node-levenshtein
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Fastest implementation of the Levenshtein distance algorithm - (approx. 60+ percent faster than the 2nd fastest implementation). This algorithm can be used to measure the similarity of two strings.
$ npm install node-levenshtein --save
var levenshtein = require('node-levenshtein')
console.log(levenshtein('lorem', 'ipsum'))
//=> 4
1,000 words
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6,152 ops/sec -> node-levenshtein
4,373 ops/sec -> js-levenshtein
4,108 ops/sec -> leven
4,735 ops/sec -> levenshtein-Edit-Distance
2,208 ops/sec -> fast-levenshtein
100 Sentences
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2,840 ops/sec -> node-levenshtein
1,764 ops/sec -> js-levenshtein
1,082 ops/sec -> leven
1,009 ops/sec -> levenshtein-Edit-Distance
273 ops/sec -> fast-levenshtein
10 paragraphs
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267 ops/sec -> node-levenshtein
164 ops/sec -> js-levenshtein
95 ops/sec -> leven
90 ops/sec -> levenshtein-Edit-Distance
21 ops/sec -> fast-levenshtein
FAQs
Fastest Levenshtein distance implementation in JS.
We found that node-levenshtein demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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