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Similar words to wld in Corpus

Levenshtein Double Levenshtein SoundEx MetaPhone Manually curated
wld (0) - 1 freq
wid (1) - 3772 freq
ld (1) - 3 freq
old (1) - 178 freq
bld (1) - 1 freq
eld (1) - 30 freq
weld (1) - 1 freq
sld (1) - 9 freq
ald (1) - 14 freq
wud (1) - 576 freq
wuld (1) - 26 freq
awld (1) - 6 freq
wly (1) - 2 freq
wyld (1) - 6 freq
wle (1) - 1 freq
wild (1) - 238 freq
wlo (1) - 1 freq
wlk (1) - 1 freq
wed (1) - 22 freq
wold (1) - 1 freq
wkd (1) - 4 freq
wfd (1) - 1 freq
wmd (1) - 1 freq
wll (1) - 1 freq
wad (1) - 2263 freq
wld (0) - 1 freq
wuld (1) - 26 freq
awld (1) - 6 freq
wyld (1) - 6 freq
wild (1) - 238 freq
wald (1) - 2 freq
wold (1) - 1 freq
owld (1) - 166 freq
weld (1) - 1 freq
waldy (2) - 1 freq
wd (2) - 6 freq
wod (2) - 2 freq
wls (2) - 1 freq
wiled (2) - 1 freq
would (2) - 722 freq
wulda (2) - 1 freq
wield (2) - 2 freq
wilde (2) - 4 freq
owild (2) - 3 freq
waled (2) - 29 freq
wuild (2) - 4 freq
waldo (2) - 1 freq
weild (2) - 1 freq
awald (2) - 3 freq
wyled (2) - 2 freq
SoundEx code - W430
wild - 238 freq
would - 722 freq
waled - 29 freq
woulda - 4 freq
wauled - 1 freq
wilt - 3 freq
walthie - 6 freq
walth - 35 freq
wheeled - 14 freq
weel-ah-wat - 1 freq
wealth - 28 freq
wealthy - 11 freq
wailed - 4 freq
wellwood - 13 freq
walthy - 10 freq
wuld - 26 freq
wealthie - 1 freq
'wuld - 1 freq
wulda - 1 freq
walit - 11 freq
wheelt - 5 freq
wheel't - 1 freq
wallowed - 1 freq
welt - 2 freq
wailittt - 1 freq
wilde - 4 freq
welled - 1 freq
walt - 10 freq
wallet - 23 freq
willed - 4 freq
'wealth - 2 freq
wielt - 3 freq
waaled - 2 freq
walled - 2 freq
wull't - 2 freq
would' - 2 freq
waylaid - 2 freq
wyld - 6 freq
waallet - 1 freq
wiled - 1 freq
weld - 1 freq
wullt - 1 freq
wallit - 1 freq
waeled - 5 freq
wailit - 1 freq
wealt - 1 freq
willit - 1 freq
wyled - 2 freq
wold - 1 freq
'wild - 1 freq
waelit - 1 freq
weylaid - 1 freq
wald - 2 freq
waldy - 1 freq
weel-looed - 1 freq
weel-lo'ed - 1 freq
waldo - 1 freq
wield - 2 freq
wouldo - 1 freq
wheelied - 1 freq
€œwould - 1 freq
wuild - 4 freq
weild - 1 freq
wailth - 1 freq
wld - 1 freq
wheeld - 1 freq
MetaPhone code - LT
let - 1368 freq
late - 496 freq
laid - 270 freq
leid - 1536 freq
laddie - 577 freq
lood - 154 freq
lot - 800 freq
lid - 71 freq
lead - 193 freq
lad - 563 freq
lit - 283 freq
led - 247 freq
lat - 555 freq
leet - 81 freq
leddie - 28 freq
loat - 42 freq
load - 134 freq
'let - 15 freq
loud - 175 freq
looed - 8 freq
lowdie - 6 freq
loe'd - 2 freq
laed - 23 freq
luit - 4 freq
lou'd - 1 freq
'lit - 2 freq
loot - 9 freq
'lat - 14 freq
lied - 15 freq
lee'ed - 1 freq
'laid - 1 freq
litt - 2 freq
lauddie - 4 freq
lt - 5 freq
loued - 14 freq
laud - 5 freq
lee'd - 1 freq
'laddie' - 3 freq
lade - 26 freq
lo'ed - 6 freq
lut - 59 freq
leed - 25 freq
leid' - 5 freq
lady - 163 freq
laete - 1 freq
lea't - 2 freq
lued - 16 freq
layt - 1 freq
laad - 29 freq
lait - 4 freq
laada - 2 freq
lad' - 3 freq
lydo - 2 freq
loddie - 5 freq
ledy - 1 freq
lod - 2 freq
'lot - 1 freq
lottie - 2 freq
late' - 2 freq
leddy - 24 freq
lawd - 1 freq
lawdie - 4 freq
lawdie' - 1 freq
lotto - 6 freq
loadae - 1 freq
loatae - 3 freq
lotae - 1 freq
loado - 1 freq
loady - 1 freq
lty - 1 freq
loed - 4 freq
lotta - 14 freq
lateh - 1 freq
lloyd - 1 freq
loada - 3 freq
°let - 1 freq
lït - 2 freq
lite - 3 freq
lay-oot - 2 freq
lady' - 2 freq
lode - 2 freq
'laddie - 1 freq
löt - 6 freq
höld - 2 freq
laet - 9 freq
'ld' - 1 freq
l''d - 1 freq
lede - 9 freq
'late - 1 freq
loott - 1 freq
leit - 15 freq
lidd - 2 freq
wyld - 6 freq
ledd - 7 freq
læt - 1 freq
hüld - 2 freq
lido - 2 freq
latte - 5 freq
lute - 8 freq
lota - 1 freq
laidy - 1 freq
luaidh - 1 freq
hält - 1 freq
wyled - 2 freq
'lad - 1 freq
lea'd - 1 freq
latt - 3 freq
ld - 3 freq
lydia - 1 freq
€˜let - 10 freq
lawtie - 1 freq
€˜lat - 3 freq
laddy - 1 freq
€œlat - 13 freq
littie - 1 freq
leat - 1 freq
lotty - 2 freq
leda - 2 freq
leidd - 1 freq
€œlet - 10 freq
€˜late - 1 freq
lude - 1 freq
lyte - 1 freq
lyde - 1 freq
late- - 1 freq
laude - 1 freq
€˜leid - 2 freq
liet - 4 freq
€œlead - 1 freq
€˜lad - 1 freq
lote - 1 freq
€”let - 1 freq
€™let - 1 freq
leeed - 1 freq
ludo - 1 freq
‘lad - 1 freq
lliot - 1 freq
'lead' - 1 freq
wld - 1 freq
loadda - 1 freq
liht - 2 freq
ltw - 1 freq
WLD
Time to execute Levenshtein function - 0.197848 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 - 0.368417 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 - 0.027777 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 - 0.038387 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 - 0.000890 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.