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Similar words to baird in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
baird (0) - 30 freq
beird (1) - 2 freq
bair (1) - 1 freq
bird (1) - 190 freq
bairds (1) - 2 freq
yaird (1) - 88 freq
faird (1) - 3 freq
gaird (1) - 60 freq
bairn (1) - 785 freq
waird (1) - 1 freq
baira (1) - 1 freq
baerd (1) - 4 freq
laird (1) - 172 freq
aird (1) - 3 freq
caird (1) - 96 freq
braird (1) - 3 freq
abaird (1) - 1 freq
baid (1) - 7 freq
raird (1) - 1 freq
buird (1) - 52 freq
haird (1) - 124 freq
kaird (1) - 1 freq
bard (1) - 57 freq
taind (2) - 1 freq
birt (2) - 1 freq
baird (0) - 30 freq
beird (1) - 2 freq
abaird (1) - 1 freq
baerd (1) - 4 freq
buird (1) - 52 freq
bard (1) - 57 freq
bird (1) - 190 freq
bried (2) - 10 freq
boord (2) - 157 freq
beard (2) - 54 freq
baured (2) - 2 freq
bared (2) - 6 freq
bourd (2) - 1 freq
byrd (2) - 1 freq
bardo (2) - 1 freq
bairdie (2) - 5 freq
burd (2) - 91 freq
bord (2) - 2 freq
braid (2) - 254 freq
board (2) - 150 freq
kaird (2) - 1 freq
abuird (2) - 12 freq
baid (2) - 7 freq
caird (2) - 96 freq
bairds (2) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - B630
braith - 215 freq
bird - 190 freq
birth - 92 freq
braid - 254 freq
breid - 225 freq
board - 150 freq
breath - 233 freq
bread - 40 freq
beard - 54 freq
baird - 30 freq
breith - 35 freq
breathe - 60 freq
breathe' - 3 freq
bride - 55 freq
brade - 1 freq
buirit - 12 freq
breed - 56 freq
brood - 21 freq
broad - 54 freq
buried - 47 freq
burd - 91 freq
brod - 18 freq
boord - 157 freq
bried - 10 freq
berth - 21 freq
bored - 48 freq
burriet - 3 freq
beeried - 14 freq
broth - 68 freq
bardie - 1 freq
bard - 57 freq
barred - 15 freq
bert - 104 freq
brathe - 1 freq
brute - 25 freq
bridie - 35 freq
beeriet - 26 freq
breet - 35 freq
birdie - 35 freq
braidth - 10 freq
baurrd - 1 freq
bred - 34 freq
browt - 27 freq
beret - 3 freq
borte - 1 freq
buriet - 14 freq
byewurd - 1 freq
buird - 52 freq
borraed - 8 freq
brodie - 4 freq
broot - 3 freq
breeth - 7 freq
boarde - 1 freq
brut - 3 freq
beerit - 4 freq
breathy - 1 freq
biried - 3 freq
brat - 15 freq
borried - 1 freq
burit - 1 freq
brit - 3 freq
broat - 14 freq
bared - 6 freq
bertie - 28 freq
broadway - 2 freq
bairdie - 5 freq
braed - 5 freq
braithe - 2 freq
braithe' - 1 freq
brude - 3 freq
byward - 2 freq
breadth - 11 freq
braeheid - 3 freq
burt - 2 freq
braehead - 1 freq
'breathe - 1 freq
berate - 1 freq
bre'd - 1 freq
brew'd - 1 freq
bruit - 7 freq
byrth - 1 freq
birt - 1 freq
breithe - 1 freq
braeth - 26 freq
braethe - 6 freq
braethe' - 1 freq
baured - 2 freq
'braid - 1 freq
beardy - 2 freq
burrowed - 1 freq
brewed - 6 freq
bret - 3 freq
'barde' - 1 freq
berde - 2 freq
beiriet - 3 freq
beerie't - 1 freq
beart - 1 freq
brodd - 1 freq
bratto - 1 freq
brt - 1 freq
bradie - 1 freq
brad - 4 freq
bairth - 1 freq
boortd - 1 freq
buiried - 2 freq
brot - 1 freq
braedth - 1 freq
brith - 4 freq
borrowed - 4 freq
borrooed - 2 freq
'bird' - 1 freq
bröd - 2 freq
