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Similar words to sweeps in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
sweeps (0) - 5 freq
sweels (1) - 2 freq
weeps (1) - 1 freq
sweers (1) - 1 freq
sleeps (1) - 47 freq
sweets (1) - 12 freq
swees (1) - 3 freq
sweep (1) - 31 freq
sieeps (1) - 2 freq
sweems (1) - 3 freq
seeps (1) - 8 freq
sheeps (1) - 5 freq
steers (2) - 11 freq
weepy (2) - 3 freq
steeks (2) - 6 freq
sweech (2) - 3 freq
skelps (2) - 15 freq
peeps (2) - 82 freq
sheep (2) - 299 freq
pleeps (2) - 2 freq
sweeng (2) - 11 freq
shee's (2) - 2 freq
swaps (2) - 3 freq
seep (2) - 5 freq
creeps (2) - 16 freq
sweeps (0) - 5 freq
seeps (2) - 8 freq
sieeps (2) - 2 freq
sheeps (2) - 5 freq
swoops (2) - 3 freq
swaps (2) - 3 freq
sweep (2) - 31 freq
sweems (2) - 3 freq
swees (2) - 3 freq
sweels (2) - 2 freq
weeps (2) - 1 freq
sweers (2) - 1 freq
sleeps (2) - 47 freq
sweets (2) - 12 freq
swipes (3) - 2 freq
spees (3) - 1 freq
sweeped (3) - 2 freq
steps (3) - 207 freq
setps (3) - 1 freq
sweirs (3) - 2 freq
sceups (3) - 1 freq
swamps (3) - 2 freq
shaeps (3) - 3 freq
sheps (3) - 1 freq
swedes (3) - 7 freq
SoundEx code - S120
speak - 565 freq
space - 290 freq
speaks - 93 freq
shapes - 43 freq
ships - 88 freq
sypes - 5 freq
suppose - 267 freq
spake - 130 freq
speiks - 10 freq
spies - 29 freq
spoke - 276 freq
speech - 156 freq
spose - 9 freq
soup's - 5 freq
sobs - 13 freq
specs - 31 freq
seeps - 8 freq
scuffs - 1 freq
shoeboax - 3 freq
soops - 1 freq
shops - 142 freq
spak - 307 freq
spik - 315 freq
ship's - 12 freq
scaffs - 1 freq
spikey - 6 freq
spews - 5 freq
spicy - 12 freq
shaves - 15 freq
spike - 23 freq
sheep's - 9 freq
speik - 52 freq
sabs - 8 freq
spees - 1 freq
spack - 7 freq
sapsie - 2 freq
suffice - 10 freq
spikk - 46 freq
scabs - 7 freq
speech' - 2 freq
scuips - 1 freq
speug - 10 freq
s'pose - 34 freq
sheepish - 4 freq
shoves - 20 freq
specks - 6 freq
spiks - 19 freq
spikks - 3 freq
spice - 25 freq
shaps - 6 freq
spaik - 2 freq
speugs - 9 freq
sauvage - 3 freq
sheeps' - 1 freq
sups - 4 freq
spick - 95 freq
spiky - 2 freq
savage - 18 freq
spouse - 6 freq
sheaves - 6 freq
spaek - 171 freq
scoves - 1 freq
sif's - 3 freq
shop's - 1 freq
sippose - 2 freq
sippoase - 1 freq
sheif's - 1 freq
shef's - 1 freq
spoak - 1 freq
spayce - 2 freq
swoops - 3 freq
saps - 7 freq
skips - 6 freq
shoaps - 16 freq
sieeps - 2 freq
specky - 7 freq
shaifs - 2 freq
scoffs - 5 freq
speck - 12 freq
sips - 4 freq
spacey - 1 freq
sapsy - 1 freq
'speak - 8 freq
spys - 5 freq
squibs - 6 freq
space' - 1 freq
spewes - 1 freq
'space'' - 1 freq
saves - 11 freq
safeway's - 1 freq
sops - 2 freq
sybies - 1 freq
save's - 1 freq
shaevs - 4 freq
shaeves - 5 freq
spooky - 7 freq
ships' - 3 freq
soups - 4 freq
speugie - 3 freq
spaiks - 2 freq
