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Similar words to bair in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
bair (0) - 1 freq
lair (1) - 58 freq
bar (1) - 493 freq
bai (1) - 10 freq
baur (1) - 67 freq
bir (1) - 2 freq
air (1) - 1001 freq
balr (1) - 1 freq
mair (1) - 6172 freq
beir (1) - 18 freq
hair (1) - 902 freq
buir (1) - 10 freq
baird (1) - 34 freq
rair (1) - 30 freq
yair (1) - 1 freq
baiy (1) - 1 freq
bail (1) - 14 freq
baif (1) - 4 freq
barr (1) - 16 freq
cair (1) - 3 freq
sair (1) - 786 freq
baar (1) - 6 freq
nair (1) - 2 freq
bait (1) - 32 freq
baer (1) - 2 freq
bair (0) - 1 freq
buir (1) - 10 freq
baar (1) - 6 freq
bir (1) - 2 freq
baur (1) - 67 freq
baer (1) - 2 freq
bar (1) - 493 freq
baira (1) - 1 freq
beir (1) - 18 freq
bauer (2) - 1 freq
br (2) - 4 freq
bier (2) - 3 freq
bour (2) - 1 freq
'air (2) - 1 freq
bain (2) - 77 freq
baim (2) - 1 freq
wair (2) - 6 freq
biro (2) - 6 freq
bear (2) - 217 freq
bare (2) - 175 freq
boar (2) - 20 freq
beer (2) - 142 freq
brie (2) - 3 freq
bor (2) - 4 freq
ber (2) - 4 freq
SoundEx code - B600
brae - 285 freq
braw - 1237 freq
bare - 175 freq
bury - 24 freq
bra - 31 freq
borrow - 16 freq
bar - 493 freq
barrae - 2 freq
bear - 217 freq
be'-or - 3 freq
bree - 58 freq
brou - 29 freq
bourie - 5 freq
buiry - 4 freq
boure - 1 freq
bewaur - 15 freq
bour - 1 freq
beir - 18 freq
bere - 13 freq
bheur - 1 freq
beerie - 7 freq
bore - 41 freq
byre - 111 freq
burrae - 1 freq
beer - 142 freq
brew - 31 freq
beery - 8 freq
'bear - 1 freq
bur - 8 freq
bor - 4 freq
bru - 28 freq
broo - 164 freq
buyer - 8 freq
bray - 1 freq
baur - 67 freq
baira - 1 freq
bree-ee - 8 freq
'braw - 12 freq
be'er - 1 freq
boer - 3 freq
buroo - 10 freq
boar - 20 freq
buir - 10 freq
burrow - 7 freq
berry - 17 freq
barra - 27 freq
braa - 60 freq
bir - 2 freq
barrie - 15 freq
boru - 6 freq
borrae - 10 freq
bair - 1 freq
bier - 3 freq
behere - 2 freq
bu'er - 2 freq
barry - 34 freq
'braw' - 1 freq
beware - 5 freq
bower - 10 freq
bouer - 18 freq
brow - 10 freq
burroo - 2 freq
bro - 7 freq
brah - 4 freq
baer - 2 freq
brey - 1 freq
birr - 24 freq
bear' - 1 freq
burie - 4 freq
borra - 2 freq
borra' - 1 freq
ber - 4 freq
burra - 62 freq
biro - 6 freq
böre - 1 freq
brö - 1 freq
broo' - 1 freq
beirie - 1 freq
bure - 3 freq
brø - 1 freq
bær - 1 freq
berr - 2 freq
burry - 1 freq
burro - 1 freq
bureau - 11 freq
brio - 1 freq
baar - 6 freq
bewaar - 1 freq
burou - 1 freq
borroo - 1 freq
brahe - 1 freq
brae' - 1 freq
barr - 16 freq
brie - 3 freq
burr - 2 freq
birra - 9 freq
über - 1 freq
€˜braw - 2 freq
brooie - 1 freq
birry - 2 freq
borr - 1 freq
brrrr - 2 freq
brrr - 2 freq
bu---r - 1 freq
€˜barrie - 1 freq
€žbrae' - 1 freq
€˜brew - 1 freq
bawhair - 1 freq
bah-yerr - 1 freq
byro - 1 freq
“bier” - 1 freq
bauer - 1 freq
br - 4 freq
brewÂ’ - 1 freq
brr - 5 freq
brrrrr - 1 freq
brrrrrrrr - 2 freq
brawwee - 1 freq
borh - 1 freq
bri - 2 freq
'bru - 1 freq
berry' - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - BR
brae - 285 freq
braw - 1237 freq
bare - 175 freq
bury - 24 freq
bra - 31 freq
borrow - 16 freq
bar - 493 freq
barrae - 2 freq
bear - 217 freq
be'-or - 3 freq
bree - 58 freq
brou - 29 freq
bourie - 5 freq
buiry - 4 freq
boure - 1 freq
bour - 1 freq
beir - 18 freq
bere - 13 freq
beerie - 7 freq
bore - 41 freq
byre - 111 freq
burrae - 1 freq
beer - 142 freq
brew - 31 freq
beery - 8 freq
'bear - 1 freq
burgh - 18 freq
bur - 8 freq
bor - 4 freq
bru - 28 freq
broo - 164 freq
bray - 1 freq
baur - 67 freq
baira - 1 freq
bree-ee - 8 freq
'braw - 12 freq
be'er - 1 freq
boer - 3 freq
buroo - 10 freq
boar - 20 freq
buir - 10 freq
burrow - 7 freq
berry - 17 freq
barra - 27 freq
braa - 60 freq
bir - 2 freq
barrie - 15 freq
boru - 6 freq
borrae - 10 freq
bair - 1 freq
bier - 3 freq
bu'er - 2 freq
barry - 34 freq
'braw' - 1 freq
bouer - 18 freq
brow - 10 freq
burroo - 2 freq
bro - 7 freq
brah - 4 freq
baer - 2 freq
brey - 1 freq
birr - 24 freq
bear' - 1 freq
burie - 4 freq
borra - 2 freq
borra' - 1 freq
ber - 4 freq
burra - 62 freq
biro - 6 freq
böre - 1 freq
brö - 1 freq
broo' - 1 freq
beirie - 1 freq
bure - 3 freq
brø - 1 freq
bær - 1 freq
berr - 2 freq
burry - 1 freq
burro - 1 freq
bureau - 11 freq
brio - 1 freq
baar - 6 freq
burou - 1 freq
borroo - 1 freq
brae' - 1 freq
barr - 16 freq
brie - 3 freq
brugh - 2 freq
burr - 2 freq
birra - 9 freq
über - 1 freq
€˜braw - 2 freq
brooie - 1 freq
birry - 2 freq
borr - 1 freq
brrrr - 2 freq
brrr - 2 freq
bu---r - 1 freq
€˜barrie - 1 freq
€žbrae' - 1 freq
€˜brew - 1 freq
byro - 1 freq
“bier” - 1 freq
bauer - 1 freq
br - 4 freq
brewÂ’ - 1 freq
brr - 5 freq
brrrrr - 1 freq
brrrrrrrr - 2 freq
brawwee - 1 freq
borh - 1 freq
bri - 2 freq
hburgh - 1 freq
'bru - 1 freq
berry' - 1 freq
BAIR
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.337200 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 - 0.564327 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 - 0.028485 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 - 0.070915 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 - 0.001104 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.