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Similar words to ay in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
ay (0) - 2481 freq
aq (1) - 2 freq
aa (1) - 7129 freq
auy (1) - 1 freq
at (1) - 20353 freq
av (1) - 161 freq
kay (1) - 67 freq
nay (1) - 152 freq
al (1) - 237 freq
dy (1) - 236 freq
aye (1) - 6412 freq
an (1) - 77017 freq
aw (1) - 8209 freq
ray (1) - 17 freq
way (1) - 900 freq
zy (1) - 4 freq
day (1) - 6002 freq
ao (1) - 1 freq
y (1) - 155 freq
aly (1) - 5 freq
ayj (1) - 1 freq
jy (1) - 2 freq
say (1) - 3698 freq
tay (1) - 186 freq
vy (1) - 3 freq
ay (0) - 2481 freq
yy (1) - 1 freq
uy (1) - 4 freq
ey (1) - 141 freq
aiy (1) - 4 freq
y (1) - 155 freq
yay (1) - 6 freq
a (1) - 92282 freq
ae (1) - 5546 freq
aay (1) - 1 freq
ai (1) - 29 freq
oy (1) - 5 freq
iy (1) - 3 freq
au (1) - 16 freq
ao (1) - 1 freq
aey (1) - 4 freq
aye (1) - 6412 freq
aa (1) - 7129 freq
auy (1) - 1 freq
iu (2) - 2 freq
yye (2) - 2 freq
i (2) - 18804 freq
ayui (2) - 1 freq
ua (2) - 3 freq
ooy (2) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - A000
a - 92282 freq
awa - 4205 freq
aw - 8209 freq
aye - 6412 freq
'aiya - 1 freq
'aye - 306 freq
away - 766 freq
ae - 5546 freq
aa - 7129 freq
ah - 17375 freq
'awa - 22 freq
'aw - 69 freq
'a - 285 freq
ay - 2481 freq
-aye - 3 freq
awey - 180 freq
aea - 1 freq
a- - 4 freq
ah- - 4 freq
'ah - 382 freq
awee - 5 freq
awaa - 99 freq
'ae - 83 freq
awe - 396 freq
'awww - 2 freq
'ay - 112 freq
'ay' - 7 freq
aawey - 6 freq
- 2 freq
'ahhh - 1 freq
'ahh - 2 freq
a' - 418 freq
awa' - 25 freq
aawey' - 1 freq
'awwwwwwww - 1 freq
'awwwww-hawwwwww - 1 freq
'awwwwww - 1 freq
'awwwwwww - 2 freq
'aww - 2 freq
-a - 2 freq
aa' - 7 freq
'aa - 16 freq
a-a-ah - 1 freq
ah-ah-ah - 1 freq
aa- - 1 freq
ai - 29 freq
'aye' - 12 freq
aawye - 42 freq
au - 16 freq
a-wye - 1 freq
a-wee - 3 freq
awae - 22 freq
awiy - 22 freq
'away - 3 freq
'a' - 23 freq
'aa' - 3 freq
aiy - 4 freq
'aye'' - 1 freq
aaaa - 2 freq
awuiy - 1 freq
ahaa - 1 freq
aua - 1 freq
aha - 8 freq
aye¥ - 1 freq
ae' - 1 freq
ah' - 23 freq
ayyyyyyyyy - 1 freq
ayyyyyy - 1 freq
ahhhhhhhh - 1 freq
ahh - 9 freq
ayyyye - 1 freq
ahhh - 5 freq
ahh' - 1 freq
awoa - 1 freq
ah'y - 3 freq
aaa - 1 freq
aaaahoo - 1 freq
ah'ii - 2 freq
¢a - 1 freq
ah-ah - 1 freq
ah'ye - 1 freq
awah - 14 freq
aah - 6 freq
-ay - 1 freq
a'y - 1 freq
ah-ha - 3 freq
'aha - 1 freq
awww - 25 freq
ahah - 1 freq
ay¢ - 1 freq
ahahah - 1 freq
ay-ay - 1 freq
aay - 1 freq
ahae - 1 freq
'ah-ha - 2 freq
awhe - 2 freq
awhie - 2 freq
au' - 1 freq
a'hae - 1 freq
away' - 1 freq
awae' - 1 freq
'awa' - 1 freq
awwww - 22 freq
ah'i - 1 freq
aye' - 1 freq
a'h - 2 freq
aho - 1 freq
aw' - 83 freq
'ahhhhhhh - 1 freq
awo - 1 freq
a-ha - 3 freq
'a-aye - 1 freq
--aw - 1 freq
awaw - 72 freq
'ah-h-h-h-h-h - 1 freq
aww - 55 freq
aaaaah - 3 freq
a'aa - 2 freq
aye-aye - 4 freq
awaey - 4 freq
a-hah - 2 freq
a'wie - 1 freq
aaaah - 1 freq
a'i' - 3 freq
aa'wie - 1 freq
aai' - 1 freq
awye - 13 freq
'aaaaw' - 1 freq
aa'wye - 1 freq
awy - 13 freq
aweiy-' - 1 freq
aweiy - 8 freq
a-a - 1 freq
a - 2 freq
a - 1 freq
aye-oh - 1 freq
'ae' - 1 freq
ahie - 1 freq
awwwwww - 3 freq
ahhhhhh - 2 freq
'away' - 1 freq
aye - 85 freq
ah - 240 freq
awa - 2 freq
aw - 19 freq
a - 73 freq
ah - 123 freq
ay - 9 freq
aye - 62 freq
aa - 23 freq
a - 20 freq
a - 185 freq
ay - 91 freq
aa - 7 freq
aw-w-w - 1 freq
a - 6 freq
awà - 12 freq
a'a - 77 freq
awie - 1 freq
a - 1 freq
awaw - 1 freq
awa - 8 freq
aoww - 1 freq
