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Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
a (0) - 91162 freq
(1) - 3 freq
(1) - 11 freq
a- (1) - 4 freq
(1) - 5 freq
(1) - 4 freq
(1) - 9 freq
(1) - 2 freq
ae (1) - 5537 freq
(1) - 4 freq
sa (1) - 61 freq
(1) - 2 freq
(1) - 20 freq
ah (1) - 16973 freq
az (1) - 1 freq
(1) - 1 freq
(1) - 2 freq
(1) - 2 freq
(1) - 3 freq
ga (1) - 29 freq
ar (1) - 208 freq
ja (1) - 7 freq
k (1) - 204 freq
c (1) - 463 freq
z (1) - 119 freq
a (0) - 91162 freq
i (1) - 18446 freq
ya (1) - 473 freq
e (1) - 4627 freq
ua (1) - 3 freq
o (1) - 56035 freq
ea (1) - 4 freq
ao (1) - 1 freq
ia (1) - 5 freq
oa (1) - 14 freq
y (1) - 154 freq
ai (1) - 29 freq
u (1) - 523 freq
ay (1) - 2131 freq
ae (1) - 5537 freq
aa (1) - 7091 freq
au (1) - 16 freq
at (2) - 20079 freq
(2) - 13 freq
q (2) - 95 freq
ra (2) - 12 freq
' (2) - 11454 freq
ag (2) - 12 freq
(2) - 2 freq
uea (2) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - A000
a - 91162 freq
awa - 4197 freq
aw - 8032 freq
aye - 6376 freq
'aiya - 1 freq
'aye - 304 freq
away - 732 freq
ae - 5537 freq
aa - 7091 freq
ah - 16973 freq
'awa - 22 freq
'aw - 68 freq
'a - 282 freq
ay - 2131 freq
-aye - 3 freq
awey - 180 freq
aea - 1 freq
a- - 4 freq
ah- - 4 freq
'ah - 377 freq
awee - 5 freq
awaa - 99 freq
'ae - 8 freq
awe - 396 freq
'awww - 2 freq
'ay - 112 freq
'ay' - 7 freq
aawey - 6 freq
- 2 freq
'ahhh - 1 freq
'ahh - 2 freq
a' - 396 freq
awa' - 24 freq
aawey' - 1 freq
'awwwwwwww - 1 freq
'awwwww-hawwwwww - 1 freq
'awwwwww - 1 freq
'awwwwwww - 2 freq
'aww - 1 freq
-a - 2 freq
aa' - 7 freq
'aa - 16 freq
a-a-ah - 1 freq
ah-ah-ah - 1 freq
aa- - 1 freq
ai - 29 freq
'aye' - 12 freq
aawye - 41 freq
au - 16 freq
a-wye - 1 freq
a-wee - 3 freq
awae - 22 freq
awiy - 8 freq
'away - 3 freq
'a' - 23 freq
'aa' - 3 freq
aiy - 4 freq
'aye'' - 1 freq
aaaa - 2 freq
awuiy - 1 freq
ahaa - 1 freq
aua - 1 freq
aha - 8 freq
aye¥ - 1 freq
ae' - 1 freq
ah' - 23 freq
awoa - 1 freq
ah'y - 3 freq
aaa - 1 freq
aaaahoo - 1 freq
ah'ii - 2 freq
¢a - 1 freq
ah-ah - 1 freq
ah'ye - 1 freq
awah - 14 freq
aah - 6 freq
ahhh - 4 freq
-ay - 1 freq
a'y - 1 freq
ah-ha - 3 freq
'aha - 1 freq
awww - 25 freq
ahah - 1 freq
ay¢ - 1 freq
ahahah - 1 freq
ay-ay - 1 freq
aay - 1 freq
ahae - 1 freq
'ah-ha - 2 freq
awhe - 2 freq
awhie - 2 freq
au' - 1 freq
a'hae - 1 freq
away' - 1 freq
awae' - 1 freq
'awa' - 1 freq
awwww - 22 freq
ah'i - 1 freq
aye' - 1 freq
a'h - 2 freq
aho - 1 freq
aw' - 83 freq
ahh - 7 freq
'ahhhhhhh - 1 freq
awo - 1 freq
a-ha - 3 freq
'a-aye - 1 freq
--aw - 1 freq
awaw - 72 freq
'ah-h-h-h-h-h - 1 freq
aww - 55 freq
aaaaah - 3 freq
a'aa - 2 freq
aye-aye - 4 freq
awaey - 4 freq
a-hah - 2 freq
a'wie - 1 freq
aaaah - 1 freq
a'i' - 3 freq
aa'wie - 1 freq
aai' - 1 freq
awye - 13 freq
'aaaaw' - 1 freq
aa'wye - 1 freq
awy - 13 freq
aweiy-' - 1 freq
aweiy - 8 freq
a-a - 1 freq
a - 2 freq
a - 1 freq
aye-oh - 1 freq
'ae' - 1 freq
ahie - 1 freq
awwwwww - 3 freq
ahhhhhh - 2 freq
'away' - 1 freq
aye - 85 freq
ah - 239 freq
awa - 2 freq
aw - 19 freq
a - 73 freq
ah - 123 freq
ay - 9 freq
aye - 54 freq
aa - 23 freq
a - 20 freq
a - 185 freq
ay - 91 freq
aa - 7 freq
aw-w-w - 1 freq
a - 6 freq
awà - 12 freq
a'a - 77 freq
awie - 1 freq
a - 1 freq
awaw - 1 freq
awa - 8 freq
aoww - 1 freq
ai - 1 freq
ai - 1 freq
aw - 8 freq
aw - 2 freq
awh - 6 freq
ae - 12 freq
aaahhh - 1 freq
awaiy - 4 freq
away - 5 freq
ahh - 1 freq
aw - 2 freq
