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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to neednae in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
neednae (0) - 21 freq
needae (1) - 1 freq
need'ae (1) - 3 freq
needna (1) - 44 freq
needa (2) - 1 freq
needle (2) - 39 freq
haednae (2) - 8 freq
meedae (2) - 2 freq
needie (2) - 3 freq
nee'ae (2) - 6 freq
needsna (2) - 2 freq
needn't (2) - 2 freq
heedtae (2) - 1 freq
weedae (2) - 10 freq
needan (2) - 14 freq
daednae (2) - 3 freq
hednae (2) - 4 freq
reenge (3) - 60 freq
deedle (3) - 2 freq
coudnae (3) - 20 freq
reeds-e (3) - 1 freq
teenas (3) - 1 freq
shidnae (3) - 1 freq
newance (3) - 4 freq
nignae (3) - 1 freq
neednae (0) - 21 freq
needna (1) - 44 freq
needae (2) - 1 freq
need'ae (2) - 3 freq
needan (2) - 14 freq
daednae (3) - 3 freq
hednae (3) - 4 freq
ndna (3) - 8 freq
needsna (3) - 2 freq
needin (3) - 213 freq
needen (3) - 3 freq
needa (3) - 1 freq
needle (3) - 39 freq
haednae (3) - 8 freq
needie (3) - 3 freq
wuidnae (4) - 33 freq
wudnae (4) - 101 freq
hidnae (4) - 55 freq
woudnae (4) - 9 freq
needn't (4) - 2 freq
needy (4) - 7 freq
needid (4) - 1 freq
euidnae (4) - 3 freq
haedna (4) - 49 freq
doenae (4) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - N350
nuthin - 66 freq
naethin - 800 freq
notion - 223 freq
notin - 6 freq
needin - 213 freq
neednae - 21 freq
naithin - 3 freq
needna - 44 freq
nuttin - 49 freq
noddin - 39 freq
nation - 144 freq
nothin - 194 freq
'nothin - 4 freq
nothin' - 5 freq
nithin - 71 freq
nahddan - 1 freq
notheen - 41 freq
needan - 14 freq
neythein - 1 freq
neithen - 3 freq
neythen - 1 freq
naythen - 2 freq
neythin - 1 freq
netten - 1 freq
neithin - 3 freq
naithen - 1 freq
nuthin' - 3 freq
needin' - 7 freq
need'n - 3 freq
nut'n - 1 freq
naethin' - 5 freq
notion' - 1 freq
noaddin - 5 freq
'naethin - 10 freq
newton - 19 freq
noodimnae - 1 freq
newtown - 15 freq
nathan - 4 freq
nettin - 6 freq
naethïn - 1 freq
'nuthin - 1 freq
notten - 1 freq
nation' - 2 freq
nutheen - 9 freq
naitioun - 7 freq
noddan - 1 freq
naetheen - 3 freq
næthin - 3 freq
nothen - 1 freq
ndna - 8 freq
ndaoine - 1 freq
nottna - 1 freq
nathin - 6 freq
neathin - 1 freq
naethin - 3 freq
nauthin - 2 freq
natioun - 5 freq
nittin - 1 freq
nedin - 1 freq
naetime - 1 freq
nittin - 3 freq
naeithin - 1 freq
nitheen - 1 freq
nuttin - 1 freq
Ïndyan - 1 freq
nottin - 2 freq
naethin - 2 freq
naition - 1 freq
nethan - 3 freq
nitten - 5 freq
nithin' - 11 freq
needin’ - 1 freq
‘nation’ - 1 freq
needen - 3 freq
MetaPhone code - NTN
knittin - 26 freq
notin - 6 freq
needin - 213 freq
neednae - 21 freq
needna - 44 freq
nuttin - 49 freq
noddin - 39 freq
nahddan - 1 freq
needan - 14 freq
knittan - 3 freq
netten - 1 freq
knittin' - 8 freq
needin' - 7 freq
need'n - 3 freq
nut'n - 1 freq
noaddin - 5 freq
newton - 19 freq
newtown - 15 freq
nettin - 6 freq
wyntown - 1 freq
wndwne - 1 freq
notten - 1 freq
knitteen - 5 freq
noddan - 1 freq
kneedin - 1 freq
ndna - 8 freq
wyndin - 2 freq
ndaoine - 1 freq
nottna - 1 freq
knottin - 1 freq
wynton - 1 freq
wyntoun - 1 freq
nittin - 1 freq
nedin - 1 freq
nittin - 3 freq
nuttin - 1 freq
nottin - 2 freq
kneadin - 1 freq
nitten - 5 freq
needin’ - 1 freq
needen - 3 freq
NEEDNAE
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.295541 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 - 0.474687 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 - 0.034447 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 - 0.038268 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 - 0.001185 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.