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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to abide in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
abide (0) - 15 freq
abidy (1) - 36 freq
abided (1) - 1 freq
abid (1) - 1 freq
bide (1) - 829 freq
aside (1) - 473 freq
'bide (1) - 5 freq
abie (1) - 1 freq
abides (1) - 5 freq
abyde (1) - 2 freq
aide (1) - 1 freq
rabid (2) - 4 freq
amid (2) - 9 freq
adige (2) - 1 freq
abudy (2) - 11 freq
aidh (2) - 1 freq
bine (2) - 11 freq
ab'd (2) - 1 freq
abins (2) - 1 freq
aoife (2) - 5 freq
aids (2) - 9 freq
bike (2) - 163 freq
bidef (2) - 1 freq
aider (2) - 2 freq
ahice (2) - 1 freq
abide (0) - 15 freq
bide (1) - 829 freq
abyde (1) - 2 freq
abid (1) - 1 freq
abidy (1) - 36 freq
abiud (2) - 4 freq
bode (2) - 6 freq
bid (2) - 77 freq
abody (2) - 90 freq
bidey (2) - 3 freq
ibid (2) - 2 freq
bidy (2) - 1 freq
abdee (2) - 1 freq
abdy (2) - 31 freq
aabidy (2) - 2 freq
bude (2) - 14 freq
bade (2) - 235 freq
abudee (2) - 10 freq
abie (2) - 1 freq
abides (2) - 5 freq
'bide (2) - 5 freq
aside (2) - 473 freq
abided (2) - 1 freq
aide (2) - 1 freq
abdie (2) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - A130
aboot - 9987 freq
'awbody - 4 freq
awbody - 266 freq
about - 685 freq
'aboot - 10 freq
aabody - 340 freq
avoid - 57 freq
aboit - 1 freq
aboot' - 3 freq
aabodie - 33 freq
aft - 68 freq
a'body - 24 freq
apt - 45 freq
abooot - 2 freq
awb'dy - 2 freq
aabiddy - 1 freq
abody - 90 freq
abide - 15 freq
abodie - 2 freq
abdy - 31 freq
aabdy - 9 freq
abate - 3 freq
abid - 1 freq
abbot - 5 freq
aabeit - 3 freq
aboat - 2 freq
aift - 14 freq
abudee - 10 freq
abudy - 11 freq
abuddee - 1 freq
awbuddee - 1 freq
awbudee - 5 freq
awbudy - 6 freq
abyde - 2 freq
awbeit - 9 freq
abdie - 1 freq
ab'd - 1 freq
awbuddie - 15 freq
awboady - 1 freq
ahbuddie - 3 freq
afuit - 3 freq
abet - 1 freq
awboadie - 3 freq
awbodie - 34 freq
abiud - 4 freq
abot - 1 freq
'aabody - 1 freq
afte - 1 freq
avodd - 1 freq
awfte - 1 freq
aff-white - 1 freq
afta - 1 freq
af't - 1 freq
abiddy - 28 freq
a'biddy - 2 freq
aff-pit - 6 freq
apathy - 8 freq
aabody' - 1 freq
awfid - 1 freq
abode' - 1 freq
a'bdy - 3 freq
aa-but - 1 freq
awbidy - 2 freq
abit - 1 freq
abaot - 1 freq
€˜abide - 1 freq
abott - 2 freq
afoot - 1 freq
abaat - 1 freq
abaaht - 1 freq
awbdy - 8 freq
abidy - 36 freq
aabudy - 1 freq
abd - 2 freq
awbuddy - 5 freq
abittie - 1 freq
avowed - 1 freq
aebody - 1 freq
afouth - 1 freq
€œaabody - 2 freq
€œaboot - 1 freq
aff-the-wa - 1 freq
apd - 2 freq
afft - 1 freq
apoot - 1 freq
abaht - 2 freq
abeit - 1 freq
a'bidy - 8 freq
€œabdee - 1 freq
abdee - 1 freq
aabidy - 2 freq
aÂ’body - 8 freq
aÂ’bidy - 6 freq
aywuypvbwd - 1 freq
ab'dy - 3 freq
ayepad - 1 freq
ahbody - 6 freq
abut - 1 freq
abootÂ’ - 1 freq
a'aboot - 1 freq
aab'dy - 1 freq
awebody - 10 freq
appt - 1 freq
awebuddy - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - ABT
aboot - 9987 freq
'awbody - 4 freq
awbody - 266 freq
about - 685 freq
'aboot - 10 freq
aabody - 340 freq
aboit - 1 freq
aboot' - 3 freq
aabodie - 33 freq
a'body - 24 freq
abooot - 2 freq
awb'dy - 2 freq
aabiddy - 1 freq
abody - 90 freq
abide - 15 freq
abodie - 2 freq
abdy - 31 freq
aabdy - 9 freq
abate - 3 freq
abid - 1 freq
abbot - 5 freq
aabeit - 3 freq
aboat - 2 freq
abudee - 10 freq
abudy - 11 freq
abuddee - 1 freq
awbuddee - 1 freq
awbudee - 5 freq
awbudy - 6 freq
abyde - 2 freq
awbeit - 9 freq
abdie - 1 freq
ab'd - 1 freq
awbuddie - 15 freq
awboady - 1 freq
ahbuddie - 3 freq
abet - 1 freq
awboadie - 3 freq
awbodie - 34 freq
abiud - 4 freq
abot - 1 freq
'aabody - 1 freq
abiddy - 28 freq
a'biddy - 2 freq
aabody' - 1 freq
abode' - 1 freq
a'bdy - 3 freq
aa-but - 1 freq
awbidy - 2 freq
abit - 1 freq
abaot - 1 freq
€˜abide - 1 freq
abott - 2 freq
abaat - 1 freq
abaaht - 1 freq
awbdy - 8 freq
abidy - 36 freq
aabudy - 1 freq
abd - 2 freq
awbuddy - 5 freq
abittie - 1 freq
€œaabody - 2 freq
€œaboot - 1 freq
abaht - 2 freq
abeit - 1 freq
a'bidy - 8 freq
€œabdee - 1 freq
abdee - 1 freq
aabidy - 2 freq
aÂ’body - 8 freq
aÂ’bidy - 6 freq
ab'dy - 3 freq
ahbody - 6 freq
abut - 1 freq
abootÂ’ - 1 freq
a'aboot - 1 freq
aab'dy - 1 freq
ABIDE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.220815 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 - 0.356642 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 - 0.031605 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 - 0.037801 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 - 0.000900 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.