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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to læ in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
læ (0) - 2 freq
tæ (1) - 3 freq
bæ (1) - 1 freq
læt (1) - 1 freq
hæ (1) - 3 freq
næ (1) - 2 freq
sæ (1) - 3 freq
læv (1) - 1 freq
fæ (1) - 13 freq
læk (1) - 13 freq
lá (1) - 1 freq
dæ (1) - 4 freq
æ (1) - 2 freq
lö (1) - 3 freq
lip (2) - 86 freq
lyf (2) - 3 freq
lek (2) - 101 freq
lkb (2) - 1 freq
lch (2) - 1 freq
les (2) - 7 freq
lg (2) - 4 freq
lgl (2) - 1 freq
lj (2) - 2 freq
gí (2) - 1 freq
lzk (2) - 1 freq
læ (0) - 2 freq
dæ (2) - 4 freq
læk (2) - 13 freq
æ (2) - 2 freq
lö (2) - 3 freq
tæ (2) - 3 freq
fæ (2) - 13 freq
lá (2) - 1 freq
læt (2) - 1 freq
læv (2) - 1 freq
hæ (2) - 3 freq
bæ (2) - 1 freq
næ (2) - 2 freq
sæ (2) - 3 freq
alæk (3) - 1 freq
lep (4) - 5 freq
lae (4) - 28 freq
ley (4) - 3 freq
ní (4) - 1 freq
lir (4) - 16 freq
lwo (4) - 1 freq
lx (4) - 3 freq
lic (4) - 1 freq
lk (4) - 9 freq
lfc (4) - 4 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
LÆ
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.195108 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 - 0.346754 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 - 0.028409 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 - 0.037540 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.