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Similar words to laaghan in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
laaghan (0) - 1 freq
laachan (1) - 2 freq
laughan (1) - 4 freq
laaghin (1) - 1 freq
laanchan (2) - 1 freq
naarhan (2) - 17 freq
laggan (2) - 4 freq
lashan (2) - 1 freq
waashan (2) - 1 freq
afghan (2) - 1 freq
laughin (2) - 149 freq
laagh (2) - 2 freq
lauchan (2) - 2 freq
laaghs (2) - 3 freq
gaughan (2) - 8 freq
lagan (2) - 3 freq
laachin (2) - 27 freq
laaght (2) - 1 freq
reachan (3) - 3 freq
larkhaa (3) - 1 freq
aagh (3) - 1 freq
laenan (3) - 1 freq
laan (3) - 9 freq
laugher (3) - 1 freq
aa-an (3) - 1 freq
laaghan (0) - 1 freq
laughan (1) - 4 freq
laaghin (1) - 1 freq
laughin (2) - 149 freq
laachan (2) - 2 freq
lauchan (3) - 2 freq
laaghs (3) - 3 freq
laaght (3) - 1 freq
laagh (3) - 2 freq
laachin (3) - 27 freq
lagan (3) - 3 freq
gaughan (3) - 8 freq
afghan (3) - 1 freq
lashan (3) - 1 freq
laggan (3) - 4 freq
meighan (4) - 11 freq
loggan (4) - 1 freq
laughing (4) - 21 freq
loathin (4) - 4 freq
lachin (4) - 46 freq
laughin' (4) - 4 freq
weyghan (4) - 1 freq
sighan (4) - 5 freq
heughan (4) - 1 freq
lhan (4) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - L250
lookin - 985 freq
luikin - 201 freq
lauchin - 99 freq
lesson - 108 freq
luggin - 20 freq
leukin - 260 freq
laachin - 27 freq
lowsin - 47 freq
likin - 38 freq
lickin - 31 freq
loasin - 6 freq
loassin - 2 freq
laughin - 149 freq
lessen - 10 freq
lochan - 26 freq
leesome - 9 freq
lichen - 9 freq
luckin - 16 freq
liggin - 32 freq
liken - 5 freq
lockin - 7 freq
losin - 38 freq
lissom - 2 freq
logan - 12 freq
lauchen - 7 freq
lossin - 32 freq
lousin - 4 freq
laughin' - 4 freq
lausanne - 1 freq
lukkin - 61 freq
legion - 26 freq
'lissen - 1 freq
leakin - 12 freq
lachin - 46 freq
lissen - 10 freq
lyceum - 6 freq
lousum - 2 freq
lashin - 8 freq
laggan - 4 freq
lukkan - 49 freq
leechin - 1 freq
lackin - 14 freq
lik'n - 1 freq
lookin' - 27 freq
luesome - 2 freq
looken - 19 freq
lookcn - 1 freq
lossen - 1 freq
lokken - 1 freq
loosen - 3 freq
loasen - 3 freq
losin' - 1 freq
lauchin' - 2 freq
look'n - 5 freq
leuken - 1 freq
luikan - 4 freq
loackin - 2 freq
laachan - 2 freq
lauchan - 2 freq
lukin - 52 freq
lagoon - 5 freq
leukan - 3 freq
lousome - 3 freq
louisiana - 2 freq
lock-in - 1 freq
look-in - 1 freq
lagan - 3 freq
lacken - 1 freq
lukin' - 4 freq
'lookin' - 1 freq
lowsen - 2 freq
licken - 3 freq
laeken - 1 freq
lagoon' - 1 freq
losan - 2 freq
laughan - 4 freq
lashan - 1 freq
leukkin - 12 freq
'lesson' - 1 freq
lykin - 2 freq
loggan - 1 freq
laaghan - 1 freq
lukan - 5 freq
Žlsson - 1 freq
laaghin - 1 freq
lichen- - 1 freq
lickan - 3 freq
luckan - 3 freq
loshan - 1 freq
luggan - 1 freq
lazin - 4 freq
leukin' - 1 freq
loesome - 7 freq
lookan - 30 freq
lookeen - 1 freq
lowesome - 1 freq
lyeukin - 6 freq
lousen - 1 freq
luikna - 1 freq
laigh-in - 1 freq
leukaemia - 1 freq
log-in - 1 freq
laich-in - 1 freq
lusum - 1 freq
lawson - 2 freq
lug-in - 4 freq
lakshmi - 3 freq
lacoön - 1 freq
loch-en - 1 freq
liaison - 3 freq
loggin - 1 freq
loosome - 2 freq
leasome - 1 freq
leakin' - 1 freq
lashin' - 1 freq
€˜luikin - 1 freq
€œlissen - 1 freq
lock-on - 2 freq
€œlachin - 1 freq
lakin - 1 freq
lacin - 1 freq
leuikin - 1 freq
lookn - 1 freq
laikan - 1 freq
lisen - 1 freq
lag-en - 2 freq
lecn - 1 freq
ljm - 1 freq
leason - 1 freq
lokin - 1 freq
lookinÂ’ - 2 freq
loosin - 1 freq
lxawen - 1 freq
likkin - 1 freq
lxn - 1 freq
login - 2 freq
lucan - 2 freq
laggin - 1 freq
lookin- - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - LFN
leivin - 62 freq
livin - 336 freq
laughin - 149 freq
leavin - 187 freq
hlivvin - 1 freq
lovin - 52 freq
leevin - 195 freq
laughin' - 4 freq
louvain - 1 freq
luvin - 26 freq
lavin - 2 freq
lavein - 1 freq
leven - 17 freq
laevan - 15 freq
liveen - 5 freq
livin' - 13 freq
leavin' - 3 freq
leeven - 2 freq
livvin - 3 freq
livan - 6 freq
lave-in - 1 freq
lovin' - 2 freq
leaven - 1 freq
laevin - 12 freq
loveen - 1 freq
lovan - 3 freq
laughan - 4 freq
laaghan - 1 freq
livveen - 1 freq
laaghin - 1 freq
lafan - 1 freq
laffin - 7 freq
laivin - 2 freq
laffan - 1 freq
leavan - 2 freq
laufan - 1 freq
laigh-in - 1 freq
lívin - 4 freq
leafin - 3 freq
loafin - 1 freq
€œleven - 1 freq
levin - 1 freq
lhhfhni - 1 freq
leevin' - 1 freq
lauwfnw - 1 freq
lafn - 1 freq
lifenew - 1 freq
lfn - 1 freq
livinÂ’ - 2 freq
LAAGHAN
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.263885 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 - 0.529421 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 - 0.044054 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 - 0.080199 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 - 0.001348 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.