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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to colic in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
colic (0) - 4 freq
coli (1) - 1 freq
colin (1) - 63 freq
celic (1) - 1 freq
comic (1) - 31 freq
policy (2) - 149 freq
rolis (2) - 1 freq
clim (2) - 33 freq
colon (2) - 1 freq
coolin (2) - 2 freq
cubic (2) - 1 freq
collie (2) - 27 freq
colab (2) - 1 freq
colls (2) - 1 freq
cali (2) - 3 freq
holie (2) - 10 freq
colum (2) - 2 freq
clio (2) - 1 freq
coilit (2) - 1 freq
rogic (2) - 3 freq
doric (2) - 480 freq
belic (2) - 1 freq
colair (2) - 1 freq
collit (2) - 1 freq
onic (2) - 1 freq
colic (0) - 4 freq
celic (1) - 1 freq
clc (2) - 1 freq
coli (2) - 1 freq
comic (2) - 31 freq
colin (2) - 63 freq
calico (2) - 1 freq
craic (3) - 19 freq
clie (3) - 2 freq
cola (3) - 10 freq
cellic (3) - 11 freq
iconic (3) - 8 freq
police (3) - 77 freq
coled (3) - 1 freq
conc (3) - 1 freq
golac (3) - 1 freq
coalie (3) - 1 freq
cole (3) - 1 freq
lic (3) - 1 freq
col (3) - 11 freq
colt (3) - 1 freq
coley (3) - 1 freq
clip (3) - 36 freq
colz (3) - 10 freq
coles (3) - 4 freq
SoundEx code - C420
cleg - 12 freq
claes - 582 freq
clock - 197 freq
close - 499 freq
claws - 31 freq
cleek - 31 freq
cless - 131 freq
claggy - 12 freq
collogue - 62 freq
cloak - 30 freq
coils - 11 freq
clase - 8 freq
cleuks - 18 freq
cleck - 10 freq
cleuch - 18 freq
cailleach - 9 freq
cellic - 11 freq
click - 132 freq
class - 452 freq
claik - 24 freq
cleuk - 3 freq
clocks - 18 freq
clock's - 4 freq
clack - 9 freq
college - 114 freq
chiels - 112 freq
clyes - 6 freq
calls - 35 freq
chalk - 25 freq
coals - 18 freq
chiel's - 17 freq
clash - 41 freq
claiss - 3 freq
cleys - 4 freq
cheils - 33 freq
cloack - 20 freq
clyse - 10 freq
clues - 7 freq
claggie - 4 freq
clak - 2 freq
cleik - 9 freq
cools - 6 freq
cells - 17 freq
claise - 11 freq
cluke - 1 freq
closs - 61 freq
clooks - 4 freq
cheels - 2 freq
colleague - 15 freq
clag - 4 freq
clos - 14 freq
colic - 4 freq
claick - 1 freq
cloase - 2 freq
clossie - 1 freq
claosie - 1 freq
chile's - 1 freq
cliché - 14 freq
chills - 7 freq
cliche - 5 freq
clique - 3 freq
coalesce - 5 freq
'coalesce - 2 freq
clogs - 10 freq
clok - 2 freq
claus - 17 freq
class' - 3 freq
chalky - 2 freq
cloacks - 5 freq
clais - 2 freq
clese - 1 freq
claas - 29 freq
cleg's - 1 freq
caalls - 1 freq
colleck - 11 freq
clause - 13 freq
coulg - 1 freq
classy - 3 freq
'coleeks' - 1 freq
cloaks - 8 freq
class's - 2 freq
colleg - 2 freq
clasg - 1 freq
clicky - 41 freq
cleiks - 4 freq
clicks - 8 freq
cleeks - 12 freq
cloke - 3 freq
clegs - 2 freq
callous - 2 freq
cauls - 1 freq
culls - 2 freq
cluck - 2 freq
cello's - 1 freq
cleggs - 3 freq
closey - 1 freq
claase - 1 freq
cllsca - 2 freq
calais - 1 freq
cheil's - 4 freq
collage - 1 freq
