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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to laow in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
laow (0) - 1 freq
low (1) - 214 freq
laos (1) - 1 freq
law (1) - 295 freq
lao (1) - 3 freq
flaow (1) - 1 freq
last (2) - 1873 freq
lal (2) - 1 freq
look (2) - 1846 freq
laf (2) - 1 freq
waw (2) - 155 freq
lat (2) - 555 freq
mow (2) - 4 freq
lowe (2) - 112 freq
loom (2) - 14 freq
glow (2) - 51 freq
iaw (2) - 1 freq
wao (2) - 1 freq
lajos (2) - 2 freq
'aw (2) - 69 freq
laft (2) - 27 freq
lafn (2) - 1 freq
lwo (2) - 1 freq
naw (2) - 909 freq
dao (2) - 1 freq
laow (0) - 1 freq
low (1) - 214 freq
law (1) - 295 freq
lowe (2) - 112 freq
alow (2) - 46 freq
lew (2) - 5 freq
lw (2) - 8 freq
lwo (2) - 1 freq
laos (2) - 1 freq
lao (2) - 3 freq
flaow (2) - 1 freq
neow (3) - 1 freq
saiw (3) - 1 freq
laef (3) - 6 freq
lam (3) - 1 freq
laws (3) - 64 freq
lade (3) - 26 freq
lace (3) - 31 freq
loot (3) - 9 freq
saw (3) - 1038 freq
lau (3) - 1 freq
dow (3) - 59 freq
miaow (3) - 1 freq
laan (3) - 9 freq
aw (3) - 8237 freq
SoundEx code - L000
lee - 155 freq
lay - 386 freq
lea - 155 freq
l - 178 freq
law - 295 freq
'll - 85 freq
low - 214 freq
lie - 262 freq
lowe - 112 freq
lou - 31 freq
ll - 69 freq
la - 116 freq
loo - 29 freq
li - 21 freq
lue - 5 freq
leo - 7 freq
lae - 28 freq
le - 53 freq
'la - 4 freq
lui - 2 freq
law' - 2 freq
'lea - 6 freq
'lay - 1 freq
lew - 5 freq
laa - 114 freq
lo - 32 freq
'lll - 1 freq
louie - 4 freq
ley - 3 freq
lhe - 1 freq
leh - 3 freq
lu - 17 freq
ly - 7 freq
lah - 1 freq
leia - 1 freq
ïll - 51 freq
ïlle - 1 freq
lee' - 1 freq
lieu - 2 freq
'loo - 1 freq
'l - 5 freq
leah - 1 freq
'loo' - 1 freq
lle - 1 freq
lö - 3 freq
lye - 8 freq
læ - 2 freq
laow - 1 freq
lll - 3 freq
lao - 3 freq
ªla - 2 freq
-ly - 1 freq
loe - 15 freq
€™ll - 1167 freq
“lla - 1 freq
€™l - 85 freq
€˜la - 4 freq
lo'e - 16 freq
loue - 1 freq
lei - 1 freq
€™le - 4 freq
€˜law - 1 freq
€œl - 3 freq
€™'ll - 1 freq
lá - 1 freq
€˜ll - 1 freq
€˜lea - 1 freq
€™ly - 4 freq
€œlea - 3 freq
€œlll - 1 freq
lea' - 1 freq
€Ÿll - 2 freq
€™lly - 2 freq
¡Ã¦l - 1 freq
ªl - 1 freq
lya - 1 freq
lw - 8 freq
loÂ’e - 1 freq
loui - 1 freq
lau - 1 freq
lha - 1 freq
le'e - 1 freq
lwe - 1 freq
lyh - 1 freq
lwo - 1 freq
lh - 1 freq
lyo - 2 freq
MetaPhone code - L
lee - 155 freq
lay - 386 freq
lea - 155 freq
l - 178 freq
law - 295 freq
'll - 85 freq
low - 214 freq
lie - 262 freq
lou - 31 freq
yl - 4 freq
ll - 69 freq
la - 116 freq
loo - 29 freq
li - 21 freq
lue - 5 freq
leo - 7 freq
wll - 1 freq
lae - 28 freq
wl - 6 freq
le - 53 freq
y'll - 3 freq
hle - 1 freq
'la - 4 freq
lui - 2 freq
wyllie - 5 freq
hwyl - 1 freq
law' - 2 freq
'lea - 6 freq
wylie - 4 freq
'lay - 1 freq
lew - 5 freq
laa - 114 freq
hyll - 1 freq
lo - 32 freq
wly - 2 freq
'lll - 1 freq
louie - 4 freq
ley - 3 freq
leh - 3 freq
lu - 17 freq
ly - 7 freq
lah - 1 freq
leia - 1 freq
ïll - 51 freq
hïll - 7 freq
ïlle - 1 freq
lee' - 1 freq
lieu - 2 freq
'loo - 1 freq
hl - 1 freq
'l - 5 freq
leah - 1 freq
'loo' - 1 freq
lle - 1 freq
lö - 3 freq
læ - 2 freq
laow - 1 freq
y'ill - 1 freq
lll - 3 freq
wyle - 5 freq
lao - 3 freq
yøl - 2 freq
ªla - 2 freq
-ly - 1 freq
yöl - 1 freq
loe - 15 freq
yle - 2 freq
€™ll - 1167 freq
“lla - 1 freq
€™l - 85 freq
€˜la - 4 freq
hóli - 1 freq
lo'e - 16 freq
wyll - 2 freq
loue - 1 freq
lei - 1 freq
€™le - 4 freq
€˜law - 1 freq
€œl - 3 freq
€™'ll - 1 freq
lá - 1 freq
€˜ll - 1 freq
€˜lea - 1 freq
€™ly - 4 freq
€œlea - 3 freq
€œlll - 1 freq
lea' - 1 freq
y'lll - 1 freq
€Ÿll - 2 freq
€™lly - 2 freq
w'll - 6 freq
¡Ã¦l - 1 freq
ªl - 1 freq
lw - 8 freq
loÂ’e - 1 freq
loui - 1 freq
wle - 1 freq
yÂ’il - 1 freq
y'il - 2 freq
y'all - 1 freq
lau - 1 freq
le'e - 1 freq
y-l - 1 freq
hlai - 1 freq
hly - 1 freq
wlo - 1 freq
lyh - 1 freq
lh - 1 freq
LAOW
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.197876 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 - 0.367711 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 - 0.028259 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 - 0.072106 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 - 0.000927 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.