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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to leven in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
leven (0) - 17 freq
heven (1) - 1 freq
leaven (1) - 1 freq
eleven (1) - 38 freq
even (1) - 2669 freq
level (1) - 148 freq
'even (1) - 6 freq
leen (1) - 18 freq
leeven (1) - 2 freq
gleven (1) - 1 freq
lever (1) - 2 freq
seven (1) - 120 freq
levin (1) - 1 freq
lemen (1) - 1 freq
leve (1) - 2 freq
pleven (1) - 1 freq
evn (2) - 1 freq
laevan (2) - 15 freq
leek (2) - 5 freq
fleen (2) - 4 freq
lenn (2) - 2 freq
yeken (2) - 1 freq
lived (2) - 150 freq
evan (2) - 12 freq
syven (2) - 10 freq
leven (0) - 17 freq
levin (1) - 1 freq
leeven (1) - 2 freq
eleven (1) - 38 freq
leaven (1) - 1 freq
alven (2) - 1 freq
elyven (2) - 2 freq
liveen (2) - 5 freq
livin (2) - 336 freq
eleyven (2) - 5 freq
lavin (2) - 2 freq
eleiven (2) - 15 freq
leavan (2) - 2 freq
lavein (2) - 1 freq
loveen (2) - 1 freq
leivin (2) - 62 freq
livan (2) - 6 freq
luvin (2) - 26 freq
lovin (2) - 52 freq
lovan (2) - 3 freq
laevin (2) - 12 freq
leevin (2) - 195 freq
eleeven (2) - 35 freq
eliven (2) - 1 freq
aleyven (2) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - L150
lippen - 69 freq
lowpin - 91 freq
leivin - 62 freq
livin - 336 freq
leavin - 187 freq
lovin - 52 freq
leevin - 195 freq
lappin - 20 freq
lupine - 1 freq
louvain - 1 freq
luvin - 26 freq
loupin - 38 freq
lavin - 2 freq
lavein - 1 freq
leven - 17 freq
laevan - 15 freq
loupan - 2 freq
liveen - 5 freq
livin' - 13 freq
leavin' - 3 freq
laipin - 1 freq
lippin - 9 freq
loupen - 1 freq
leeven - 2 freq
leppin - 7 freq
lippn - 1 freq
loopin - 3 freq
livvin - 3 freq
leapin - 6 freq
lobbin - 4 freq
livan - 6 freq
lave-in - 1 freq
laupin - 2 freq
lovin' - 2 freq
leapin' - 1 freq
leaven - 1 freq
laevin - 12 freq
loveen - 1 freq
lovan - 3 freq
livveen - 1 freq
lafan - 1 freq
lapin - 1 freq
lepan - 1 freq
laffin - 7 freq
laivin - 2 freq
lowpan - 2 freq
laffan - 1 freq
leavan - 2 freq
laufan - 1 freq
lopin - 1 freq
lívin - 4 freq
leafin - 3 freq
lippan - 1 freq
'loupin' - 1 freq
loafin - 1 freq
libyan - 1 freq
€œleven - 1 freq
lobbyin - 2 freq
levin - 1 freq
loupin' - 2 freq
lappan - 1 freq
laepin - 1 freq
lhhfhni - 1 freq
leevin' - 1 freq
lauwfnw - 1 freq
lafn - 1 freq
lifenew - 1 freq
lfn - 1 freq
lipn - 1 freq
livinÂ’ - 2 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
LEVEN
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.183704 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 - 0.317437 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 - 0.027795 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 - 0.036853 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 - 0.000883 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.