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Similar words to gale in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
gale (0) - 64 freq
gaze (1) - 44 freq
yale (1) - 7 freq
galt (1) - 6 freq
gaye (1) - 2 freq
bale (1) - 8 freq
gal (1) - 4 freq
male (1) - 59 freq
gall (1) - 4 freq
gales (1) - 12 freq
gape (1) - 4 freq
gae (1) - 503 freq
gable (1) - 8 freq
aale (1) - 1 freq
vale (1) - 8 freq
sale (1) - 63 freq
gade (1) - 1 freq
tale (1) - 300 freq
gane (1) - 270 freq
gate (1) - 294 freq
gals (1) - 2 freq
pale (1) - 88 freq
game (1) - 648 freq
ale (1) - 53 freq
gabe (1) - 1 freq
gale (0) - 64 freq
gle (1) - 4 freq
gala (1) - 15 freq
gal (1) - 4 freq
agile (2) - 2 freq
gael (2) - 2 freq
goalie (2) - 11 freq
gul (2) - 4 freq
goal (2) - 90 freq
gla (2) - 1 freq
hale (2) - 965 freq
galle (2) - 1 freq
rale (2) - 78 freq
guile (2) - 4 freq
gaal (2) - 1 freq
glue (2) - 20 freq
gaol (2) - 4 freq
gly (2) - 1 freq
geile (2) - 1 freq
glu (2) - 1 freq
agal (2) - 1 freq
glie (2) - 1 freq
gyley (2) - 1 freq
gail (2) - 3 freq
gely (2) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - G400
gallowa - 48 freq
glow - 51 freq
gale - 64 freq
glue - 20 freq
gowl - 7 freq
gala - 15 freq
glee - 30 freq
gel - 13 freq
gullie - 9 freq
gaol - 4 freq
goal - 90 freq
gull - 7 freq
gluh - 1 freq
gully - 16 freq
gall - 4 freq
gallowha - 3 freq
goul - 3 freq
gilli - 3 freq
gowlie - 2 freq
gill - 3 freq
gell - 5 freq
gely - 2 freq
gul - 4 freq
galloway - 28 freq
gal - 4 freq
'gallawa' - 1 freq
guile - 4 freq
gail - 3 freq
goalie - 11 freq
ghoul - 6 freq
geel - 2 freq
gyley - 1 freq
gol' - 1 freq
galley - 4 freq
galloway' - 1 freq
goal' - 1 freq
gly - 1 freq
gael - 2 freq
gl - 2 freq
gyely - 52 freq
gyill - 1 freq
galway - 4 freq
gool - 1 freq
glaw - 2 freq
'galloway - 1 freq
golly - 4 freq
gloy - 1 freq
gallae - 1 freq
galla - 2 freq
gla - 1 freq
galle - 1 freq
go-o-o-o-o-al - 1 freq
go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-al - 1 freq
ghillie - 6 freq
glie - 1 freq
gle - 4 freq
geile - 1 freq
glee- - 1 freq
goolie - 1 freq
gallawa - 1 freq
glowe - 3 freq
gallowaa - 1 freq
galowa - 1 freq
gallowa' - 1 freq
gillie - 2 freq
glu - 1 freq
gsalaw - 1 freq
‘glow’ - 1 freq
‘goal’ - 1 freq
gaal - 1 freq
gelh - 1 freq
glé - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - KL
cool - 138 freq
cal - 29 freq
glow - 51 freq
gale - 64 freq
glue - 20 freq
caal - 98 freq
coal - 134 freq
cloy - 1 freq
clue - 87 freq
gowl - 7 freq
kuil - 1 freq
caul - 79 freq
coyle - 53 freq
gala - 15 freq
kill - 216 freq
keelie - 7 freq
quelle - 1 freq
call - 220 freq
glee - 30 freq
keel - 12 freq
coolie - 3 freq
quile - 1 freq
kail - 42 freq
quill - 15 freq
collie - 27 freq
cola - 10 freq
gullie - 9 freq
cuil - 9 freq
quell - 5 freq
gaol - 4 freq
claw - 27 freq
goal - 90 freq
cley - 23 freq
gull - 7 freq
kool - 1 freq
gluh - 1 freq
coll - 7 freq
killie - 26 freq
kale - 26 freq
claa - 14 freq
kyle - 80 freq
gully - 16 freq
gall - 4 freq
coul - 56 freq
cowl - 8 freq
goul - 3 freq
clay - 21 freq
kille - 1 freq
gowlie - 2 freq
keil - 3 freq
cloo - 1 freq
coil - 1 freq
clew - 3 freq
gul - 4 freq
qual - 3 freq
yclla - 1 freq
clie - 2 freq
quail - 5 freq
gal - 4 freq
coolly - 2 freq
'kill - 1 freq
guile - 4 freq
'cal' - 1 freq
caall - 2 freq
coli - 1 freq
gail - 3 freq
kelly - 144 freq
keily - 1 freq
goalie - 11 freq
kilo - 1 freq
kïll - 13 freq
coul' - 2 freq
gol' - 1 freq
galley - 4 freq
'cool - 1 freq
goal' - 1 freq
'kail - 2 freq
killy - 9 freq
cöl - 2 freq
gly - 1 freq
col - 11 freq
gael - 2 freq
gl - 2 freq
'kylie' - 1 freq
coallie - 4 freq
cl - 5 freq
calle - 2 freq
kael - 5 freq
kill- - 3 freq
quyhle - 1 freq
cule - 1 freq
kell - 1 freq
kiyl - 2 freq
gool - 1 freq
glaw - 2 freq
golly - 4 freq
kloo - 1 freq
colly - 1 freq
gloy - 1 freq
claie - 1 freq
gallae - 1 freq
galla - 2 freq
coull - 27 freq
kühl - 1 freq
gla - 1 freq
cöllie - 1 freq
galle - 1 freq
go-o-o-o-o-al - 1 freq
go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-al - 1 freq
kül - 1 freq
kellie - 1 freq
keele - 1 freq
cull - 7 freq
kuala - 2 freq
kele - 1 freq
glie - 1 freq
gle - 4 freq
€œqually - 1 freq
glee- - 1 freq
goolie - 1 freq
clio - 1 freq
caul' - 5 freq
€˜coyle - 3 freq
caley - 4 freq
€œcall - 2 freq
€˜cool - 2 freq
€˜cooool - 1 freq
coalie - 1 freq
koala - 2 freq
cowley - 1 freq
kull - 3 freq
kali - 1 freq
kula - 1 freq
cooly - 1 freq
caaaal - 1 freq
glu - 1 freq
qlw - 1 freq
cole - 1 freq
cala - 1 freq
ycl - 1 freq
‘glow’ - 1 freq
caulÂ’ - 1 freq
kl - 4 freq
‘goal’ - 1 freq
‘cool’ - 1 freq
gaal - 1 freq
kyl - 1 freq
cali - 3 freq
cla - 1 freq
qually - 1 freq
cklly - 1 freq
clo - 1 freq
coley - 1 freq
khloe - 1 freq
kylie - 1 freq
calloo - 2 freq
ykal - 1 freq
'call' - 1 freq
callie - 1 freq
kwlu - 1 freq
glé - 1 freq
kleo - 1 freq
GALE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.231224 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 - 0.316259 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 - 0.027760 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 - 0.037163 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 - 0.000938 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.