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Similar words to allays in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
allays (0) - 1 freq
alleys (1) - 3 freq
allay (1) - 1 freq
alloys (1) - 1 freq
always (1) - 458 freq
aeways (2) - 3 freq
alloy (2) - 2 freq
'always (2) - 3 freq
ballys (2) - 1 freq
altars (2) - 2 freq
valleys (2) - 3 freq
ally (2) - 309 freq
al'ways (2) - 2 freq
alas (2) - 43 freq
ullans (2) - 32 freq
a'ways (2) - 3 freq
alwys (2) - 1 freq
fallaes (2) - 1 freq
hallans (2) - 1 freq
aalways (2) - 29 freq
dallas (2) - 1 freq
gallas (2) - 1 freq
clays (2) - 2 freq
alans (2) - 2 freq
flays (2) - 1 freq
allays (0) - 1 freq
alleys (1) - 3 freq
alloys (1) - 1 freq
alloos (2) - 38 freq
allies (2) - 8 freq
alles (2) - 1 freq
yallas (2) - 1 freq
allous (2) - 27 freq
allus (2) - 4 freq
always (2) - 458 freq
allay (2) - 1 freq
lays (3) - 31 freq
ella's (3) - 10 freq
alley' (3) - 1 freq
relays (3) - 2 freq
allows (3) - 6 freq
pallas (3) - 2 freq
allan (3) - 91 freq
alwaes (3) - 1 freq
allah (3) - 1 freq
albais (3) - 1 freq
alweys (3) - 44 freq
allooes (3) - 2 freq
galleys (3) - 3 freq
yalls (3) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - A420
always - 458 freq
alex - 62 freq
alice - 1584 freq
ailsa - 32 freq
also - 324 freq
alkie - 3 freq
alas - 43 freq
'always - 3 freq
alike - 26 freq
alky - 14 freq
awhyles - 1 freq
alec - 112 freq
ales' - 1 freq
alloos - 38 freq
'allie's - 1 freq
ails - 9 freq
alicia - 1 freq
aalweys - 2 freq
alwis - 23 freq
algae - 3 freq
alleys - 3 freq
aloes - 1 freq
alikie - 1 freq
aleckie - 6 freq
aleck - 2 freq
alck - 1 freq
alek - 3 freq
alcckie - 1 freq
ayewels - 1 freq
ayewils - 1 freq
alchy - 3 freq
allows - 6 freq
alcohoi - 2 freq
ahlways - 1 freq
als - 27 freq
alweys - 44 freq
alsae - 9 freq
al's - 1 freq
alec's - 8 freq
allous - 27 freq
ahlice - 380 freq
allies - 8 freq
alcoho - 1 freq
alexa - 14 freq
alice' - 1 freq
allus - 4 freq
al'wiys - 1 freq
al'ways - 2 freq
al'wis - 2 freq
al'wiz - 4 freq
alwiz' - 1 freq
alwyes - 9 freq
ailwyes - 2 freq
aeolus - 2 freq
aless - 26 freq
alce - 1 freq
'aless - 1 freq
alloys - 1 freq
alecs - 1 freq
allege - 1 freq
aalways - 29 freq
aloos - 4 freq
alse - 8 freq
alki - 1 freq
aalwis - 6 freq
alaska - 2 freq
alwayis - 10 freq
alleyways - 1 freq
alhce - 1 freq
alaek - 2 freq
-alees - 1 freq
ailice - 295 freq
'ailice' - 1 freq
aiulice - 1 freq
alick - 1 freq
alwys - 1 freq
alwais - 1 freq
'alec - 1 freq
allays - 1 freq
alehoose - 1 freq
allooes - 2 freq
€™allais - 1 freq
€˜alex - 1 freq
alsua - 1 freq
alwaaays - 1 freq
alok - 1 freq
alessia - 2 freq
alack - 1 freq
€œalexa - 9 freq
€˜alexa - 1 freq
alex' - 1 freq
'alas - 1 freq
alsa - 1 freq
alæk - 1 freq
€˜also - 1 freq
€˜always - 2 freq
ali-a's - 1 freq
€œalias - 1 freq
ales - 1 freq
aliÂ’s - 1 freq
allyÂ’s - 2 freq
all's - 5 freq
aalegs - 1 freq
alexx - 9 freq
alles - 1 freq
alzzz - 1 freq
alwaes - 1 freq
alwgq - 1 freq
a-holes - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - ALS
alice - 1584 freq
ailsa - 32 freq
also - 324 freq
alas - 43 freq
awhyles - 1 freq
ales' - 1 freq
alloos - 38 freq
'allie's - 1 freq
ails - 9 freq
alleys - 3 freq
aloes - 1 freq
allows - 6 freq
als - 27 freq
alsae - 9 freq
al's - 1 freq
allous - 27 freq
ahlice - 380 freq
allies - 8 freq
alice' - 1 freq
allus - 4 freq
aless - 26 freq
alce - 1 freq
'aless - 1 freq
alloys - 1 freq
aloos - 4 freq
alse - 8 freq
alhce - 1 freq
-alees - 1 freq
ailice - 295 freq
'ailice' - 1 freq
aiulice - 1 freq
alwys - 1 freq
allays - 1 freq
allooes - 2 freq
€™allais - 1 freq
alsua - 1 freq
alessia - 2 freq
'alas - 1 freq
alsa - 1 freq
€˜also - 1 freq
ali-a's - 1 freq
€œalias - 1 freq
ales - 1 freq
aliÂ’s - 1 freq
allyÂ’s - 2 freq
all's - 5 freq
alles - 1 freq
alzzz - 1 freq
ALLAYS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.510809 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 - 0.874429 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 - 0.027992 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 - 0.090228 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 - 0.000925 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.