NearestWord

Simple .NET and .NET Core package to find a closer word in a list of synonyms.

This package clears a string and compares it to a list of synonyms accepted a limited of changes to find the nearest word into the list. "operations" means the insertion, exclusion or replacement of a character.

Example

Typed Word	Example word in list	Operations
Brazil	Brasil	1
My income tax	Income tax	2
Intention	Execution	4
Today is Friday!!	Today is Monday	5

Usage

Do this to remove the irrelevant word, remove the special characters, and use Levenshtein to get the nearest word in the synonym list.

var typedWord = "Intention";
var foundWord = ReplaceRegex(typedWord, RemoveStopWord(regexPattern))
                                 .RemoveSpecialCharacters()
                                 .LevenshteinDistance(synonyms, maxChanges);

if you prefer, you can use the extension methods separately just to clean your string

Provided extension methods

• .ReplaceRegex()
• .CreateRegexPattern()
• .RemoveSpecialCharacters()
• .LevenshteinDistance()