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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to about in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
about (0) - 685 freq
abott (1) - 2 freq
aboit (1) - 1 freq
abou (1) - 1 freq
abut (1) - 1 freq
abot (1) - 1 freq
'bout (1) - 2 freq
abort (1) - 3 freq
labout (1) - 1 freq
aboat (1) - 2 freq
aboun (1) - 1 freq
bout (1) - 14 freq
aboot (1) - 9982 freq
abiud (2) - 4 freq
waeout (2) - 1 freq
mout (2) - 1 freq
boul (2) - 15 freq
hout (2) - 1 freq
aboo (2) - 2 freq
abound (2) - 2 freq
bott (2) - 3 freq
abeun (2) - 5 freq
aloft (2) - 3 freq
wiout (2) - 16 freq
snout (2) - 14 freq
about (0) - 685 freq
aboat (1) - 2 freq
bout (1) - 14 freq
aboot (1) - 9982 freq
abot (1) - 1 freq
abut (1) - 1 freq
aboit (1) - 1 freq
abit (2) - 1 freq
boot (2) - 112 freq
abaat (2) - 1 freq
abet (2) - 1 freq
bot (2) - 437 freq
bouet (2) - 2 freq
but (2) - 13331 freq
boat (2) - 353 freq
abeit (2) - 1 freq
abaot (2) - 1 freq
boit (2) - 11 freq
abooot (2) - 2 freq
'bout (2) - 2 freq
labout (2) - 1 freq
aboun (2) - 1 freq
abou (2) - 1 freq
abott (2) - 2 freq
abort (2) - 3 freq
SoundEx code - A130
aboot - 9982 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 - 89 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 - 9982 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 - 89 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
ABOUT
about - 685 freq
aboot - 9982 freq
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.210943 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 - 0.326929 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 - 0.027478 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 - 0.037314 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 - 0.000959 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.