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Strained is closer in Levenshtein distance, but I'd bet tainted was the original word.
by scarmig 5y ago
Strained is closer in Levenshtein distance, but I'd bet tainted was the original word.
- Judgmentality 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance TIL. Thank you.
- nighthawk454 5y agoIt's also closer in "typo" distance (https://xkcd.com/1530/ https://xkcd.com/1530/), although perhaps not with autocorrect. edit: although now that I think of it, I suppose a "typo" distance is something of a weighted Levenshtein