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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to kill in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
kill (0) - 216 freq
hill (1) - 468 freq
gill (1) - 3 freq
will (1) - 3306 freq
kbll (1) - 1 freq
mill (1) - 82 freq
kull (1) - 3 freq
skill (1) - 55 freq
kilo (1) - 1 freq
jill (1) - 14 freq
kiln (1) - 7 freq
uill (1) - 4 freq
'kill (1) - 1 freq
killy (1) - 9 freq
kilt (1) - 67 freq
till (1) - 2489 freq
pill (1) - 12 freq
'ill (1) - 7 freq
killt (1) - 73 freq
bill (1) - 551 freq
yill (1) - 59 freq
sill (1) - 19 freq
kell (1) - 1 freq
kille (1) - 1 freq
ill (1) - 411 freq
kill (0) - 216 freq
kell (1) - 1 freq
kille (1) - 1 freq
kull (1) - 3 freq
killy (1) - 9 freq
killt (2) - 73 freq
bill (2) - 551 freq
ill (2) - 411 freq
yill (2) - 59 freq
fill (2) - 218 freq
kelly (2) - 144 freq
killie (2) - 26 freq
kiyl (2) - 2 freq
kill- (2) - 3 freq
'ill (2) - 7 freq
kills (2) - 19 freq
sill (2) - 19 freq
mill (2) - 82 freq
skill (2) - 55 freq
kbll (2) - 1 freq
pill (2) - 12 freq
hill (2) - 468 freq
gill (2) - 3 freq
kilo (2) - 1 freq
will (2) - 3306 freq
SoundEx code - K400
kuil - 1 freq
kill - 216 freq
keelie - 7 freq
keel - 12 freq
kail - 42 freq
keyhole - 5 freq
kool - 1 freq
kweel - 1 freq
killie - 26 freq
kale - 26 freq
kyle - 80 freq
kille - 1 freq
keil - 3 freq
'kill - 1 freq
kelly - 144 freq
keily - 1 freq
kilo - 1 freq
kïll - 13 freq
'kail - 2 freq
killy - 9 freq
'kylie' - 1 freq
kael - 5 freq
kill- - 3 freq
kell - 1 freq
kiyl - 2 freq
kloo - 1 freq
kühl - 1 freq
kül - 1 freq
kellie - 1 freq
keele - 1 freq
kuala - 2 freq
kele - 1 freq
koala - 2 freq
kull - 3 freq
kali - 1 freq
kula - 1 freq
kzgyl - 1 freq
kl - 4 freq
kyl - 1 freq
khloe - 1 freq
kylie - 1 freq
kwlu - 1 freq
kleo - 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
KILL
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.201333 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 - 0.355657 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 - 0.027536 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 - 0.037990 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 - 0.000929 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.