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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to researchers in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
researchers (0) - 8 freq
researches (1) - 1 freq
researcher (1) - 3 freq
researched (2) - 2 freq
resairchers (2) - 1 freq
researchan (3) - 1 freq
searches (3) - 4 freq
research' (3) - 1 freq
researchit (3) - 1 freq
researchin (3) - 2 freq
thearchers (3) - 1 freq
research (3) - 166 freq
resairches (3) - 2 freq
resairched (4) - 1 freq
preachers (4) - 6 freq
reservoirs (4) - 2 freq
deserters (4) - 2 freq
'teachers (4) - 1 freq
rersearch (4) - 1 freq
searched (4) - 18 freq
reserrs (4) - 1 freq
despatches (4) - 1 freq
reaches (4) - 24 freq
'research' (4) - 1 freq
teachers (4) - 227 freq
researchers (0) - 8 freq
researcher (2) - 3 freq
researches (2) - 1 freq
resairchers (2) - 1 freq
resairches (4) - 2 freq
researched (4) - 2 freq
research (5) - 166 freq
researchan (5) - 1 freq
researchin (5) - 2 freq
thearchers (5) - 1 freq
searches (5) - 4 freq
research' (5) - 1 freq
researchit (5) - 1 freq
resources (6) - 219 freq
reserrs (6) - 1 freq
respecters (6) - 1 freq
reseirch (6) - 2 freq
preachers (6) - 6 freq
archers (6) - 1 freq
resoorces (6) - 20 freq
resairched (6) - 1 freq
rescuers (6) - 2 freq
reservoirs (6) - 2 freq
rescours (7) - 3 freq
refractors (7) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - R262
rogers - 6 freq
roger's - 2 freq
resources - 219 freq
resurrection - 14 freq
resurreckit - 6 freq
'resurreckit - 2 freq
resurrections - 1 freq
requires - 10 freq
recourse - 2 freq
regression's - 1 freq
research - 166 freq
resource - 68 freq
regressive - 2 freq
regurgitatit - 1 freq
rashers - 1 freq
resurrectin - 1 freq
reassures - 2 freq
rosaries - 3 freq
resurrectit - 2 freq
razir-sharp - 1 freq
researchers - 8 freq
resource-rich - 1 freq
resurrected - 4 freq
resairch - 12 freq
'resurrectionists' - 1 freq
resurrectionists - 3 freq
resurrect - 3 freq
resairchin - 1 freq
resourcin - 5 freq
researched - 2 freq
resoorces - 20 freq
research' - 1 freq
regurgitated - 1 freq
reserrs - 1 freq
racers - 1 freq
regress - 1 freq
rookery's - 1 freq
razors - 3 freq
'research - 2 freq
resourced - 10 freq
recoorse - 1 freq
resourcin' - 4 freq
researchin - 2 freq
ryegress - 1 freq
razor-shairp - 2 freq
razor-sherp - 1 freq
resaerch - 1 freq
researcher - 3 freq
researchit - 1 freq
researches - 1 freq
€œresource - 2 freq
resairched - 1 freq
rowesgirss - 1 freq
'rigors' - 1 freq
rescours - 3 freq
rescoursed - 4 freq
resoorce - 4 freq
reseirch - 2 freq
reaggregit - 1 freq
resurgence - 6 freq
re-crystalised - 1 freq
resairches - 2 freq
recharging - 2 freq
resourceful - 1 freq
regressin - 2 freq
researchan - 1 freq
'rosaries - 1 freq
rozzers - 1 freq
€œrogerisms - 1 freq
resairchers - 1 freq
rescuers - 2 freq
resoorce-rich - 1 freq
rigorously - 1 freq
resurgent - 1 freq
regressed - 1 freq
recharge - 1 freq
rkrzttdps - 1 freq
rickywarwick - 2 freq
rxruc - 1 freq
rigorous - 1 freq
rocher's - 1 freq
rickwrightnow - 1 freq
rickyaross - 15 freq
rogerquimbly - 1 freq
rsrhighlander - 9 freq
rakers - 1 freq
'research' - 1 freq
ruggers - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - RSRXRS
researchers - 8 freq
resairchers - 1 freq
RESEARCHERS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.224584 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 - 0.390011 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 - 0.029718 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 - 0.042255 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 - 0.001116 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.