G3.14

Fuzzy Matching and Approximate Search

Cards in this group · 5

  1. G3.14.1Approximate matching absorbs character differences in the index without rewriting the query the user sees
  2. G3.14.2An edit-distance threshold that is too large admits irrelevant hits; too small, and tolerance disappears
  3. G3.14.3Phonetic and lookalike matching are not the same as character edit distance
  4. G3.14.4Matching inflected forms depends on stemming, not spelling correction
  5. G3.14.5Fuzzy hits should be downweighted so exact matches surface first