq
rek - 2 freq
reeg - 1 freq
riek - 2 freq
riggy - 1 freq
rick - 4 freq
reik' - 1 freq
ruck - 3 freq
raik' - 1 freq
raike - 1 freq
roog - 3 freq
rekk - 5 freq
rouky - 1 freq
rc - 3 freq
rackie - 1 freq
raek - 1 freq
reg - 5 freq
roguie - 1 freq
rukk - 3 freq
rok - 1 freq
rikki - 3 freq
reggae - 1 freq
reca - 6 freq
wraik - 1 freq
€˜rogue - 1 freq
rgu - 1 freq
roka - 3 freq
roke - 1 freq
rg - 4 freq
ragu - 1 freq
rk - 2 freq
rwg - 1 freq
reyk - 1 freq
rhc - 1 freq
ryg - 1 freq
rico - 2 freq
rec - 1 freq
rrq - 1 freq
rqh - 1 freq
reiki - 2 freq
rq - 1 freq
rqa - 1 freq
rock' - 1 freq
hhroego - 1 freq
rgo - 1 freq
rck - 1 freq
rwq - 2 freq
WRECK
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.212617 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 - 0.352868 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 - 0.028139 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 - 0.038671 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 - 0.001101 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.