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Similar words to shackan in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
shackan (0) - 1 freq
shakan (1) - 5 freq
whackan (1) - 1 freq
shakkan (1) - 3 freq
shockan (1) - 1 freq
stackan (1) - 2 freq
shackin (1) - 1 freq
whackin (2) - 2 freq
hackin (2) - 7 freq
shockin (2) - 19 freq
shacks (2) - 1 freq
sharan (2) - 4 freq
smockan (2) - 1 freq
shakin (2) - 107 freq
shakn (2) - 1 freq
shackle (2) - 2 freq
chackin (2) - 3 freq
soackin (2) - 1 freq
shappan (2) - 1 freq
slacken (2) - 1 freq
stackin (2) - 2 freq
sackin (2) - 4 freq
tackan (2) - 1 freq
spaekan (2) - 32 freq
chuckan (2) - 1 freq
shackan (0) - 1 freq
shackin (1) - 1 freq
shockan (1) - 1 freq
shockin (2) - 19 freq
shicken (2) - 2 freq
stackan (2) - 2 freq
whackan (2) - 1 freq
shoackin (2) - 3 freq
shakkan (2) - 3 freq
shakan (2) - 5 freq
shaken (3) - 7 freq
stickan (3) - 4 freq
spackin (3) - 5 freq
shucklan (3) - 1 freq
shaakin (3) - 4 freq
shack (3) - 3 freq
shakken (3) - 2 freq
speckan (3) - 2 freq
smackin (3) - 4 freq
chuckan (3) - 1 freq
checkan (3) - 3 freq
shockeen (3) - 1 freq
shaaken (3) - 2 freq
shakkin (3) - 83 freq
stackin (3) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - S250
seekin - 100 freq
sauchin - 1 freq
shakin - 107 freq
sign - 381 freq
shakkin - 83 freq
sighin - 20 freq
squeakin - 6 freq
souchin - 16 freq
sichin - 8 freq
skeichen - 2 freq
siccan - 115 freq
sechin - 2 freq
sookin - 52 freq
shaggin - 19 freq
season - 118 freq
swishin - 4 freq
saeson - 4 freq
saison - 20 freq
swiggin - 3 freq
session - 82 freq
soakin - 36 freq
six-gun - 1 freq
shoggin - 2 freq
'siccan - 1 freq
sashayin - 1 freq
suckin - 6 freq
squeezin - 9 freq
swickin - 5 freq
scooshin - 1 freq
scoukin - 2 freq
shakken - 2 freq
sekan - 2 freq
squaashin - 2 freq
shockin - 19 freq
squawkin - 1 freq
sikkin - 19 freq
soukin - 6 freq
swushin - 1 freq
seizin - 1 freq
'soukin - 1 freq
susan - 20 freq
scug-gien - 1 freq
skookin - 1 freq
sikken - 11 freq
sooken - 1 freq
siken - 1 freq
shaaken - 2 freq
soaken - 2 freq
shaken - 7 freq
siccin - 3 freq
seggan - 2 freq
sheskin - 1 freq
seechin - 1 freq
shoackin - 3 freq
sizin - 5 freq
sesame - 2 freq
soackin - 1 freq
squashin - 2 freq
squee-geein - 1 freq
squaikin - 3 freq
squishin - 1 freq
sackin - 4 freq
secin - 1 freq
shushin - 1 freq
'sikkin - 1 freq
susanna - 4 freq
skooshin - 8 freq
sicna - 90 freq
sokken - 1 freq
sookan - 3 freq
saggin - 3 freq
sheeksin - 6 freq
sicean - 5 freq
sieccan - 1 freq
seichin - 2 freq
shokkin - 1 freq
siccen - 1 freq
shockeen - 1 freq
seekan - 3 freq
shakkan - 3 freq
sukken - 1 freq
sighan - 5 freq
scowkin - 2 freq
shackin - 1 freq
soghin - 1 freq
soagin - 1 freq
shakan - 5 freq
squeezan - 1 freq
shackan - 1 freq
shakn - 1 freq
shockan - 1 freq
sikin - 2 freq
sikin' - 1 freq
secon' - 4 freq
sicken - 1 freq
skoukin - 2 freq
seasoun - 1 freq
squaichin - 1 freq
squeakan - 2 freq
skycin - 1 freq
saxon - 6 freq
sicn - 1 freq
shoogiein - 1 freq
scoggin - 1 freq
soughin - 2 freq
souchan - 1 freq
sessione - 2 freq
sassoon - 1 freq
suzanne - 3 freq
swooshin' - 1 freq
seickshuin - 1 freq
soochin - 1 freq
skowkin - 1 freq
'sookin - 1 freq
sizzen - 3 freq
sweeshin - 4 freq
sekein - 3 freq
saxeane - 2 freq
sekin - 2 freq
skechin - 1 freq
seignie - 1 freq
sh-shewin - 1 freq
sagan - 1 freq
€˜sign - 1 freq
saiconn - 4 freq
€˜shusshin - 1 freq
shakin' - 1 freq
saekkan - 1 freq
shaakin - 4 freq
sicnaa - 1 freq
sesssion - 1 freq
shicken - 2 freq
squeckan - 1 freq
sweechan - 3 freq
seekin' - 9 freq
sasainn - 1 freq
seekinÂ’ - 1 freq
sookin' - 1 freq
'sign - 2 freq
shazom - 1 freq
swikkin - 1 freq
shockinÂ’ - 1 freq
seconÂ’ - 1 freq
seasonÂ… - 1 freq
shuchin - 1 freq
sukan - 1 freq
sacan - 1 freq
sosanna - 1 freq
susanne - 1 freq
skeckin - 2 freq
MetaPhone code - XKN
shakin - 107 freq
shakkin - 83 freq
chokin - 29 freq
chuckin - 17 freq
chuggin - 4 freq
shaggin - 19 freq
checkin - 44 freq
chicken - 82 freq
'chicken - 1 freq
shoggin - 2 freq
shakken - 2 freq
shockin - 19 freq
chucken - 17 freq
checkin' - 4 freq
chukkin - 1 freq
chukken - 4 freq
shaaken - 2 freq
shaken - 7 freq
shoackin - 3 freq
chuckeny - 1 freq
'chucken - 1 freq
shokkin - 1 freq
chackin - 3 freq
shockeen - 1 freq
checkan - 3 freq
chuckan - 1 freq
shakkan - 3 freq
chowkin - 1 freq
shackin - 1 freq
shakan - 5 freq
shackan - 1 freq
shakn - 1 freq
shockan - 1 freq
chokan - 1 freq
chokkin - 1 freq
€˜chukken - 1 freq
chakkin - 1 freq
€œchicken - 3 freq
shakin' - 1 freq
shaakin - 4 freq
shicken - 2 freq
shockinÂ’ - 1 freq
chukin - 1 freq
choakin - 1 freq
SHACKAN
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.252363 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 - 0.479583 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 - 0.030500 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 - 0.045882 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 - 0.001198 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.