ae - 4 freq
ayee - 8 freq
aeway - 1 freq
a - 3 freq
aaww - 1 freq
a'e - 1 freq
ay' - 4 freq
awwwwww - 1 freq
a - 1 freq
ao - 2 freq
ao - 1 freq
ay - 1 freq
ay- - 1 freq
awyo - 1 freq
awww - 1 freq
ay-y-y - 2 freq
ah-hah - 1 freq
aaahh - 1 freq
aw-wey - 2 freq
aye - 3 freq
ah - 5 freq
-ae - 1 freq
ae - 2 freq
awiye - 1 freq
awei - 1 freq
ah - 32 freq
aye - 12 freq
“ah - 4 freq
aeaw - 1 freq
ao - 1 freq
auy - 1 freq
- 13 freq
a'wi - 1 freq
aaue - 1 freq
a’w - 1 freq
“awa - 2 freq
aey - 4 freq
“awww” - 1 freq
“a - 5 freq
awwwwwww - 2 freq
a’i - 1 freq
'aw' - 1 freq
aye” - 1 freq
ayw - 1 freq
ahhhhh - 2 freq
awwwww - 7 freq
awé - 1 freq
awewwwwww - 1 freq
ahhhhhhhhhhh - 1 freq
‘aye - 2 freq
“away” - 1 freq
“aye - 2 freq
“aye” - 1 freq
“aw - 2 freq
ahhhh - 2 freq
awa’ - 1 freq
awi - 1 freq
ýae - 1 freq
ayui - 1 freq
aoa - 1 freq
aaaaaaa - 1 freq
aa’ - 4 freq
away” - 1 freq
‘a’ - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - A
a - 91162 freq
aw - 8032 freq
aa - 7091 freq
ah - 16973 freq
'aw - 68 freq
'a - 282 freq
ay - 2131 freq
a- - 4 freq
ah- - 4 freq
'ah - 377 freq
'awww - 2 freq
'ay - 112 freq
'ay' - 7 freq
- 2 freq
'ahhh - 1 freq
'ahh - 2 freq
a' - 396 freq
'awwwwwwww - 1 freq
'awwwwww - 1 freq
'awwwwwww - 2 freq
'aww - 1 freq
-a - 2 freq
aa' - 7 freq
'aa - 16 freq
a-a-ah - 1 freq
ah-ah-ah - 1 freq
aa- - 1 freq
ai - 29 freq
au - 16 freq
'a' - 23 freq
'aa' - 3 freq
aiy - 4 freq
aaaa - 2 freq
aua - 1 freq
ah' - 23 freq
ah'y - 3 freq
aaa - 1 freq
ah'ii - 2 freq
¢a - 1 freq
ah-ah - 1 freq
aah - 6 freq
ahhh - 4 freq
-ay - 1 freq
a'y - 1 freq
awww - 25 freq
ay¢ - 1 freq
ay-ay - 1 freq
aay - 1 freq
au' - 1 freq
awwww - 22 freq
ah'i - 1 freq
a'h - 2 freq
aw' - 83 freq
ahh - 7 freq
'ahhhhhhh - 1 freq
--aw - 1 freq
'ah-h-h-h-h-h - 1 freq
aww - 55 freq
aaaaah - 3 freq
a'aa - 2 freq
aaaah - 1 freq
a'i' - 3 freq
aai' - 1 freq
'aaaaw' - 1 freq
awy - 13 freq
a-a - 1 freq
a - 2 freq
a - 1 freq
awwwwww - 3 freq
ahhhhhh - 2 freq
ah - 239 freq
aw - 19 freq
a - 73 freq
ah - 123 freq
ay - 9 freq
aa - 23 freq
a - 20 freq
a - 185 freq
ay - 91 freq
aa - 7 freq
aw-w-w - 1 freq
a - 6 freq
awà - 12 freq
a'a - 77 freq
a - 1 freq
aoww - 1 freq
ai - 1 freq
ai - 1 freq
aw - 8 freq
aw - 2 freq
awh - 6 freq
aaahhh - 1 freq
ahh - 1 freq
aw - 2 freq
a - 3 freq
aaww - 1 freq
a'e - 1 freq
ay' - 4 freq
awwwwww - 1 freq
a - 1 freq
ao - 2 freq
ao - 1 freq
ay - 1 freq
ay- - 1 freq
awww - 1 freq
ay-y-y - 2 freq
aaahh - 1 freq
ah - 5 freq
ah - 32 freq
“ah - 4 freq
ao - 1 freq
auy - 1 freq
- 13 freq
aaue - 1 freq
a’w - 1 freq
“awww” - 1 freq
“a - 5 freq
awwwwwww - 2 freq
a’i - 1 freq
'aw' - 1 freq
ayw - 1 freq
ahhhhh - 2 freq
awwwww - 7 freq
awé - 1 freq
ahhhhhhhhhhh - 1 freq
“aw - 2 freq
ahhhh - 2 freq
aoa - 1 freq
aaaaaaa - 1 freq
aa’ - 4 freq
‘a’ - 1 freq
A
a - 91162 freq
an - 76376 freq
ah - 16973 freq
a - 91162 freq
i - 18446 freq
ah'm - 2009 freq
i'm - 1708 freq
ah've - 858 freq
i've - 595 freq
a've - 235 freq
ah'll - 739 freq
i'll - 836 freq
a'll - 528 freq
a'm - 1020 freq
ah'd - 508 freq
i'd - 413 freq
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.160420 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 - 0.309975 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 - 0.029579 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 - 0.038866 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 - 0.001148 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.