baerd - 4 freq
birthy - 1 freq
beirt - 1 freq
boorwid - 1 freq
bord - 2 freq
bardo - 1 freq
brady - 5 freq
breidth - 4 freq
burde - 1 freq
biretta - 1 freq
bourd - 1 freq
bòrd - 55 freq
beardie - 1 freq
bryde - 2 freq
beirit - 1 freq
bridth - 5 freq
€˜braid - 1 freq
bridei - 1 freq
by-word - 1 freq
byrd - 1 freq
'braid' - 1 freq
€œbreath - 1 freq
birrit - 3 freq
€œbirrit - 1 freq
beeriett - 2 freq
borth - 73 freq
€œborth - 4 freq
borthw - 2 freq
buiriet - 1 freq
bye-road - 1 freq
beird - 2 freq
brote - 1 freq
bray'd - 1 freq
borrit - 1 freq
barrett - 1 freq
burrito - 1 freq
brawday - 9 freq
beirut - 1 freq
'breid' - 1 freq
brht - 1 freq
brath - 1 freq
berty - 3 freq
bryd - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - BRT
bird - 190 freq
braid - 254 freq
breid - 225 freq
board - 150 freq
bread - 40 freq
beard - 54 freq
baird - 30 freq
bright - 99 freq
bride - 55 freq
brade - 1 freq
buirit - 12 freq
breed - 56 freq
brood - 21 freq
broad - 54 freq
buried - 47 freq
burd - 91 freq
brod - 18 freq
boord - 157 freq
bried - 10 freq
bored - 48 freq
burriet - 3 freq
beeried - 14 freq
bardie - 1 freq
bard - 57 freq
barred - 15 freq
bert - 104 freq
brute - 25 freq
bridie - 35 freq
brighid - 1 freq
beeriet - 26 freq
breet - 35 freq
birdie - 35 freq
baurrd - 1 freq
bred - 34 freq
browt - 27 freq
beret - 3 freq
borte - 1 freq
buriet - 14 freq
buird - 52 freq
borraed - 8 freq
brodie - 4 freq
broot - 3 freq
boarde - 1 freq
brut - 3 freq
beerit - 4 freq
biried - 3 freq
brat - 15 freq
borried - 1 freq
burit - 1 freq
brit - 3 freq
broat - 14 freq
bared - 6 freq
bertie - 28 freq
bairdie - 5 freq
braed - 5 freq
brude - 3 freq
burt - 2 freq
berate - 1 freq
bre'd - 1 freq
brew'd - 1 freq
bruit - 7 freq
birt - 1 freq
hybrid - 4 freq
baured - 2 freq
'braid - 1 freq
beardy - 2 freq
bret - 3 freq
'barde' - 1 freq
berde - 2 freq
beiriet - 3 freq
beerie't - 1 freq
beart - 1 freq
brodd - 1 freq
bratto - 1 freq
brt - 1 freq
bradie - 1 freq
brad - 4 freq
buiried - 2 freq
brot - 1 freq
borrooed - 2 freq
'bird' - 1 freq
bröd - 2 freq
baerd - 4 freq
beirt - 1 freq
bord - 2 freq
bardo - 1 freq
brady - 5 freq
burde - 1 freq
biretta - 1 freq
bourd - 1 freq
bòrd - 55 freq
beardie - 1 freq
bryde - 2 freq
beirit - 1 freq
€˜braid - 1 freq
bridei - 1 freq
burgheid - 7 freq
byrd - 1 freq
'braid' - 1 freq
'bright - 1 freq
birrit - 3 freq
€œbirrit - 1 freq
beeriett - 2 freq
buiriet - 1 freq
beird - 2 freq
brote - 1 freq
bray'd - 1 freq
borrit - 1 freq
burghead - 3 freq
barrett - 1 freq
burrito - 1 freq
brawday - 9 freq
beirut - 1 freq
'breid' - 1 freq
brht - 1 freq
berty - 3 freq
bryd - 1 freq
BAIRD
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.689924 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 - 1.334887 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 - 0.061287 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 - 0.078391 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 - 0.000991 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.