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Levenshtein Distance

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Similar words to waakent in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
waakent (0) - 6 freq
waakint (1) - 2 freq
waekent (1) - 1 freq
waikent (1) - 2 freq
waaket (1) - 1 freq
wakent (1) - 5 freq
waaken (1) - 16 freq
weakent (1) - 1 freq
waukent (1) - 48 freq
waakenan (2) - 1 freq
haaken' (2) - 1 freq
walkeet (2) - 1 freq
waarint (2) - 1 freq
waakit (2) - 18 freq
waekest (2) - 2 freq
baaken (2) - 1 freq
paarent (2) - 1 freq
waement (2) - 1 freq
waikest (2) - 1 freq
weaken (2) - 1 freq
weakest (2) - 4 freq
waaked (2) - 3 freq
waakt (2) - 11 freq
baaket (2) - 1 freq
wauken't (2) - 1 freq
waakent (0) - 6 freq
waukent (1) - 48 freq
wakent (1) - 5 freq
weakent (1) - 1 freq
waekent (1) - 1 freq
waakint (1) - 2 freq
waikent (1) - 2 freq
waaken (2) - 16 freq
awaukent (2) - 2 freq
waaket (2) - 1 freq
wakket (3) - 1 freq
waken (3) - 9 freq
waakin (3) - 35 freq
waak't (3) - 1 freq
waakan (3) - 9 freq
waukens (3) - 6 freq
waarnt (3) - 1 freq
waaking (3) - 1 freq
waakenin (3) - 2 freq
wament (3) - 1 freq
waant (3) - 93 freq
waakened (3) - 12 freq
wauken (3) - 25 freq
wakkint (3) - 1 freq
wauken't (3) - 1 freq
SoundEx code - W253
wussen'd - 1 freq
waukened - 24 freq
wizened - 2 freq
waukent - 48 freq
weekend - 203 freq
weekends - 19 freq
wisn't - 3 freq
wakkened - 5 freq
wikkend - 14 freq
wikkends - 2 freq
wakened - 9 freq
waikened - 3 freq
waakint - 2 freq
wakkint - 1 freq
wasn't - 10 freq
week-end - 2 freq
wasn''t - 1 freq
wizzent - 5 freq
wykened - 1 freq
wakent - 5 freq
waakent - 6 freq
waakened - 12 freq
wikend - 10 freq
waashinton - 1 freq
wusn't - 1 freq
wasnt - 6 freq
wizzened - 2 freq
wackend - 2 freq
wackened - 1 freq
wauken't - 1 freq
waikent - 2 freq
wizent - 3 freq
wuzzent - 3 freq
waekent - 1 freq
weakened - 1 freq
wikeind - 1 freq
whussenday - 1 freq
weakent - 1 freq
wknd - 2 freq
wasn’t - 1 freq
wkend - 1 freq
wickend - 3 freq
“wasn’t - 1 freq
wikimediauk - 1 freq
whae-kennt - 1 freq
wjsmith - 1 freq
wjcmht - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - WKNT
waukened - 24 freq
waukent - 48 freq
weekend - 203 freq
wakkened - 5 freq
wikkend - 14 freq
wakened - 9 freq
waikened - 3 freq
waakint - 2 freq
wakkint - 1 freq
week-end - 2 freq
wakent - 5 freq
waakent - 6 freq
waakened - 12 freq
wikend - 10 freq
wackend - 2 freq
wackened - 1 freq
wauken't - 1 freq
waikent - 2 freq
waekent - 1 freq
weakened - 1 freq
wikeind - 1 freq
weakent - 1 freq
wickend - 3 freq
whae-kennt - 1 freq
WAAKENT
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.239417 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 - 0.372345 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 - 0.027492 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 - 0.040389 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 - 0.001006 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.