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Similar words to cast in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
cast (0) - 227 freq
ca't (1) - 1 freq
casts (1) - 19 freq
cask (1) - 2 freq
ast (1) - 8 freq
last (1) - 1873 freq
jast (1) - 4 freq
caste (1) - 2 freq
hast (1) - 2 freq
case (1) - 447 freq
casc (1) - 1 freq
mast (1) - 21 freq
caat (1) - 9 freq
vast (1) - 36 freq
cant (1) - 40 freq
cash (1) - 85 freq
cas (1) - 4 freq
cait (1) - 2 freq
past (1) - 836 freq
coast (1) - 119 freq
casa (1) - 1 freq
cart (1) - 8 freq
caist (1) - 4 freq
wast (1) - 139 freq
cat (1) - 569 freq
cast (0) - 227 freq
coast (1) - 119 freq
caist (1) - 4 freq
cyst (1) - 1 freq
caste (1) - 2 freq
cost (1) - 114 freq
cist (1) - 1 freq
east (2) - 307 freq
ca't (2) - 1 freq
costa (2) - 7 freq
jast (2) - 4 freq
cass (2) - 14 freq
gast (2) - 5 freq
casts (2) - 19 freq
fast (2) - 314 freq
causit (2) - 3 freq
coost (2) - 1 freq
coste (2) - 1 freq
costo (2) - 1 freq
ceest (2) - 1 freq
coist (2) - 4 freq
ciste (2) - 2 freq
cuist (2) - 14 freq
coasta (2) - 1 freq
cask (2) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - C230
caught - 191 freq
chased - 50 freq
cockit - 30 freq
cast - 227 freq
chist - 68 freq
chokit - 18 freq
cooked - 27 freq
chest - 101 freq
checked - 83 freq
coast - 119 freq
caused - 78 freq
choked - 19 freq
cook'd - 1 freq
cost - 114 freq
cicada - 2 freq
ceased - 7 freq
chucked - 28 freq
cuist - 14 freq
cachet - 1 freq
caucht - 32 freq
chase't - 1 freq
caked - 6 freq
cocht - 11 freq
chuckt - 6 freq
checkt - 5 freq
cackit - 1 freq
cheekit - 2 freq
chikked - 1 freq
cocked - 10 freq
coushie-dou - 1 freq
coughed - 15 freq
check-oot - 8 freq
chuckit - 3 freq
cassidy - 4 freq
chackt - 4 freq
cassette - 3 freq
costa - 7 freq
chacked - 2 freq
cist - 1 freq
cockade - 3 freq
checkit - 20 freq
chocht - 1 freq
chicked - 1 freq
chasit - 2 freq
coaxit - 1 freq
caist - 4 freq
choakit - 4 freq
causit - 3 freq
checkout - 2 freq
cushie-doo - 7 freq
checket - 2 freq
choaket - 1 freq
chukket - 1 freq
chucket - 3 freq
chaist - 3 freq
casset - 2 freq
chesty - 2 freq
cheist - 3 freq
cascada - 1 freq
cogged - 2 freq
chakked - 1 freq
coogate - 2 freq
'c'est - 1 freq
cascade - 3 freq
caste - 2 freq
checkoot - 20 freq
coked - 5 freq
cassat - 1 freq
chaak-white - 2 freq
'cost - 1 freq
'caught' - 1 freq
cockatoo - 1 freq
caged - 3 freq
cheust - 150 freq
caased - 6 freq
choke't - 3 freq
cookit - 3 freq
chuckst - 1 freq
coaxed - 3 freq
chokt - 2 freq
coaxt - 1 freq
chuggte - 1 freq
cowkit - 1 freq
'chest - 1 freq
cashed - 3 freq
chyst - 1 freq
chockit - 2 freq
choost - 12 freq
cosset - 1 freq
casket - 1 freq
c'est - 1 freq
'cheust - 1 freq
coist - 4 freq
cock-eyed - 1 freq
'chist - 1 freq
cocotte - 1 freq
chukkit - 1 freq
costo - 1 freq
coost - 1 freq
cushat' - 1 freq
cakit - 1 freq
chocked - 3 freq
chowked - 2 freq
cosst - 1 freq
chowkit - 2 freq
chusit - 1 freq
coasta - 1 freq
ceest - 1 freq
cushat - 1 freq
chaste - 1 freq
cock-ee'd - 1 freq
chiste - 1 freq
chugged - 1 freq
cowked - 1 freq
cokkit - 1 freq
cuikit - 2 freq
chuisit - 2 freq
cousteau - 1 freq
coucht - 1 freq
chisty - 1 freq
cowgate - 2 freq
€˜caught - 1 freq
ciste - 2 freq
chackit - 1 freq
coukit - 1 freq
coste - 1 freq
costie - 1 freq
“caiket - 1 freq
cwgd - 1 freq
coukd - 2 freq
coached - 1 freq
cyst - 1 freq
'cast' - 1 freq
chicity - 146 freq
cockad - 1 freq
choaked - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - KST
kissed - 66 freq
kist - 117 freq
cast - 227 freq
'kist - 1 freq
kistie - 14 freq
coast - 119 freq
caused - 78 freq
guessed - 31 freq
kisst - 6 freq
gast - 5 freq
cost - 114 freq
gust - 18 freq
cuist - 14 freq
gazed - 15 freq
gowstie - 7 freq
guest - 42 freq
gazette - 3 freq
kest - 18 freq
cassidy - 4 freq
keest - 3 freq
cassette - 3 freq
costa - 7 freq
quest - 18 freq
goustie - 4 freq
'goustie - 1 freq
caist - 4 freq
guisit - 1 freq
causit - 3 freq
gceid - 1 freq
gassed - 3 freq
gcid - 4 freq
goast - 1 freq
casset - 2 freq
gowsty - 5 freq
'c'est - 1 freq
caste - 2 freq
cassat - 1 freq
'cost - 1 freq
keistie - 1 freq
caased - 6 freq
guesst - 5 freq
csd - 11 freq
quayside - 3 freq
kïsst - 2 freq
kïst - 1 freq
cosset - 1 freq
gusto - 6 freq
cöst - 3 freq
c'est - 1 freq
kist' - 5 freq
coist - 4 freq
cüst - 2 freq
gaist - 2 freq
kist'' - 1 freq
kost - 1 freq
costo - 1 freq
coost - 1 freq
cosst - 1 freq
gussied - 1 freq
gustie - 3 freq
coasta - 1 freq
€˜kist - 1 freq
€œkist - 2 freq
gusset - 1 freq
cousteau - 1 freq
€˜kssst - 1 freq
gusd - 1 freq
goest - 1 freq
coste - 1 freq
kis't - 1 freq
quizzed - 1 freq
costie - 1 freq
qzd - 1 freq
qzitw - 1 freq
'cast' - 1 freq
qzt - 1 freq
gzet - 1 freq
kstew - 1 freq
yxd - 1 freq
CAST
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.201872 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 - 0.336920 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 - 0.027858 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 - 0.037535 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 - 0.000917 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.