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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to ace in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
ace (0) - 19 freq
ach (1) - 313 freq
ane (1) - 2140 freq
kace (1) - 2 freq
mace (1) - 3 freq
alce (1) - 1 freq
bce (1) - 3 freq
hce (1) - 1 freq
ase (1) - 1 freq
acce (1) - 1 freq
ce (1) - 7 freq
a'e (1) - 1 freq
ae (1) - 5555 freq
ice (1) - 254 freq
axe (1) - 22 freq
ape (1) - 5 freq
are (1) - 5138 freq
ade (1) - 3 freq
acne (1) - 3 freq
uce (1) - 1 freq
race (1) - 139 freq
aze (1) - 2 freq
ake (1) - 7 freq
ame (1) - 3 freq
ale (1) - 53 freq
ace (0) - 19 freq
ice (1) - 254 freq
ac (1) - 24 freq
ce (1) - 7 freq
uce (1) - 1 freq
cu (2) - 7 freq
icy (2) - 62 freq
cee (2) - 2 freq
ceo (2) - 3 freq
eece (2) - 8 freq
eco (2) - 2 freq
icey (2) - 3 freq
ic (2) - 6 freq
icu (2) - 3 freq
age (2) - 425 freq
acer (2) - 1 freq
ave (2) - 42 freq
ache (2) - 14 freq
cea (2) - 1 freq
pace (2) - 77 freq
aye (2) - 6435 freq
co (2) - 5195 freq
cue (2) - 10 freq
cei (2) - 1 freq
aic (2) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - A200
as - 17693 freq
ach - 313 freq
'as - 15 freq
aiks - 3 freq
ajee - 21 freq
ash - 32 freq
ask - 526 freq
ago - 397 freq
aes - 4 freq
ayewis - 156 freq
ack - 42 freq
aige - 11 freq
age - 425 freq
ak - 14 freq
ayeweys - 90 freq
aw's - 3 freq
awauk - 11 freq
ache - 14 freq
aik - 56 freq
aggie - 49 freq
ayweys - 25 freq
ags - 1 freq
ask-' - 1 freq
ashe - 1 freq
asks - 216 freq
awake - 31 freq
aix - 42 freq
aisy - 27 freq
aigs - 1 freq
ax - 76 freq
assay - 5 freq
'ach - 27 freq
azzy - 25 freq
ahs - 1 freq
'azzy - 3 freq
ac - 24 freq
'awk - 1 freq
ask' - 1 freq
aywiss - 7 freq
'awchhh - 1 freq
aa-weys - 1 freq
axe - 22 freq
aaweys - 5 freq
aik's - 2 freq
acks - 11 freq
aywis - 14 freq
ayewiz - 44 freq
aywiz - 1 freq
ayewes - 10 freq
aqua - 12 freq
ace - 19 freq
ahoj - 2 freq
ag - 13 freq
auche - 1 freq
awoke - 10 freq
aish - 2 freq
awash - 2 freq
aise - 14 freq
aisie - 11 freq
a''ways - 1 freq
a'ways - 3 freq
ass - 26 freq
ayweis - 2 freq
ask's - 2 freq
ayeweis - 4 freq
aij - 2 freq
auch - 3 freq
ayeways - 24 freq
askew - 2 freq
ahhhhs - 1 freq
asa - 6 freq
aiex - 1 freq
aesie - 3 freq
aks - 18 freq
'ask - 1 freq
aas - 6 freq
akh - 1 freq
aussie - 1 freq
asia - 12 freq
aa's - 4 freq
ayewyes - 9 freq
agai - 2 freq
'ach' - 1 freq
agi - 1 freq
ahice - 1 freq
ahk - 1 freq
ahhce - 1 freq
aka - 12 freq
aye-wiz - 20 freq
aese - 8 freq
agh - 11 freq
aiwyes - 1 freq
'age - 4 freq
'agh - 2 freq
ayes - 2 freq
ah'g - 1 freq
a's - 2 freq
ahj - 1 freq
ahaz - 4 freq
aq - 2 freq
ax' - 1 freq
ais - 18 freq
agae - 2 freq
aga - 8 freq
a-z - 13 freq
'ayewis - 3 freq
assie - 1 freq
aiggs - 4 freq
