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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to bou in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
bou (0) - 12 freq
bor (1) - 4 freq
bu (1) - 13 freq
brou (1) - 29 freq
boi (1) - 3 freq
boa (1) - 16 freq
vou (1) - 5 freq
bob (1) - 214 freq
bwu (1) - 1 freq
dou (1) - 13 freq
bfu (1) - 1 freq
fou (1) - 318 freq
boq (1) - 1 freq
abou (1) - 1 freq
bour (1) - 1 freq
bol (1) - 2 freq
bov (1) - 1 freq
ou (1) - 1 freq
bod (1) - 2 freq
bon (1) - 14 freq
boy (1) - 530 freq
bom (1) - 3 freq
wou (1) - 7 freq
boru (1) - 6 freq
boud (1) - 1 freq
bou (0) - 12 freq
boo (1) - 58 freq
abou (1) - 1 freq
boa (1) - 16 freq
boi (1) - 3 freq
boy (1) - 530 freq
bo (1) - 18 freq
bu (1) - 13 freq
boay (2) - 211 freq
bye (2) - 115 freq
bei (2) - 55 freq
bai (2) - 10 freq
boiy (2) - 4 freq
bee (2) - 51 freq
ibo (2) - 1 freq
abo (2) - 2 freq
bia (2) - 5 freq
buy (2) - 385 freq
cou (2) - 8 freq
bow (2) - 74 freq
by (2) - 4600 freq
oob (2) - 1 freq
be (2) - 15063 freq
baa (2) - 74 freq
aboo (2) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - B000
by - 4600 freq
be - 15063 freq
boy - 530 freq
bei - 55 freq
bi - 3287 freq
bay - 82 freq
buy - 385 freq
baa - 74 freq
bee' - 6 freq
boay - 211 freq
baw - 132 freq
bh - 13 freq
bi- - 5 freq
bye - 115 freq
bou - 12 freq
byeee - 1 freq
bee - 51 freq
bow - 74 freq
bo - 18 freq
be' - 4 freq
bai - 10 freq
bowe - 3 freq
boa - 16 freq
bey - 24 freq
b- - 3 freq
'be - 13 freq
b - 751 freq
bhoy-' - 1 freq
biow - 1 freq
boyo - 46 freq
'bi - 4 freq
ba - 140 freq
buoy - 3 freq
b' - 196 freq
ba' - 8 freq
booooo - 1 freq
boo - 58 freq
bb - 9 freq
beuy - 64 freq
bae - 855 freq
bia - 5 freq
buiy - 5 freq
baiy - 1 freq
booee - 1 freq
bhoy - 9 freq
'by - 9 freq
bp - 9 freq
boohoo - 1 freq
boo-hoo - 2 freq
biueee - 1 freq
bowie - 16 freq
baia - 1 freq
'b' - 2 freq
beh - 18 freq
'bae - 1 freq
bae' - 1 freq
bae- - 1 freq
bi' - 3 freq
buyiy - 1 freq
buh - 3 freq
bah - 4 freq
bwaahahaha - 1 freq
'b - 1 freq
bie - 15 freq
'boy - 1 freq
boy' - 3 freq
'boy' - 3 freq
'be' - 2 freq
bu - 13 freq
by' - 6 freq
'buy' - 1 freq
bue - 1 freq
bew - 7 freq
'beuy' - 1 freq
'buey' - 1 freq
buey - 10 freq
'buey - 4 freq
buey' - 1 freq
'bye - 1 freq
- 1 freq
b'wye - 1 freq
biy - 3 freq
by-e - 2 freq
by- - 3 freq
'by' - 2 freq
- 1 freq
be-e-ehh - 1 freq
b'aa - 1 freq
buyy - 1 freq
by - 2 freq
bi - 1 freq
- 1 freq
béþ - 1 freq
bayou - 1 freq
boye - 1 freq
be - 1 freq
boa - 2 freq
b - 1 freq
by - 1 freq
beuy - 1 freq
be - 6 freq
bye - 1 freq
boiy - 4 freq
bye - 1 freq
boo - 1 freq
bayo - 1 freq
b - 1 freq
bio - 10 freq
bea - 2 freq
byue - 2 freq
bff - 1 freq
bwu - 1 freq
bf - 6 freq
bhe - 1 freq
bv - 2 freq
bba - 1 freq
bfhio - 1 freq
bw - 3 freq
boi - 3 freq
bbfa - 1 freq
byeeee - 1 freq
baw' - 1 freq
buaai - 1 freq
“by - 1 freq
bfu - 1 freq
be’ - 1 freq
by’ - 1 freq
beee - 3 freq
bhuy - 1 freq
biae - 1 freq
buhi - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - B
by - 4600 freq
be - 15063 freq
boy - 530 freq
bei - 55 freq
bi - 3287 freq
bay - 82 freq
buy - 385 freq
baa - 74 freq
bee' - 6 freq
boay - 211 freq
baw - 132 freq
bh - 13 freq
bi- - 5 freq
bou - 12 freq
bee - 51 freq
bow - 74 freq
bo - 18 freq
be' - 4 freq
bai - 10 freq
boa - 16 freq
bey - 24 freq
b- - 3 freq
'be - 13 freq
b - 751 freq
biow - 1 freq
'bi - 4 freq
ba - 140 freq
buoy - 3 freq
b' - 196 freq
ba' - 8 freq
booooo - 1 freq
boo - 58 freq
bb - 9 freq
beuy - 64 freq
bae - 855 freq
bia - 5 freq
buiy - 5 freq
baiy - 1 freq
booee - 1 freq
'by - 9 freq
bough - 5 freq
biueee - 1 freq
baia - 1 freq
hbo - 1 freq
'b' - 2 freq
beh - 18 freq
'bae - 1 freq
bae' - 1 freq
bae- - 1 freq
hb - 9 freq
bi' - 3 freq
buh - 3 freq
bah - 4 freq
'b - 1 freq
bie - 15 freq
'boy - 1 freq
boy' - 3 freq
'boy' - 3 freq
'be' - 2 freq
bu - 13 freq
by' - 6 freq
'buy' - 1 freq
bue - 1 freq
bew - 7 freq
'beuy' - 1 freq
'buey' - 1 freq
buey - 10 freq
'buey - 4 freq
buey' - 1 freq
- 1 freq
biy - 3 freq
by-e - 2 freq
by- - 3 freq
'by' - 2 freq
- 1 freq
be-e-ehh - 1 freq
b'aa - 1 freq
buyy - 1 freq
by - 2 freq
bi - 1 freq
- 1 freq
béþ - 1 freq
be - 1 freq
boa - 2 freq
b - 1 freq
by - 1 freq
beuy - 1 freq
be - 6 freq
boiy - 4 freq
boo - 1 freq
b - 1 freq
bio - 10 freq
bea - 2 freq
bba - 1 freq
wb - 4 freq
bw - 3 freq
boi - 3 freq
yb - 3 freq
hbui - 1 freq
baw' - 1 freq
buaai - 1 freq
“by - 1 freq
ybi - 1 freq
hbu - 1 freq
be’ - 1 freq
by’ - 1 freq
beee - 3 freq
biae - 1 freq
wbeo - 1 freq
BOU
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.180419 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 - 0.361925 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 - 0.027788 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 - 0.037188 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 - 0.000942 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.