Levenshtein distance

English

Etymology

From Levenshtein + distance, after the Russian mathematician Vladimir Levenshtein.

Noun

Levenshtein distance (countable and uncountable, plural Levenshtein distances)

1. (computer science) The number of edits (replacements, deletions and insertions) required to change one string into another.

Translations

(computer science) the number of edits required to change one string into another

• Czech: Levenshteinova vzdálenost f