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Similar words to loons in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
loons (0) - 180 freq
roons (1) - 7 freq
loogs (1) - 5 freq
goons (1) - 9 freq
loops (1) - 4 freq
loos (1) - 3 freq
loon (1) - 669 freq
lyons (1) - 2 freq
noons (1) - 1 freq
loon' (1) - 2 freq
luons (1) - 1 freq
soons (1) - 31 freq
moons (1) - 28 freq
lions (1) - 35 freq
louns (1) - 18 freq
doons (1) - 11 freq
loins (1) - 3 freq
woons (1) - 1 freq
foons (1) - 7 freq
loo's (1) - 1 freq
loony (1) - 1 freq
looks (1) - 493 freq
looms (1) - 7 freq
lowns (1) - 1 freq
poons (1) - 1 freq
loons (0) - 180 freq
lions (1) - 35 freq
lyons (1) - 2 freq
loins (1) - 3 freq
luons (1) - 1 freq
loans (1) - 11 freq
louns (1) - 18 freq
toons (2) - 80 freq
loon's (2) - 9 freq
poons (2) - 1 freq
lonns (2) - 1 freq
yoons (2) - 8 freq
'loons (2) - 1 freq
lins (2) - 3 freq
loonies (2) - 3 freq
leans (2) - 17 freq
lens (2) - 13 freq
looneys (2) - 1 freq
lyns (2) - 1 freq
lowns (2) - 1 freq
lans (2) - 15 freq
launs (2) - 17 freq
laens (2) - 1 freq
loofs (2) - 6 freq
loon (2) - 669 freq
SoundEx code - L520
lang - 3250 freq
lines - 222 freq
lunch - 69 freq
leans - 17 freq
lions - 35 freq
lungs - 54 freq
loons - 180 freq
laing's - 1 freq
loon's - 9 freq
long - 549 freq
louns - 18 freq
lammas - 8 freq
links - 70 freq
lank - 6 freq
la-n-g - 1 freq
lounge' - 1 freq
lounge - 26 freq
launch - 27 freq
lang's - 32 freq
lanky - 12 freq
lying - 25 freq
lion's - 16 freq
lance - 5 freq
lums - 34 freq
loins - 3 freq
lenz - 6 freq
langue - 2 freq
lenz's - 1 freq
leams - 8 freq
limms - 1 freq
lammies - 5 freq
lens - 13 freq
longue - 1 freq
lams - 2 freq
leanne's - 6 freq
link - 76 freq
lanes - 11 freq
launs - 17 freq
laun's - 2 freq
lum's - 1 freq
lonagh - 1 freq
lonach - 5 freq
lung - 14 freq
loang - 3 freq
lynie's - 1 freq
laang - 3 freq
lyne's - 3 freq
lanwige - 1 freq
lans - 15 freq
linky - 2 freq
lynx - 4 freq
ling - 13 freq
line's - 2 freq
lawns - 3 freq
lunge - 5 freq
'lang - 5 freq
linkie - 3 freq
lan's - 1 freq
looms - 7 freq
laing - 2 freq
long's - 2 freq
loonies - 3 freq
linsey - 32 freq
lyon's - 1 freq
leains - 3 freq
lamech - 3 freq
loonge - 2 freq
lang-ee - 2 freq
limos - 1 freq
lineage - 6 freq
'long - 2 freq
loans - 11 freq
lanies - 1 freq
langa - 1 freq
leon's - 1 freq
langs - 1 freq
lenish - 1 freq
linus - 1 freq
longs - 1 freq
lings - 5 freq
lames - 1 freq
lemes - 2 freq
lins - 3 freq
laens - 1 freq
laanch - 3 freq
'leanne's - 1 freq
laams - 1 freq
lyness - 1 freq
lino's - 1 freq
lynes - 2 freq
lowns - 1 freq
linga - 2 freq
lyns - 1 freq
lingua - 10 freq
laying - 8 freq
lennox - 18 freq
link's - 1 freq
lang- - 1 freq
lonns - 1 freq
-lins - 1 freq
'lunch' - 1 freq
luims - 3 freq
lunacy - 2 freq
loyang - 3 freq
linns - 5 freq
lynch - 4 freq
loweins - 1 freq
leaing - 1 freq
lanns - 2 freq
lammie's - 1 freq
'loons - 1 freq
lanka - 7 freq
lanks - 1 freq
€œlong - 2 freq
lawins - 1 freq
lims - 2 freq
lumes - 2 freq
launce - 1 freq
lench - 4 freq
lancs - 1 freq
lingo - 9 freq
lumms - 1 freq
limmy's - 1 freq
leeing - 1 freq
luons - 1 freq
lioness - 2 freq
llengua' - 1 freq
lamas - 20 freq
llamas - 1 freq
'lamas - 1 freq
€™lang - 1 freq
leims - 4 freq
lynns - 1 freq
€œlunch - 2 freq
lanzhou - 4 freq
limes - 1 freq
loonÂ’s - 5 freq
linzi - 3 freq
lms - 1 freq
lynnÂ’s - 1 freq
lance' - 1 freq
looneys - 1 freq
lnnj - 1 freq
lnj - 2 freq
lymjs - 1 freq
lenzie - 1 freq
lyons - 2 freq
laaaaaaaang - 1 freq
loonikie - 1 freq
lynn's - 1 freq
lionize - 1 freq
looooong - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - LNS
lines - 222 freq
leans - 17 freq
lions - 35 freq
loons - 180 freq
loon's - 9 freq
louns - 18 freq
lion's - 16 freq
lance - 5 freq
loins - 3 freq
lenz - 6 freq
lens - 13 freq
leanne's - 6 freq
lanes - 11 freq
launs - 17 freq
laun's - 2 freq
lynie's - 1 freq
lyne's - 3 freq
lans - 15 freq
line's - 2 freq
lawns - 3 freq
lan's - 1 freq
loonies - 3 freq
linsey - 32 freq
leains - 3 freq
loans - 11 freq
lanies - 1 freq
leon's - 1 freq
linus - 1 freq
lins - 3 freq
laens - 1 freq
'leanne's - 1 freq
lyness - 1 freq
lino's - 1 freq
lynes - 2 freq
lowns - 1 freq
lyns - 1 freq
lonns - 1 freq
-lins - 1 freq
lunacy - 2 freq
linns - 5 freq
lanns - 2 freq
'loons - 1 freq
launce - 1 freq
luons - 1 freq
lioness - 2 freq
lynns - 1 freq
loonÂ’s - 5 freq
linzi - 3 freq
lynnÂ’s - 1 freq
lance' - 1 freq
looneys - 1 freq
lenzie - 1 freq
lynn's - 1 freq
lionize - 1 freq
LOONS
loon - 669 freq
loons - 180 freq
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.397463 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 - 0.528876 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 - 0.031124 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 - 0.070731 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 - 0.000912 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.