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Similar words to faan in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
faan (0) - 70 freq
flan (1) - 3 freq
faa'n (1) - 8 freq
fuan (1) - 2 freq
fan (1) - 1367 freq
faa' (1) - 1 freq
gaan (1) - 244 freq
jaan (1) - 1 freq
saan (1) - 1 freq
faal (1) - 17 freq
faun (1) - 40 freq
foan (1) - 1 freq
fain (1) - 44 freq
faaen (1) - 11 freq
haan (1) - 95 freq
faant (1) - 1 freq
faat (1) - 15 freq
faar (1) - 81 freq
fann (1) - 1 freq
faa (1) - 281 freq
f'an (1) - 1 freq
fadan (1) - 1 freq
faaf (1) - 1 freq
laan (1) - 9 freq
faad (1) - 22 freq
faan (0) - 70 freq
foan (1) - 1 freq
fain (1) - 44 freq
faen (1) - 7 freq
faun (1) - 40 freq
faaen (1) - 11 freq
faain (1) - 60 freq
fuan (1) - 2 freq
fan (1) - 1367 freq
fn (2) - 4 freq
foon (2) - 7 freq
foun (2) - 46 freq
fin (2) - 1563 freq
flan (2) - 3 freq
fran (2) - 1 freq
fa'n (2) - 1 freq
jaan (2) - 1 freq
fon (2) - 3 freq
fawn (2) - 24 freq
fun (2) - 642 freq
fyn (2) - 8 freq
fion (2) - 2 freq
fuin (2) - 4 freq
feyn (2) - 7 freq
fauna (2) - 3 freq
SoundEx code - F500
fine - 1603 freq
fawin - 88 freq
fin - 1563 freq
faa'n - 8 freq
funny - 368 freq
fan - 1367 freq
faa'en - 1 freq
fin' - 14 freq
faain - 60 freq
faan - 70 freq
fun - 642 freq
fawen - 9 freq
faem - 25 freq
fen - 47 freq
funn - 25 freq
fain - 44 freq
'fine - 6 freq
feem - 11 freq
fame - 48 freq
fawn - 24 freq
foon - 7 freq
'fan - 3 freq
foun - 46 freq
fyne - 38 freq
faen - 7 freq
faim - 1 freq
foamy - 4 freq
fa'in - 20 freq
fyin - 1 freq
faaen - 11 freq
finn - 47 freq
faw'n - 2 freq
fume - 4 freq
femme - 2 freq
fouin - 1 freq
foam - 16 freq
fowne - 1 freq
feyn - 7 freq
fein - 3 freq
fone - 8 freq
fim - 4 freq
faun - 40 freq
fawin' - 1 freq
faaahnnn - 1 freq
fanny - 36 freq
'fiona - 1 freq
fuin - 4 freq
fam - 23 freq
fiona - 42 freq
fa'en - 4 freq
'-fun - 1 freq
fyn - 8 freq
feein - 4 freq
famou - 1 freq
faemy - 2 freq
foun' - 7 freq
faun' - 2 freq
fa'n - 1 freq
funie - 1 freq
fiann - 1 freq
fon - 3 freq
foan - 1 freq
fawm - 2 freq
fiown - 1 freq
fionn - 1 freq
funna - 1 freq
faa'in - 2 freq
f''an - 1 freq
f'an - 1 freq
fann - 1 freq
fauna - 3 freq
fee'in - 1 freq
'fin - 6 freq
feinn - 1 freq
€˜fan - 3 freq
€˜fane - 1 freq
fne - 1 freq
€¦fin - 2 freq
fenn - 1 freq
fonn - 1 freq
€œfine - 7 freq
€œfun - 1 freq
famie - 1 freq
€œfam - 1 freq
'fame - 1 freq
fun' - 1 freq
f-in - 1 freq
€œfin - 1 freq
fa-in - 1 freq
finnie - 1 freq
féin - 1 freq
€˜finn - 2 freq
fianna - 1 freq
fuan - 2 freq
€˜fine - 1 freq
fm - 90 freq
feehan - 1 freq
fvn - 1 freq
fn - 4 freq
