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Are Color and Colour equal? No!

if ("Color" == "Coluor")
   // Always false

if ("The Candy Shop" == "The Kandi Schap")
   // Always false

But they are Similar in Simila!

if (simila.AreSimilar("Color", "Colour"))
   // It's true now!

if (simila.AreSimilar("The Candy Shop", "The Kandi Schap"));
   // It's true now!

How to use

Using Simila is easy.

var simila = new Simila();

// Comparing Words
Assert.IsTrue(simila.AreSimilar("Lamborghini", "Lanborgini"));


// Comparing Expressions
Assert.IsTrue(simila.AreSimilar("Lamborghini is some great car", "Lanborgini is some graet kar"));

Setting Similarity Treshold

You can check similarities with desired Treshold: This an easy going similarity checker:

// Accepts as similar if their at least 50% similar.
var similaEasy = new Simila() { Treshold=0.5 };
// considered as similar.
Assert.IsTrue(similaEasy.IsSimilar("Lamborghini", "Lanborgni"));

and this is a tough one:

// Accepts as similar if their at least 80% similar.
var similaHard = new Simila() { Treshold=0.8 };
// considered as NOT similar!
Assert.IsFalse(similaEasy.AreSimilar("Lamborghini", "Lanborgni"));

Simila knows typical mistakes

You know that Car is more similar to Kar than to Nar, because C and K are more mistakable than C and N. Also Color is more similar to Colour than "Kolor". Simila is aware of common mistakes.

Also, Simila lets you to train her.

We studied lots of similarity scenarios in business applications and tried to design Simila as a good answer for these business scenarios.