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Similar words to dab in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
dab (0) - 58 freq
da' (1) - 3 freq
da- (1) - 1 freq
wab (1) - 126 freq
dag (1) - 2 freq
gab (1) - 32 freq
damb (1) - 1 freq
lab (1) - 29 freq
da (1) - 9788 freq
dwab (1) - 1 freq
daa (1) - 4 freq
day (1) - 6020 freq
tab (1) - 7 freq
rab (1) - 172 freq
dai (1) - 2 freq
dac (1) - 1 freq
daw (1) - 20 freq
ab (1) - 27 freq
dau (1) - 1 freq
dav (1) - 1 freq
aab (1) - 3 freq
dub (1) - 27 freq
cab (1) - 16 freq
dap (1) - 1 freq
dal (1) - 2 freq
dab (0) - 58 freq
daub (1) - 3 freq
deb (1) - 2 freq
dib (1) - 1 freq
dob (1) - 1 freq
dub (1) - 27 freq
db (1) - 2 freq
dae (2) - 4565 freq
dah (2) - 3 freq
-ab (2) - 1 freq
drab (2) - 7 freq
dabs (2) - 5 freq
das (2) - 23 freq
sab (2) - 9 freq
daz (2) - 1 freq
dad (2) - 266 freq
dax (2) - 1 freq
jab (2) - 21 freq
dat (2) - 1391 freq
fab (2) - 18 freq
nab (2) - 10 freq
dak (2) - 1 freq
dan (2) - 472 freq
dao (2) - 1 freq
bab (2) - 13 freq
SoundEx code - D100
deep - 581 freq
dip - 22 freq
dab - 58 freq
div - 506 freq
deafie - 3 freq
dive - 44 freq
dowf - 17 freq
deif - 28 freq
'div - 6 freq
dowp - 54 freq
daev - 10 freq
'daev - 2 freq
dowff - 6 freq
douff - 2 freq
deave - 8 freq
dope - 11 freq
defo - 208 freq
deip - 14 freq
deef - 43 freq
doup - 18 freq
davie - 229 freq
deefie - 3 freq
dub - 27 freq
duff - 24 freq
daff - 5 freq
deaf - 27 freq
daffy - 1 freq
defy - 6 freq
dpve - 1 freq
dap - 1 freq
dayvee - 1 freq
dav - 1 freq
davee - 1 freq
davey - 13 freq
daveye - 1 freq
dif - 2 freq
'davy - 1 freq
'doof - 1 freq
doof' - 1 freq
dwp - 2 freq
dowfie - 1 freq
dovie - 1 freq
dave - 62 freq
dubby - 12 freq
doff - 3 freq
divvy - 3 freq
daub - 3 freq
daef - 1 freq
deeve - 5 freq
dubh - 4 freq
davy - 70 freq
dopey - 1 freq
duffy - 52 freq
da've - 1 freq
dubbie - 7 freq
doof - 1 freq
dub-pie - 1 freq
'deep' - 1 freq
daep - 1 freq
diff - 2 freq
dev - 4 freq
dee-eep - 2 freq
dove - 7 freq
dob - 1 freq
diep - 3 freq
daeve - 1 freq
defoe - 3 freq
dewfaa - 1 freq
deive - 1 freq
dhuibh - 1 freq
'dave - 1 freq
dovey - 3 freq
daph - 1 freq
dtp - 1 freq
debbie - 2 freq
'dowp - 1 freq
depe - 1 freq
€˜deaf - 4 freq
€˜deif - 2 freq
deifie - 4 freq
daffie- - 1 freq
depp - 1 freq
dhabi - 1 freq
dupe - 1 freq
dwab - 1 freq
dyoub - 1 freq
€œdiva - 1 freq
€œdavie - 3 freq
€œdiv - 11 freq
€œdave - 1 freq
devo - 2 freq
dfp - 9 freq
€œdeep - 1 freq
dup - 5 freq
divi - 2 freq
d'bi - 1 freq
diva - 1 freq
db - 2 freq
def - 4 freq
dp - 3 freq
”div - 1 freq
dv - 5 freq
‘deep - 1 freq
diveÂ’ - 1 freq
dof - 1 freq
deff - 1 freq
dvo - 2 freq
dfy - 1 freq
dpe - 2 freq
dveo - 1 freq
deb - 2 freq
defiaye - 4 freq
dvh - 1 freq
'deif - 1 freq
'deif' - 1 freq
dubai - 1 freq
davbhoy - 1 freq
dobbie - 1 freq
dop - 1 freq
deffo - 3 freq
'dub' - 2 freq
dvu - 1 freq
dep - 2 freq
df - 2 freq
'dove' - 2 freq
'dive' - 2 freq
dufv - 1 freq
dib - 1 freq
dbv - 1 freq
devi - 1 freq
dwwb - 1 freq
‘deaf’ - 1 freq
“deaf” - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - TB
dab - 58 freq
ytb - 1 freq
tube - 47 freq
dub - 27 freq
tub - 22 freq
tubby - 1 freq
tubie - 1 freq
tibbie - 10 freq
taboo - 4 freq
tab - 7 freq
taobh - 1 freq
tabie - 1 freq
dubby - 12 freq
daub - 3 freq
dubh - 4 freq
dough-baw - 1 freq
dubbie - 7 freq
tibby - 16 freq
doughbaw - 1 freq
dob - 1 freq
tb - 14 freq
toby - 7 freq
tabby - 15 freq
tabbie - 1 freq
tuba - 1 freq
t'bie - 1 freq
debbie - 2 freq
tib - 10 freq
tbe - 1 freq
toyboy - 1 freq
€˜tabby - 1 freq
tubey - 1 freq
d'bi - 1 freq
db - 2 freq
tbh - 35 freq
tbw - 1 freq
deb - 2 freq
dubai - 1 freq
dobbie - 1 freq
'dub' - 2 freq
tawbu - 1 freq
'tabu' - 1 freq
dib - 1 freq
dwwb - 1 freq
DAB
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.399445 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 - 0.644893 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 - 0.030719 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 - 0.036953 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 - 0.000850 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.