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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to heer in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
heer (0) - 19 freq
heer- (1) - 1 freq
hear (1) - 1399 freq
jeer (1) - 7 freq
feer (1) - 4 freq
heer' (1) - 1 freq
yeer (1) - 22 freq
heed (1) - 349 freq
hees (1) - 35 freq
leer (1) - 4 freq
meer (1) - 9 freq
herr (1) - 9 freq
cheer (1) - 154 freq
weer (1) - 68 freq
hee (1) - 289 freq
neer (1) - 51 freq
wheer (1) - 20 freq
hier (1) - 3 freq
beer (1) - 142 freq
peer (1) - 199 freq
geer (1) - 16 freq
veer (1) - 1 freq
heers (1) - 2 freq
heel (1) - 36 freq
hever (1) - 2 freq
heer (0) - 19 freq
hier (1) - 3 freq
haer (1) - 18 freq
her (1) - 14060 freq
heero (1) - 1 freq
heir (1) - 44 freq
hear (1) - 1399 freq
heera (1) - 3 freq
teer (2) - 5 freq
eer (2) - 192 freq
keer (2) - 1 freq
heem (2) - 17 freq
heerd (2) - 93 freq
heez (2) - 35 freq
deer (2) - 71 freq
sheer (2) - 55 freq
hoar (2) - 4 freq
houer (2) - 7 freq
hair (2) - 902 freq
haur (2) - 1 freq
hir (2) - 1279 freq
hooer (2) - 2 freq
haar (2) - 110 freq
hoor (2) - 64 freq
hero (2) - 83 freq
SoundEx code - H600
her - 14060 freq
hair - 902 freq
here - 4207 freq
hoor - 64 freq
herr - 9 freq
haar - 110 freq
hear - 1399 freq
hairy - 93 freq
hir - 1279 freq
hurry - 147 freq
hare - 199 freq
how're - 1 freq
hero - 83 freq
'here - 51 freq
'her - 7 freq
hire - 13 freq
hour - 133 freq
herawa - 1 freq
hereawa - 6 freq
haur - 1 freq
hur - 856 freq
here' - 3 freq
'hurry - 2 freq
hurrah - 2 freq
harr - 2 freq
harry - 202 freq
hurray - 2 freq
hurr - 1 freq
'hair - 2 freq
heir - 44 freq
hairrie - 1 freq
hooray - 7 freq
hoo-ooer - 1 freq
haer - 18 freq
hure - 12 freq
hoarie - 1 freq
hairie - 6 freq
heer - 19 freq
'harry - 4 freq
hour' - 2 freq
'hooray - 3 freq
ho'e'er - 12 freq
hoar - 4 freq
hurrie - 1 freq
hir' - 1 freq
hrh - 1 freq
hoary - 2 freq
'hou're - 1 freq
harry' - 1 freq
'hairy - 2 freq
her' - 2 freq
hooro - 2 freq
houer - 7 freq
'her' - 1 freq
heer' - 1 freq
hooiwer - 1 freq
hourie - 2 freq
hoo-areye - 1 freq
haarie - 1 freq
haary - 3 freq
'hur - 2 freq
hoo-hooer - 1 freq
hoory - 2 freq
hier - 3 freq
hayur - 2 freq
harray - 3 freq
'hier' - 1 freq
harrie - 2 freq
-here - 1 freq
hera - 12 freq
horro - 1 freq
hereawaa - 3 freq
her- - 1 freq
here- - 1 freq
haare - 1 freq
harra - 2 freq
hooer - 2 freq
hair' - 2 freq
€˜hurry - 3 freq
€˜here - 40 freq
€œhere - 20 freq
hairry - 1 freq
€˜her - 1 freq
€™hir - 1 freq
herrie - 2 freq
heir-awaw - 1 freq
€œheir - 2 freq
€œhurry - 1 freq
herry - 2 freq
harrow - 2 freq
har - 8 freq
€˜harry - 3 freq
€˜hare - 1 freq
hr - 11 freq
€œher - 1 freq
€œhear - 2 freq
hierawa - 1 freq
€œhaar - 1 freq
€™here - 1 freq
hwar - 1 freq
hoora - 3 freq
hear' - 1 freq
herÂ’ - 1 freq
‘her’ - 1 freq
‘here - 1 freq
heer- - 1 freq
heera - 3 freq
heero - 1 freq
hari - 1 freq
‘her - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - HR
her - 14060 freq
hair - 902 freq
here - 4207 freq
hoor - 64 freq
herr - 9 freq
haar - 110 freq
hear - 1399 freq
hairy - 93 freq
hir - 1279 freq
hurry - 147 freq
hare - 199 freq
how're - 1 freq
hero - 83 freq
'here - 51 freq
'her - 7 freq
hire - 13 freq
hour - 133 freq
haur - 1 freq
hur - 856 freq
here' - 3 freq
'hurry - 2 freq
hurrah - 2 freq
harr - 2 freq
harry - 202 freq
hurray - 2 freq
hurr - 1 freq
'hair - 2 freq
heir - 44 freq
hairrie - 1 freq
hooray - 7 freq
hoo-ooer - 1 freq
haer - 18 freq
hure - 12 freq
hoarie - 1 freq
hairie - 6 freq
heer - 19 freq
'harry - 4 freq
hour' - 2 freq
'hooray - 3 freq
ho'e'er - 12 freq
hoar - 4 freq
hurrie - 1 freq
hir' - 1 freq
hoary - 2 freq
'hou're - 1 freq
harry' - 1 freq
yhere - 1 freq
'hairy - 2 freq
her' - 2 freq
hooro - 2 freq
houer - 7 freq
'her' - 1 freq
heer' - 1 freq
hourie - 2 freq
haarie - 1 freq
haary - 3 freq
'hur - 2 freq
hoory - 2 freq
hier - 3 freq
harray - 3 freq
heigher - 1 freq
'hier' - 1 freq
harrie - 2 freq
-here - 1 freq
hera - 12 freq
horro - 1 freq
her- - 1 freq
here- - 1 freq
haare - 1 freq
harra - 2 freq
hooer - 2 freq
hair' - 2 freq
€˜hurry - 3 freq
€˜here - 40 freq
€œhere - 20 freq
hairry - 1 freq
€˜her - 1 freq
€™hir - 1 freq
herrie - 2 freq
€œheir - 2 freq
€œhurry - 1 freq
herry - 2 freq
harrow - 2 freq
har - 8 freq
€˜harry - 3 freq
€˜hare - 1 freq
€œher - 1 freq
€œhear - 2 freq
€œhaar - 1 freq
€™here - 1 freq
hoora - 3 freq
hear' - 1 freq
herÂ’ - 1 freq
‘her’ - 1 freq
‘here - 1 freq
heer- - 1 freq
heera - 3 freq
heero - 1 freq
hari - 1 freq
‘her - 1 freq
HEER
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.184843 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 - 0.485476 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 - 0.027554 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 - 0.063666 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 - 0.000899 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.