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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to write in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
write (0) - 380 freq
wite (1) - 3 freq
write' (1) - 2 freq
writer (1) - 65 freq
writhe (1) - 1 freq
writen (1) - 1 freq
wrate (1) - 47 freq
'write (1) - 1 freq
writ (1) - 51 freq
awrite (1) - 36 freq
white (1) - 943 freq
wrote (1) - 138 freq
grite (1) - 1 freq
rite (1) - 56 freq
drite (1) - 1 freq
wryte (1) - 5 freq
writes (1) - 44 freq
arite (1) - 7 freq
whine (2) - 5 freq
trice (2) - 1 freq
wrot (2) - 8 freq
whitey (2) - 3 freq
trate (2) - 2 freq
wyte (2) - 82 freq
prie (2) - 4 freq
write (0) - 380 freq
wrate (1) - 47 freq
wryte (1) - 5 freq
writ (1) - 51 freq
awrite (1) - 36 freq
wrote (1) - 138 freq
writes (2) - 44 freq
arite (2) - 7 freq
wrait (2) - 6 freq
worte (2) - 1 freq
wrot (2) - 8 freq
wrut (2) - 1 freq
werit (2) - 1 freq
wrat (2) - 14 freq
warit (2) - 1 freq
owrte (2) - 1 freq
writen (2) - 1 freq
writhe (2) - 1 freq
drite (2) - 1 freq
writer (2) - 65 freq
wite (2) - 3 freq
write' (2) - 2 freq
grite (2) - 1 freq
rite (2) - 56 freq
white (2) - 943 freq
SoundEx code - W630
word - 697 freq
worried - 90 freq
wreath - 14 freq
wirth - 89 freq
weariet - 19 freq
wird - 576 freq
wrote - 138 freq
wired - 15 freq
worth - 248 freq
write - 380 freq
whaur'd - 2 freq
weird - 167 freq
wirrit - 3 freq
wordy - 11 freq
writhe - 1 freq
wrath - 19 freq
weirdo - 18 freq
werth - 2 freq
wurdie - 9 freq
wearied - 9 freq
weird' - 1 freq
worthy - 21 freq
'whaur'd - 1 freq
worrit - 22 freq
warth - 64 freq
wearit - 7 freq
wraith - 17 freq
wrut - 1 freq
wurd - 185 freq
waarty - 1 freq
waard - 2 freq
wirthy - 7 freq
writ - 51 freq
wordie - 14 freq
whurred - 1 freq
whaurt - 2 freq
ward - 89 freq
wurid - 1 freq
wurth - 7 freq
weirdy - 1 freq
wurthie - 1 freq
wyert - 1 freq
weyert - 1 freq
weired - 1 freq
wurreyt - 1 freq
word' - 2 freq
waur'd - 1 freq
wurt - 4 freq
worriet - 9 freq
warthie - 9 freq
wart - 4 freq
weert - 1 freq
warid - 5 freq
where'd - 2 freq
wirret - 1 freq
wrat - 14 freq
weared - 1 freq
wourd - 1 freq
worth' - 1 freq
wierd - 4 freq
wirt - 27 freq
wirried - 6 freq
wrot - 8 freq
whaurit - 1 freq
wrate - 47 freq
wrowt - 4 freq
weered - 3 freq
wryte - 5 freq
wared - 9 freq
weiriet - 2 freq
whar'd - 1 freq
werit - 1 freq
wirriet - 3 freq
wort - 1 freq
whereat - 1 freq
waired - 1 freq
werd - 1 freq
'write - 1 freq
wayward - 1 freq
worthie - 5 freq
wrait - 6 freq
weyward - 1 freq
weirdie - 1 freq
wirdie - 17 freq
warit - 1 freq
wareit - 1 freq
waurrit - 1 freq
waird - 1 freq
wroeht - 2 freq
warty - 1 freq
weirit - 1 freq
worte - 1 freq
word - 1 freq
wirdy - 1 freq
wrout - 1 freq
whered - 1 freq
