string distance en · NOUN
Meanings
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Any of several metrics that represent the degree of similarity between two strings of characters, based on the smallest number of transformations that can change one into the other.
The string distance between 'here' and 'there' is 1 (insertion of a t).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| string distances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Hamming distance · Levenshtein distance