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Levenshtein Distance

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Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
fewer (0) - 11 freq
sewer (1) - 4 freq
feer (1) - 4 freq
ewer (1) - 2 freq
fower (1) - 697 freq
dewer (1) - 2 freq
fewar (1) - 1 freq
fewr (1) - 1 freq
fever (1) - 37 freq
newer (1) - 7 freq
niwer (2) - 28 freq
yeer (2) - 22 freq
efer (2) - 1 freq
farer (2) - 1 freq
viewer (2) - 4 freq
fawed (2) - 6 freq
feir (2) - 7 freq
feerd (2) - 1 freq
fecker (2) - 14 freq
wer (2) - 220 freq
seer (2) - 39 freq
dewar (2) - 9 freq
jewel (2) - 19 freq
fether (2) - 23 freq
fifer (2) - 11 freq
fewer (0) - 11 freq
fewr (1) - 1 freq
fewar (1) - 1 freq
fower (1) - 697 freq
fowr (2) - 23 freq
fever (2) - 37 freq
newer (2) - 7 freq
fyower (2) - 1 freq
fawr (2) - 1 freq
dewer (2) - 2 freq
feer (2) - 4 freq
sewer (2) - 4 freq
ewer (2) - 2 freq
rawer (3) - 1 freq
faber (3) - 1 freq
fyver (3) - 1 freq
finer (3) - 14 freq
dower (3) - 2 freq
aower (3) - 1 freq
few (3) - 844 freq
iwer (3) - 5 freq
fowers (3) - 7 freq
fyter (3) - 1 freq
feeder (3) - 5 freq
faeder (3) - 4 freq
SoundEx code - F600
for - 14542 freq
frae - 4566 freq
fear - 429 freq
fore - 157 freq
faurawa - 5 freq
fire - 705 freq
fairy - 75 freq
faur - 728 freq
fir - 4027 freq
fower - 697 freq
'frae - 6 freq
fair - 1530 freq
fare - 64 freq
free - 649 freq
'for - 29 freq
far - 1549 freq
faar - 81 freq
ferry - 48 freq
ferr - 48 freq
four - 195 freq
fur - 7713 freq
fury - 32 freq
foree - 1 freq
fri - 6 freq
furra - 42 freq
fere - 18 freq
fer - 2011 freq
'ferry - 1 freq
fiery - 28 freq
faur-awa - 8 freq
'far - 6 freq
fier - 6 freq
'four - 2 freq
'fur - 8 freq
'fair - 6 freq
f'ower - 1 freq
furrow - 12 freq
-for - 3 freq
'fir - 4 freq
feirrie - 1 freq
faerie - 8 freq
furr - 12 freq
faeroe - 1 freq
fu'er - 1 freq
fra - 11 freq
fowre - 25 freq
foraye - 13 freq
foury - 1 freq
feary - 1 freq
furry - 23 freq
fur-yowe - 1 freq
fayre - 8 freq
fry - 39 freq
fawr - 1 freq
f-for - 1 freq
faer - 59 freq
ferrie - 7 freq
furie - 13 freq
freya - 36 freq
'freya - 3 freq
'faur - 3 freq
frey - 1 freq
farawa' - 1 freq
firey - 2 freq
fyre - 27 freq
fayer - 3 freq
fayr - 1 freq
feer - 4 freq
foar - 1 freq
fyer - 1 freq
faery - 2 freq
firra - 9 freq
firreh - 1 freq
fre - 2 freq
fairie - 4 freq
fewer - 11 freq
firr - 2 freq
fowr - 23 freq
'free - 3 freq
'fore - 1 freq
for-why - 1 freq
fray - 10 freq
fire' - 2 freq
fear' - 1 freq
fearie - 2 freq
faraway - 3 freq
free' - 5 freq
far-awa - 1 freq
fower- - 2 freq
°fer - 2 freq
fierie - 2 freq
'fer - 3 freq
fiere - 4 freq
faarey - 1 freq
for' - 3 freq
faur-away - 1 freq
'fire' - 1 freq
'fire - 1 freq
forhoo - 1 freq
farawey - 2 freq
fioory - 1 freq
feir - 7 freq
foir - 6 freq
frie - 18 freq
furrie - 1 freq
fro - 3 freq
foyer - 2 freq
foo'r - 2 freq
fær - 1 freq
fyr - 32 freq
fara - 1 freq
ferawey - 2 freq
fyur - 2 freq
furro - 2 freq
fewr - 1 freq
frau - 1 freq
fraa - 2 freq
fyower - 1 freq
fora - 3 freq
faroe - 6 freq
'for' - 2 freq
foor - 1 freq
fiouer - 1 freq
fou're - 1 freq
farawa - 1 freq
ferawa - 1 freq
fewar - 1 freq
frei - 5 freq
farrow - 2 freq
fuyra - 1 freq
€œfir - 2 freq
'fear' - 1 freq
€˜for - 9 freq
€œfar - 8 freq
€˜free - 1 freq
€œfower - 2 freq
féðer - 1 freq
fré - 1 freq
fyrie - 3 freq
'fir' - 1 freq
foraa - 1 freq
ffrae - 1 freq
firie - 1 freq
€¦far - 1 freq
€œfrie - 1 freq
€œfur - 4 freq
fure - 1 freq
forwhy - 1 freq
freewey - 1 freq
€˜far - 1 freq
€œfire - 2 freq
feery - 1 freq
farr - 1 freq
farooe - 1 freq
foray - 1 freq
faera - 3 freq
faire - 1 freq
€žfower - 1 freq
ferrawa - 2 freq
€œfor - 6 freq
€™fer - 1 freq
für - 2 freq
€˜fower - 3 freq
€œfree - 1 freq
fur' - 1 freq
€˜fur - 3 freq
€œfyr - 1 freq
---fir - 1 freq
€˜four - 2 freq
feerie - 5 freq
fuar - 1 freq
€œfer - 1 freq
fouïr - 1 freq
far-away - 1 freq
fauraway - 1 freq
fÂ’er - 2 freq
fr - 1 freq
farah - 1 freq
frw - 1 freq
“free - 1 freq
força - 2 freq
“for - 1 freq
'fear - 1 freq
froo - 4 freq
frh - 1 freq
fvor - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - FWR
fower - 697 freq
f'ower - 1 freq
fewer - 11 freq
fower- - 2 freq
viewer - 4 freq
fewar - 1 freq
€œfower - 2 freq
€žfower - 1 freq
€˜fower - 3 freq
FEWER
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.194743 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 - 0.356821 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 - 0.032745 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 - 0.036567 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 - 0.000904 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.