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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to afford in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
afford (0) - 85 freq
afoord (1) - 3 freq
'afford (1) - 1 freq
alford (1) - 4 freq
affoard (1) - 3 freq
affoord (1) - 1 freq
affo (2) - 5 freq
wford (2) - 1 freq
affer (2) - 2 freq
trafford (2) - 1 freq
offerd (2) - 1 freq
affered (2) - 1 freq
afor (2) - 25 freq
afforded (2) - 3 freq
affere (2) - 1 freq
afiore (2) - 1 freq
oxford (2) - 27 freq
a'fore (2) - 2 freq
afore (2) - 3467 freq
affroad (2) - 1 freq
fiord (2) - 1 freq
accord (2) - 8 freq
affuird (2) - 5 freq
fjord (2) - 2 freq
affload (2) - 1 freq
afford (0) - 85 freq
affoard (1) - 3 freq
affoord (1) - 1 freq
affuird (2) - 5 freq
offerd (2) - 1 freq
affroad (2) - 1 freq
afoord (2) - 3 freq
'afford (2) - 1 freq
affered (2) - 1 freq
alford (2) - 4 freq
fjord (3) - 2 freq
affload (3) - 1 freq
fiord (3) - 1 freq
affraid (3) - 1 freq
offered (3) - 48 freq
affordit (3) - 3 freq
ford (3) - 13 freq
gifford (3) - 3 freq
effort (3) - 105 freq
afforded (3) - 3 freq
wford (3) - 1 freq
affere (3) - 1 freq
affer (3) - 2 freq
oxford (3) - 27 freq
affeir (4) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - A163
apairt - 197 freq
appeared - 135 freq
aiberdeenshire - 47 freq
appeart - 80 freq
afford - 85 freq
afeart - 15 freq
abuird - 12 freq
apairtment - 3 freq
apart - 114 freq
aboard - 21 freq
aberdeen - 111 freq
aiberdeen - 266 freq
afraid - 44 freq
aboord - 31 freq
apeart - 1 freq
aperrt - 1 freq
aibirdeen - 1 freq
aiberdeen's - 7 freq
aberdour - 9 freq
abroad - 34 freq
appearit - 5 freq
appairt - 5 freq
approtchen - 1 freq
afoord - 3 freq
abort - 3 freq
appeert - 2 freq
abaird - 1 freq
avert - 1 freq
aiberdream - 1 freq
afforded - 3 freq
affered - 1 freq
averred - 1 freq
abraid - 11 freq
abreid - 12 freq
apartment - 6 freq
apartmint - 3 freq
affordable - 6 freq
apartheid - 7 freq
apert - 12 freq
aberdeenshire - 40 freq
aberdonian - 10 freq
aiberdonians - 2 freq
aiberdonians' - 1 freq
aiberdonian - 1 freq
apparition - 3 freq
apartment's - 1 freq
aperitif - 2 freq
aipward - 1 freq
abridged - 1 freq
'afford - 1 freq
affoord - 1 freq
affoard - 3 freq
affordit - 3 freq
affroad - 1 freq
apaert - 2 freq
'abuird - 1 freq
aforethought' - 1 freq
abortit - 2 freq
aberration - 2 freq
affuird - 5 freq
apparitioun - 1 freq
apairt' - 1 freq
aiberdene - 1 freq
affröd - 1 freq
affrödet - 1 freq
abreed - 5 freq
appareition - 1 freq
€˜apairt - 1 freq
aiberdeen-awa - 4 freq
apairtments - 2 freq
aborted - 1 freq
aiberdour - 5 freq
aiberdein - 3 freq
aberdeenshire's - 2 freq
apparitions - 2 freq
apperit - 3 freq
affraid - 1 freq
apertures - 1 freq
€˜aberdeen - 1 freq
appairtment - 1 freq
apartments - 2 freq
appert - 1 freq
avertin - 1 freq
apportion - 1 freq
averts - 1 freq
approtch - 2 freq
apparatus - 2 freq
aphrodite - 20 freq
€œaphrodite - 2 freq
aboorit - 1 freq
abrade - 1 freq
abortifacients - 1 freq
abortions - 1 freq
apportioned - 1 freq
'aberdeen - 1 freq
aberdeenfc - 169 freq
aberdeenfcnews - 1 freq
aberdeenmad - 2 freq
aberdeencc - 16 freq
a'iberdeen - 1 freq
aberdonians - 4 freq
aberdeenÂ’s - 1 freq
aberdeenleopard - 1 freq
aiberdeinquine - 5 freq
aberdeenfanpage - 1 freq
aberdeenfcslo - 12 freq
aberdeentaxi - 24 freq
aiberdeenquine - 18 freq
aberdeencity - 4 freq
aberdeenfcpins - 7 freq
aberdeenwomen - 1 freq
aberdeenanalys - 1 freq
aberdeenstadium - 1 freq
aiberdeenÂ’s - 1 freq
aberdeenfcyouth - 1 freq
aberdeenskipper - 1 freq
aberdinho - 1 freq
aberdeenwarbot - 1 freq
aberdeenuni - 3 freq
aberdein - 1 freq
aberdeenfoodies - 8 freq
aberdeencouncil - 1 freq
aiberden - 1 freq
'aiberdeen' - 1 freq
aberdeen's - 1 freq
aiberdeeeen - 1 freq
aiberdeeeeeeeeen - 1 freq
aberdeebshire - 1 freq
aiburdeenshire - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - AFRT
afford - 85 freq
afeart - 15 freq
afraid - 44 freq
afoord - 3 freq
avert - 1 freq
affered - 1 freq
averred - 1 freq
'afford - 1 freq
affoord - 1 freq
affoard - 3 freq
affroad - 1 freq
affuird - 5 freq
affröd - 1 freq
affraid - 1 freq
AFFORD
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.212404 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 - 0.432585 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 - 0.029237 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 - 0.038401 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 - 0.000981 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.