apoc.text.fuzzyMatch

Details
Syntax	`apoc.text.fuzzyMatch(text1, text2)`
Description	Performs a fuzzy match search of the two given `STRING` values.
Arguments	Name	Type	Description
	`text1`	`STRING`	The first string to be compared against the second.
	`text2`	`STRING`	The second string to be compared against the first.
Returns	`BOOLEAN`

Fuzzy matching

The function apoc.text.fuzzyMatch determines whether two STRING values are similar based on their Levenshtein distance, returning true if they are considered similar and false if not.

If text1 is shorter than three characters, the maximum Levenshtein distance allowed for apoc.text.fuzzyMatch to return true is 0.
If text1 is shorter than five characters, the maximum Levenshtein distance allowed for apoc.text.fuzzyMatch to return true is 1.
For all other STRING values, the maximum Levenshtein distance allowed for apoc.text.fuzzyMatch to be return true is 2.

To calculate the distance between two STRING values, use apoc.text.distance.

Usage Examples

RETURN apoc.text.fuzzyMatch("The", "the") AS output

Results
output
true

RETURN apoc.text.fuzzyMatch("This", "That") AS output

Results
output
false

RETURN apoc.text.fuzzyMatch("Their", "There") AS output

Results
output
true