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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to naffu in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
naffu (0) - 1 freq
naff (1) - 2 freq
affy (2) - 93 freq
awfu (2) - 132 freq
gaffe (2) - 1 freq
affs (2) - 4 freq
oaffur (2) - 1 freq
affo (2) - 5 freq
caffe (2) - 1 freq
laafu (2) - 9 freq
aff- (2) - 1 freq
'aff (2) - 4 freq
yaffs (2) - 1 freq
paff (2) - 1 freq
lawfu (2) - 4 freq
hanfu (2) - 10 freq
aafu (2) - 14 freq
haff (2) - 4 freq
faffs (2) - 1 freq
taffy (2) - 1 freq
afu (2) - 3 freq
caff (2) - 13 freq
'affa (2) - 2 freq
waff (2) - 19 freq
waefu (2) - 25 freq
naffu (0) - 1 freq
naff (1) - 2 freq
niff (2) - 1 freq
nyaff (2) - 24 freq
nffc (3) - 1 freq
baff (3) - 3 freq
nebfu (3) - 1 freq
naafi (3) - 1 freq
daffy (3) - 1 freq
gaff (3) - 34 freq
jaffa (3) - 5 freq
nyaffs (3) - 6 freq
faff (3) - 3 freq
haffi (3) - 3 freq
oaffy (3) - 3 freq
anoff (3) - 6 freq
oaff (3) - 110 freq
enoff (3) - 1 freq
nefife (3) - 1 freq
anuff (3) - 28 freq
baffe (3) - 2 freq
affa (3) - 933 freq
laff (3) - 7 freq
aff (3) - 4400 freq
naefun (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - N100
neb - 278 freq
nebbie - 9 freq
nieve - 29 freq
neive - 21 freq
nup - 12 freq
nip - 119 freq
nabbie - 7 freq
neep - 130 freq
nyaff - 24 freq
nippy - 29 freq
nappy - 15 freq
nab - 10 freq
navy - 45 freq
'nup - 1 freq
'nuff - 1 freq
nephew - 28 freq
nebby - 2 freq
newbie - 3 freq
nfu - 1 freq
nov - 4 freq
noup - 2 freq
nape - 2 freq
nub - 5 freq
nippie - 6 freq
nowp - 1 freq
naive - 11 freq
nova - 7 freq
noop - 1 freq
nevahhh - 1 freq
nubbie - 1 freq
nib - 10 freq
nove - 1 freq
naïve - 5 freq
neave - 3 freq
no've - 2 freq
nop - 1 freq
naff - 2 freq
nebfu - 1 freq
nob - 1 freq
neib - 1 freq
nappie - 1 freq
nap - 17 freq
nope - 18 freq
nev - 6 freq
nav - 3 freq
neep' - 1 freq
nebe - 4 freq
niep - 2 freq
naïf - 1 freq
napa - 3 freq
nyaaf - 2 freq
neeb - 2 freq
niff - 1 freq
nae-pea - 1 freq
niv - 5 freq
nevoy - 7 freq
€œnip - 2 freq
nava - 30 freq
€™nyf - 1 freq
€œnaeb - 1 freq
€˜nup - 2 freq
naeb - 8 freq
napp - 2 freq
nouveau - 3 freq
€˜nippy - 3 freq
nave - 1 freq
naffu - 1 freq
nibbie - 1 freq
navvy - 1 freq
nb - 4 freq
nev-foo - 1 freq
nebo - 1 freq
new-faa - 1 freq
nv - 5 freq
nnpw - 1 freq
nf - 2 freq
np - 5 freq
nvw - 1 freq
nva - 2 freq
nuf - 1 freq
neap - 1 freq
noyfea - 1 freq
npu - 1 freq
nhv - 1 freq
nfb - 1 freq
'nip - 2 freq
'neep' - 3 freq
nobby - 1 freq
naafi - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - NF
knife - 104 freq
nieve - 29 freq
neive - 21 freq
knave - 48 freq
navy - 45 freq
'nuff - 1 freq
nephew - 28 freq
nfu - 1 freq
nigh - 18 freq
gnef - 1 freq
nov - 4 freq
naive - 11 freq
nova - 7 freq
nevahhh - 1 freq
'knife - 1 freq
nove - 1 freq
naïve - 5 freq
gnough - 1 freq
neave - 3 freq
no've - 2 freq
neigh - 4 freq
knif - 1 freq
naff - 2 freq
nev - 6 freq
nav - 3 freq
naïf - 1 freq
niff - 1 freq
niv - 5 freq
nevoy - 7 freq
€˜knifey - 1 freq
hyne-aff - 1 freq
nava - 30 freq
€™nyf - 1 freq
nouveau - 3 freq
nave - 1 freq
naffu - 1 freq
navvy - 1 freq
new-faa - 1 freq
nv - 5 freq
nf - 2 freq
nvw - 1 freq
nva - 2 freq
nuf - 1 freq
gnev - 1 freq
wnvh - 1 freq
noyfea - 1 freq
nhv - 1 freq
ngho - 1 freq
pnfw - 1 freq
naafi - 1 freq
NAFFU
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.203444 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 - 0.382920 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 - 0.034010 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 - 0.042144 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 - 0.000858 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.