chloe's - 1 freq
claggey - 1 freq
cell's - 1 freq
clews - 1 freq
clays - 2 freq
caals - 2 freq
clog - 2 freq
coalese - 1 freq
closse - 1 freq
closs' - 1 freq
'close' - 1 freq
claag - 1 freq
clusks - 1 freq
closie - 5 freq
'cheils' - 1 freq
coles - 4 freq
colls - 1 freq
calico - 1 freq
chiels' - 1 freq
clug - 1 freq
collecks - 1 freq
culloes - 1 freq
coalhoose - 3 freq
clecks - 1 freq
callus - 1 freq
clyack - 6 freq
coillege - 1 freq
collie's - 1 freq
clouse - 1 freq
clek - 1 freq
chelsea - 1 freq
€™clock - 12 freq
colas - 1 freq
clish - 1 freq
cliquey - 1 freq
clook - 3 freq
clize - 2 freq
cheales - 1 freq
clegg - 2 freq
€™cloak - 3 freq
€™cloack - 5 freq
clooky - 1 freq
click's - 1 freq
clesh - 1 freq
'click' - 1 freq
claiggs - 1 freq
cuils - 1 freq
€™cksheils - 1 freq
challice - 1 freq
cloos - 1 freq
€œclaes - 1 freq
collies - 1 freq
clc - 1 freq
cligeey - 90 freq
clouseau - 1 freq
colz - 10 freq
clash' - 1 freq
cullough - 1 freq
chloegee - 1 freq
celic - 1 freq
cellik - 1 freq
cliq - 1 freq
cwilk - 2 freq
claes' - 1 freq
clx - 1 freq
clue's - 1 freq
clokkie - 1 freq
clouise - 10 freq
cklj - 1 freq
cwilso - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - KLK
cleg - 12 freq
clock - 197 freq
cleek - 31 freq
claggy - 12 freq
gleg - 127 freq
gaelic - 652 freq
collogue - 62 freq
cloak - 30 freq
cleck - 10 freq
glog - 3 freq
click - 132 freq
claik - 24 freq
cleuk - 3 freq
clack - 9 freq
cloack - 20 freq
claggie - 4 freq
gulliegaw - 1 freq
clak - 2 freq
cleik - 9 freq
cluke - 1 freq
colleague - 15 freq
glaik - 3 freq
clag - 4 freq
gallic - 4 freq
colic - 4 freq
gleek - 5 freq
claick - 1 freq
clique - 3 freq
clok - 2 freq
glug - 6 freq
'gleg - 1 freq
gulag - 2 freq
colleck - 11 freq
coulg - 1 freq
glack - 1 freq
colleg - 2 freq
clicky - 41 freq
cloke - 3 freq
cluck - 2 freq
gaalic - 1 freq
gallik - 3 freq
gleck - 1 freq
claggey - 1 freq
clog - 2 freq
golac - 1 freq
claag - 1 freq
glackie - 2 freq
'glackie' - 2 freq
gloag - 8 freq
'gloag - 1 freq
calico - 1 freq
glig - 1 freq
clug - 1 freq
€”gaelic - 1 freq
€œgaelic - 2 freq
clek - 1 freq
€™clock - 12 freq
cliquey - 1 freq
clook - 3 freq
clegg - 2 freq
€™cloak - 3 freq
€™cloack - 5 freq
clooky - 1 freq
'click' - 1 freq
gleg-ee - 1 freq
klegg - 1 freq
gaelg - 1 freq
gah-lik - 1 freq
gay-lik - 1 freq
clc - 1 freq
qlc - 1 freq
kolkw - 1 freq
cliq - 1 freq
glegg - 1 freq
clokkie - 1 freq
yqlhc - 1 freq
gullock - 3 freq
COLIC
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.475323 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 - 1.092682 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 - 0.094033 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 - 0.103305 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 - 0.000866 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.