fum - 1 freq
fane - 1 freq
fion - 2 freq
fino - 1 freq
femi - 1 freq
fÂ’n - 1 freq
fimo - 1 freq
fom - 2 freq
fhm - 1 freq
fine' - 1 freq
funow - 1 freq
fonuu - 1 freq
fhma - 1 freq
fami - 1 freq
finÂ’ - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - FN
fine - 1603 freq
fin - 1563 freq
faa'n - 8 freq
funny - 368 freq
fan - 1367 freq
faa'en - 1 freq
fin' - 14 freq
faain - 60 freq
faan - 70 freq
fun - 642 freq
vn - 2 freq
fen - 47 freq
phone - 509 freq
van - 161 freq
funn - 25 freq
fain - 44 freq
'fine - 6 freq
'phone - 2 freq
vouin - 1 freq
fawn - 24 freq
vain - 30 freq
vine - 25 freq
foon - 7 freq
'fan - 3 freq
vin - 6 freq
foun - 46 freq
fyne - 38 freq
vein - 5 freq
faen - 7 freq
vino - 10 freq
veni - 1 freq
wyvin - 15 freq
feign - 3 freq
veiny - 2 freq
venue - 16 freq
fa'in - 20 freq
vannie - 4 freq
faaen - 11 freq
phonie - 1 freq
finn - 47 freq
faw'n - 2 freq
fouin - 1 freq
fowne - 1 freq
feyn - 7 freq
fein - 3 freq
fone - 8 freq
faun - 40 freq
faaahnnn - 1 freq
vannae - 1 freq
phoney - 1 freq
vienna - 4 freq
fanny - 36 freq
vinny' - 1 freq
'fiona - 1 freq
fuin - 4 freq
hyphen - 2 freq
fiona - 42 freq
fa'en - 4 freq
'-fun - 1 freq
fyn - 8 freq
feein - 4 freq
yvonne - 81 freq
yvonne' - 1 freq
v¥in - 1 freq
foun' - 7 freq
phony - 2 freq
phone' - 1 freq
faun' - 2 freq
vinna - 1 freq
ghana - 1 freq
hövin - 2 freq
fa'n - 1 freq
funie - 1 freq
vinnie - 7 freq
fiann - 1 freq
fon - 3 freq
foan - 1 freq
fiown - 1 freq
fionn - 1 freq
funna - 1 freq
faa'in - 2 freq
f''an - 1 freq
f'an - 1 freq
fann - 1 freq
fauna - 3 freq
fee'in - 1 freq
vinny - 2 freq
'fin - 6 freq
von - 1 freq
feinn - 1 freq
€˜fan - 3 freq
€˜fane - 1 freq
híven - 1 freq
fne - 1 freq
€¦fin - 2 freq
fenn - 1 freq
vann - 3 freq
fonn - 1 freq
€œfine - 7 freq
€œfun - 1 freq
phon - 1 freq
fun' - 1 freq
f-in - 1 freq
vini - 2 freq
€œfin - 1 freq
fa-in - 1 freq
finnie - 1 freq
vonny - 2 freq
féin - 1 freq
€˜finn - 2 freq
fianna - 1 freq
fuan - 2 freq
€˜fine - 1 freq
hven - 1 freq
fn - 4 freq
hvun - 1 freq
fane - 1 freq
fion - 2 freq
venn - 1 freq
phunny - 1 freq
fino - 1 freq
fÂ’n - 1 freq
vaina - 1 freq
fine' - 1 freq
vhn - 1 freq
funow - 1 freq
fonuu - 1 freq
finÂ’ - 1 freq
FAAN
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.209805 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 - 0.423194 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 - 0.030921 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 - 0.043533 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 - 0.001195 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.