spaz - 3 freq
spokey - 2 freq
spazzy - 2 freq
sophie's - 7 freq
spaes - 4 freq
spyooch - 1 freq
spauk - 21 freq
'spies - 1 freq
scoops - 1 freq
soap-boax - 1 freq
sheepies - 7 freq
spik's - 1 freq
spyogs - 1 freq
spooks - 1 freq
spaeks - 39 freq
spaek' - 1 freq
speshie - 2 freq
suffix - 20 freq
'soaps' - 1 freq
saabs - 1 freq
safeways - 1 freq
sea-vaege - 1 freq
spos - 1 freq
shoebox - 2 freq
schips - 1 freq
sheipie's-ou - 1 freq
swipes - 2 freq
sceups - 1 freq
skiffs - 2 freq
soaps - 4 freq
spakk - 17 freq
spacky - 1 freq
sheeps - 5 freq
spug - 1 freq
spok - 5 freq
'spikk' - 1 freq
'spaek' - 1 freq
'spake' - 1 freq
'spikk - 3 freq
spaece - 1 freq
shaiffs - 1 freq
swaps - 3 freq
sabies - 13 freq
space- - 1 freq
spuggie - 1 freq
spess - 1 freq
sweeps - 5 freq
skeps - 1 freq
shapeq - 1 freq
soapbox - 2 freq
'spik - 1 freq
spaess - 2 freq
shaeps - 3 freq
'speaks - 1 freq
spokk - 1 freq
spicks - 6 freq
subjee- - 1 freq
shups - 1 freq
spugh - 1 freq
scaffies' - 1 freq
saip-box - 1 freq
scobie's - 1 freq
soap-box - 1 freq
'sheep's - 1 freq
spaegy - 1 freq
speishie - 2 freq
scowp's - 1 freq
sheafs - 1 freq
shivs - 2 freq
sibc - 2 freq
spic - 1 freq
skiffies - 2 freq
shaives - 1 freq
spikk's - 1 freq
spook - 1 freq
scoofs - 1 freq
scheps - 2 freq
sey-piece - 1 freq
showpiece - 1 freq
seawifs - 1 freq
schippis - 1 freq
spek - 1 freq
shoe-box - 1 freq
skopje - 2 freq
speugs' - 1 freq
spage - 1 freq
spiaggia - 1 freq
scaffies - 5 freq
€˜spik - 1 freq
€œsuffuse - 1 freq
speccy - 1 freq
spugs - 1 freq
scaups - 1 freq
spukk - 1 freq
shoppies - 6 freq
speach - 2 freq
€œsuppose - 2 freq
shopes - 3 freq
€œspeak - 2 freq
spaegie - 5 freq
sapphic - 3 freq
€˜sapphic - 1 freq
€˜saphic - 1 freq
€˜speak - 1 freq
€˜speech - 1 freq
speke - 1 freq
sopes - 1 freq
skepps - 1 freq
spex - 1 freq
spaech - 2 freq
sspca - 1 freq
spiggie - 2 freq
speaka - 2 freq
€œspeech - 1 freq
spacie - 1 freq
spag - 2 freq
scafies - 1 freq
sfaheqsa - 1 freq
spk - 1 freq
sbc - 1 freq
subs - 5 freq
sevco - 2 freq
scfc - 1 freq
sayfc - 1 freq
subj - 1 freq
sybes - 1 freq
sjfc - 1 freq
sfvpjgx - 1 freq
'speug' - 2 freq
svfajx - 1 freq
“spice - 1 freq
sovq - 1 freq
speechÂ’ - 1 freq
sofas - 1 freq
svs - 2 freq
sheps - 1 freq
spaceÂ’ - 1 freq
sbgÂ’ - 1 freq
sahfsc - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - SWPS
swoops - 3 freq
swipes - 2 freq
swaps - 3 freq
sweeps - 5 freq
SWEEPS
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.192373 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 - 0.324279 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 - 0.028391 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 - 0.037411 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 - 0.000901 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.