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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to ale in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
ale (0) - 51 freq
all (1) - 1278 freq
rale (1) - 78 freq
als (1) - 27 freq
alf (1) - 7 freq
ple (1) - 1 freq
abe (1) - 3 freq
al' (1) - 24 freq
lle (1) - 1 freq
bale (1) - 8 freq
ade (1) - 3 freq
alt (1) - 5 freq
vale (1) - 8 freq
aye (1) - 6376 freq
alo (1) - 1 freq
aly (1) - 5 freq
hle (1) - 1 freq
kale (1) - 26 freq
ame (1) - 3 freq
age (1) - 409 freq
are (1) - 5053 freq
pale (1) - 86 freq
axe (1) - 22 freq
ave (1) - 42 freq
gle (1) - 4 freq
ale (0) - 51 freq
alie (1) - 1 freq
aly (1) - 5 freq
alo (1) - 1 freq
le (1) - 53 freq
ile (1) - 65 freq
ali (1) - 162 freq
yale (1) - 7 freq
aule (1) - 1 freq
aloe (1) - 1 freq
aale (1) - 1 freq
ole (1) - 2 freq
yle (1) - 2 freq
al (1) - 237 freq
il (2) - 39 freq
ayel (2) - 1 freq
iley (2) - 4 freq
ate (2) - 115 freq
lye (2) - 8 freq
aloa (2) - 1 freq
alek (2) - 3 freq
elie (2) - 1 freq
el (2) - 25 freq
ail (2) - 5 freq
elo (2) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - A400
all - 1278 freq
aal - 755 freq
ah'll - 739 freq
alloo - 51 freq
a'll - 528 freq
aweill - 6 freq
a'l - 52 freq
ahll - 7 freq
'ah'll - 36 freq
allow - 32 freq
aul - 395 freq
a-hai-ll - 1 freq
'a'll - 37 freq
allou - 35 freq
al - 237 freq
all' - 2 freq
'all - 9 freq
ali - 162 freq
aloo - 8 freq
ah'l - 13 freq
a-lee - 3 freq
allie - 9 freq
ale - 51 freq
'ah'l - 1 freq
alow - 46 freq
aul' - 5 freq
alloa - 4 freq
aa'll - 3 freq
aalie - 1 freq
aly - 5 freq
aall - 3 freq
alowe - 13 freq
'a'l - 1 freq
awwuliy - 1 freq
awol - 9 freq
ah''ll - 8 freq
a-while - 2 freq
ah'il - 23 freq
awhile - 15 freq
'al - 3 freq
allah - 1 freq
'aul' - 1 freq
a'il - 3 freq
alley - 4 freq
ally - 309 freq
a''ll - 4 freq
a-low - 2 freq
al' - 24 freq
ah'lll - 1 freq
'aul - 2 freq
ail - 5 freq
alwa - 2 freq
a'li - 1 freq
'aal' - 1 freq
'a''ll - 1 freq
alll - 1 freq
'alley - 2 freq
aail - 1 freq
alloway - 3 freq
allyie - 1 freq
ael - 1 freq
ahill - 1 freq
ahil - 1 freq
aa'l - 1 freq
aa-heal - 1 freq
aweel - 4 freq
aale - 1 freq
aweliy - 1 freq
awely - 8 freq
aloe - 1 freq
alh - 1 freq
€˜aweel - 1 freq
€œallow - 1 freq
€œall - 10 freq
€˜all - 5 freq
€™allou - 1 freq
allye - 1 freq
ayl - 1 freq
€™all - 1 freq
€œa'll - 4 freq
alloy - 1 freq
€˜aal - 3 freq
allay - 1 freq
alo - 1 freq
€˜al - 1 freq
allo - 2 freq
€œaal - 9 freq
€™aal - 1 freq
al- - 2 freq
ailie - 1 freq
aule - 1 freq
aÂ’wl - 1 freq
a'yl - 1 freq
ahÂ’ll - 10 freq
aillie - 1 freq
ayel - 1 freq
aulÂ’ - 2 freq
aÂ’ll - 5 freq
a while - 1 freq
aloa - 1 freq
a'all - 1 freq
ahl - 1 freq
alya - 1 freq
aalia - 1 freq
alley' - 1 freq
alie - 1 freq
allowa - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - AL
all - 1278 freq
aal - 755 freq
ah'll - 739 freq
alloo - 51 freq
a'll - 528 freq
a'l - 52 freq
ahll - 7 freq
'ah'll - 36 freq
allow - 32 freq
aul - 395 freq
'a'll - 37 freq
allou - 35 freq
al - 237 freq
all' - 2 freq
'all - 9 freq
ali - 162 freq
aloo - 8 freq
ah'l - 13 freq
a-lee - 3 freq
allie - 9 freq
ale - 51 freq
'ah'l - 1 freq
alow - 46 freq
aul' - 5 freq
alloa - 4 freq
aa'll - 3 freq
aalie - 1 freq
aly - 5 freq
aall - 3 freq
'a'l - 1 freq
awwuliy - 1 freq
ah''ll - 8 freq
ah'il - 23 freq
'al - 3 freq
allah - 1 freq
'aul' - 1 freq
a'il - 3 freq
alley - 4 freq
ally - 309 freq
a''ll - 4 freq
a-low - 2 freq
al' - 24 freq
ah'lll - 1 freq
'aul - 2 freq
ail - 5 freq
a'li - 1 freq
'aal' - 1 freq
'a''ll - 1 freq
alll - 1 freq
'alley - 2 freq
aail - 1 freq
aa'l - 1 freq
aale - 1 freq
aloe - 1 freq
alh - 1 freq
€œallow - 1 freq
€œall - 10 freq
€˜all - 5 freq
€™allou - 1 freq
ayl - 1 freq
€™all - 1 freq
€œa'll - 4 freq
alloy - 1 freq
€˜aal - 3 freq
allay - 1 freq
alo - 1 freq
€˜al - 1 freq
allo - 2 freq
€œaal - 9 freq
€™aal - 1 freq
al- - 2 freq
ailie - 1 freq
aule - 1 freq
aÂ’wl - 1 freq
a'yl - 1 freq
ahÂ’ll - 10 freq
aillie - 1 freq
aulÂ’ - 2 freq
aÂ’ll - 5 freq
aloa - 1 freq
a'all - 1 freq
ahl - 1 freq
aalia - 1 freq
alley' - 1 freq
alie - 1 freq
ALE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.189013 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 - 0.675625 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 - 0.059677 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 - 0.080574 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 - 0.001020 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.