worried” - 1 freq
'word - 1 freq
weerd - 1 freq
wurrid - 1 freq
write' - 2 freq
weewrite - 3 freq
MetaPhone code - RT
reid - 394 freq
road - 1127 freq
route - 41 freq
read - 926 freq
redd - 187 freq
ridd - 9 freq
red - 294 freq
rid - 311 freq
radio - 156 freq
ready - 443 freq
reddy - 17 freq
roddie - 18 freq
rate - 101 freq
wrote - 138 freq
write - 380 freq
rude - 37 freq
road- - 1 freq
reidie - 2 freq
rite - 56 freq
riddy - 38 freq
rat - 58 freq
riot - 30 freq
root - 35 freq
roddy - 11 freq
raid - 25 freq
rodd - 90 freq
rod - 53 freq
rot - 38 freq
reddie - 6 freq
reed - 184 freq
wrut - 1 freq
ride - 69 freq
writ - 51 freq
ruddie - 1 freq
rede - 14 freq
row'd - 1 freq
rade - 24 freq
rode - 8 freq
rd - 63 freq
ruidi - 1 freq
rowdie - 2 freq
ruit - 18 freq
reydee - 1 freq
raod - 2 freq
rettea - 1 freq
raydee - 1 freq
'rid - 2 freq
rued - 7 freq
rit - 13 freq
rout - 2 freq
road' - 5 freq
ruddy - 8 freq
'read - 4 freq
roadie - 18 freq
reid' - 2 freq
ratty - 4 freq
reet - 8 freq
rut - 7 freq
'ready - 2 freq
raed - 21 freq
rite' - 1 freq
reedo - 3 freq
rowt - 6 freq
rieht - 2 freq
roott - 1 freq
ried - 2 freq
'rede - 1 freq
rowdy - 1 freq
róad - 18 freq
readie - 36 freq
réad - 1 freq
rïd - 4 freq
rte - 2 freq
reed' - 2 freq
red' - 2 freq
wrat - 14 freq
'redd - 1 freq
röd - 2 freq
wrot - 8 freq
rote - 2 freq
wrate - 47 freq
'red - 3 freq
'rat - 1 freq
wrowt - 4 freq
hrt - 1 freq
roadd - 2 freq
wryte - 5 freq
ryde - 2 freq
ruid - 13 freq
reute - 1 freq
raedy - 4 freq
riddie - 3 freq
ært - 3 freq
rowd - 1 freq
roed - 1 freq
riyt - 3 freq
rood - 4 freq
rd - 1 freq
røt - 3 freq
'write - 1 freq
raw'd - 1 freq
wrait - 6 freq
rody - 1 freq
ruht - 1 freq
rodeo - 2 freq
rowwed - 1 freq
rti - 1 freq
riddi - 1 freq
reid - 1 freq
roit - 1 freq
reid- - 1 freq
raidio - 1 freq
redd- - 1 freq
rat - 1 freq
riata - 2 freq
wroeht - 2 freq
rooed - 2 freq
reidy - 1 freq
ridy - 3 freq
h'ard - 1 freq
roid - 1 freq
reedy - 1 freq
rt - 7 freq
ready - 2 freq
read - 2 freq
rettie - 1 freq
ready - 2 freq
rudi - 3 freq
ready - 1 freq
rota - 1 freq
red - 1 freq
wrout - 1 freq
ryt - 1 freq
rait - 3 freq
roda - 1 freq
riiidy - 3 freq
rt - 44 freq
rht - 1 freq
rita - 1 freq
rtÉ - 1 freq
rad - 3 freq
ready” - 1 freq
radio- - 1 freq
yrd - 1 freq
redo - 1 freq
write' - 2 freq
rat' - 1 freq
rtt - 1 freq
reut - 1 freq
raid” - 1 freq
WRITE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.176050 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 - 0.373977 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 - 0.029889 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 - 0.038397 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 - 0.000799 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.