¬‚ask - 1 freq
aesy - 57 freq
aigg - 6 freq
'aussie - 1 freq
ayewss - 1 freq
auga - 1 freq
as-she - 1 freq
ayoch - 1 freq
a'ess - 1 freq
acce - 1 freq
aisk - 4 freq
ayesha - 1 freq
age' - 1 freq
aich - 2 freq
asky - 2 freq
akse - 1 freq
aiss - 3 freq
aaagh - 1 freq
ase - 1 freq
aisse - 4 freq
aus - 4 freq
agg - 6 freq
agg's - 1 freq
aach - 1 freq
€œach - 16 freq
€˜ach - 3 freq
€˜as - 8 freq
aagh - 1 freq
€œas - 14 freq
aze - 2 freq
ake - 7 freq
aywise - 1 freq
aywyes - 1 freq
aawyes - 1 freq
ajie - 3 freq
awyes - 3 freq
ayways - 2 freq
aikey - 4 freq
aw-weys - 1 freq
awk - 1 freq
awak - 1 freq
aug - 6 freq
aeyways - 1 freq
ay'ways - 1 freq
aeways - 3 freq
auss - 2 freq
€™as - 1 freq
aawise - 1 freq
awis - 3 freq
€˜ago - 2 freq
aig - 1 freq
ayewys - 1 freq
agee - 1 freq
awch - 2 freq
aj - 6 freq
akio - 1 freq
aiko - 1 freq
akxjz - 1 freq
aÂ’s - 1 freq
az - 1 freq
ayj - 1 freq
aezzc - 1 freq
aocau - 1 freq
aecc - 5 freq
ahg - 1 freq
asjjx - 1 freq
ayz - 1 freq
awayego - 1 freq
assq - 1 freq
ajya - 1 freq
aaywiz - 1 freq
aghw - 1 freq
axae - 1 freq
axj - 1 freq
aggggh - 1 freq
agaaaaaa - 1 freq
aÂ’wik - 1 freq
agcc - 5 freq
ajay - 2 freq
a'yese - 1 freq
ahgxo - 1 freq
aaach - 1 freq
aws - 1 freq
aghhhhhhhhh - 1 freq
aghhhhhhhhhh - 1 freq
“as - 1 freq
aqs - 1 freq
ayÂ’s - 1 freq
aikawa - 1 freq
aox - 1 freq
aoxckse - 1 freq
aic - 2 freq
aoagaw - 1 freq
aways - 58 freq
ayechihuahua - 1 freq
aussie' - 1 freq
auk - 1 freq
aye's - 1 freq
a'sae - 1 freq
awsae - 3 freq
aaaaagh - 1 freq
aok - 1 freq
ayxz - 1 freq
awjh - 1 freq
aqsc - 1 freq
akk - 1 freq
agyw - 1 freq
agj - 1 freq
awys - 1 freq
aque - 1 freq
ayq - 1 freq
auqi - 1 freq
aaways - 1 freq
'ack - 2 freq
MetaPhone code - AS
as - 17693 freq
'as - 15 freq
aw's - 3 freq
aisy - 27 freq
assay - 5 freq
azzy - 25 freq
ahs - 1 freq
'azzy - 3 freq
ace - 19 freq
aise - 14 freq
aisie - 11 freq
ass - 26 freq
ahhhhs - 1 freq
asa - 6 freq
aas - 6 freq
aussie - 1 freq
aa's - 4 freq
ahhce - 1 freq
a's - 2 freq
ais - 18 freq
a-z - 13 freq
assie - 1 freq
'aussie - 1 freq
a'ess - 1 freq
aiss - 3 freq
ase - 1 freq
aisse - 4 freq
aus - 4 freq
€˜as - 8 freq
€œas - 14 freq
aze - 2 freq
auss - 2 freq
€™as - 1 freq
aÂ’s - 1 freq
az - 1 freq
ayz - 1 freq
aws - 1 freq
“as - 1 freq
ayÂ’s - 1 freq
aussie' - 1 freq
a'sae - 1 freq
awsae - 3 freq
awys - 1 freq
ACE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.181894 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 - 0.341799 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 - 0.028089 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 - 0.037640 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 - 0.000958 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.