ai - 1 freq
ai - 1 freq
aw - 11 freq
aw - 2 freq
awh - 6 freq
ae - 12 freq
aaahhh - 1 freq
awaiy - 4 freq
away - 5 freq
ahh - 1 freq
aw - 2 freq
ae - 4 freq
ayee - 8 freq
aeway - 1 freq
a - 3 freq
aaww - 1 freq
a'e - 1 freq
ay' - 4 freq
awwwwww - 1 freq
a - 1 freq
ao - 2 freq
ao - 1 freq
ay - 1 freq
ay- - 1 freq
awyo - 1 freq
awww - 1 freq
ay-y-y - 2 freq
ah-hah - 1 freq
aaahh - 1 freq
aw-wey - 2 freq
aye - 3 freq
ah - 5 freq
-ae - 1 freq
ae - 2 freq
awiye - 1 freq
awei - 1 freq
ah - 32 freq
aye - 12 freq
“ah - 4 freq
aeaw - 1 freq
ao - 1 freq
auy - 1 freq
- 13 freq
a'wi - 1 freq
aaue - 1 freq
a’w - 1 freq
“awa - 2 freq
aey - 4 freq
“awww” - 1 freq
“a - 5 freq
awwwwwww - 2 freq
a’i - 1 freq
'aw' - 1 freq
aye” - 1 freq
ayw - 1 freq
ahhhhh - 2 freq
awwwww - 7 freq
awé - 1 freq
awewwwwww - 1 freq
ahhhhhhhhhhh - 1 freq
‘aye - 2 freq
“away” - 1 freq
“aye - 2 freq
“aye” - 1 freq
“aw - 2 freq
ahhhh - 2 freq
awa’ - 1 freq
awi - 1 freq
ýae - 1 freq
ayui - 1 freq
aoa - 1 freq
aaaaaaa - 1 freq
aa’ - 4 freq
away” - 1 freq
‘a’ - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - A
a - 92282 freq
aw - 8209 freq
aa - 7129 freq
ah - 17375 freq
'aw - 69 freq
'a - 285 freq
ay - 2481 freq
a- - 4 freq
ah- - 4 freq
'ah - 382 freq
'awww - 2 freq
'ay - 112 freq
'ay' - 7 freq
- 2 freq
'ahhh - 1 freq
'ahh - 2 freq
a' - 418 freq
'awwwwwwww - 1 freq
'awwwwww - 1 freq
'awwwwwww - 2 freq
'aww - 2 freq
-a - 2 freq
aa' - 7 freq
'aa - 16 freq
a-a-ah - 1 freq
ah-ah-ah - 1 freq
aa- - 1 freq
ai - 29 freq
au - 16 freq
'a' - 23 freq
'aa' - 3 freq
aiy - 4 freq
aaaa - 2 freq
aua - 1 freq
ah' - 23 freq
ayyyyyyyyy - 1 freq
ayyyyyy - 1 freq
ahhhhhhhh - 1 freq
ahh - 9 freq
ayyyye - 1 freq
ahhh - 5 freq
ahh' - 1 freq
ah'y - 3 freq
aaa - 1 freq
ah'ii - 2 freq
¢a - 1 freq
ah-ah - 1 freq
aah - 6 freq
-ay - 1 freq
a'y - 1 freq
awww - 25 freq
ay¢ - 1 freq
ay-ay - 1 freq
aay - 1 freq
au' - 1 freq
awwww - 22 freq
ah'i - 1 freq
a'h - 2 freq
aw' - 83 freq
'ahhhhhhh - 1 freq
--aw - 1 freq
'ah-h-h-h-h-h - 1 freq
aww - 55 freq
aaaaah - 3 freq
a'aa - 2 freq
aaaah - 1 freq
a'i' - 3 freq
aai' - 1 freq
'aaaaw' - 1 freq
awy - 13 freq
a-a - 1 freq
a - 2 freq
a - 1 freq
awwwwww - 3 freq
ahhhhhh - 2 freq
ah - 240 freq
aw - 19 freq
a - 73 freq
ah - 123 freq
ay - 9 freq
aa - 23 freq
a - 20 freq
a - 185 freq
ay - 91 freq
aa - 7 freq
aw-w-w - 1 freq
a - 6 freq
awà - 12 freq
a'a - 77 freq
a - 1 freq
aoww - 1 freq
ai - 1 freq
ai - 1 freq
aw - 11 freq
aw - 2 freq
awh - 6 freq
aaahhh - 1 freq
ahh - 1 freq
aw - 2 freq
a - 3 freq
aaww - 1 freq
a'e - 1 freq
ay' - 4 freq
awwwwww - 1 freq
a - 1 freq
ao - 2 freq
ao - 1 freq
ay - 1 freq
ay- - 1 freq
awww - 1 freq
ay-y-y - 2 freq
aaahh - 1 freq
ah - 5 freq
ah - 32 freq
“ah - 4 freq
ao - 1 freq
auy - 1 freq
- 13 freq
aaue - 1 freq
a’w - 1 freq
“awww” - 1 freq
“a - 5 freq
awwwwwww - 2 freq
a’i - 1 freq
'aw' - 1 freq
ayw - 1 freq
ahhhhh - 2 freq
awwwww - 7 freq
awé - 1 freq
ahhhhhhhhhhh - 1 freq
“aw - 2 freq
ahhhh - 2 freq
aoa - 1 freq
aaaaaaa - 1 freq
aa’ - 4 freq
‘a’ - 1 freq
AY
aye - 6412 freq
yes - 252 freq
ay - 2481 freq
ays - freq
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.188224 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 - 0.333955 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 - 0.029739 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 - 0.037564 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 - 0.001199 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.