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Is this the same as [[Jaro distance]]? --[[User:Spoon!|Spoon!]] ([[User talk:Spoon!|talk]]) 18:54, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Is this the same as [[Jaro distance]]? --[[User:Spoon!|Spoon!]] ([[User talk:Spoon!|talk]]) 18:54, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

The Jaro distance does not include a modifier for the strings starting with the same letters, but the Jaro-Winkler distance does. So if the words start with different letters the metric is the same and if they start with the same letter the metrics are different.
--[[User:Wherrera|Wherrera]] ([[User talk:Wherrera|talk]]) 19:01, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

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Is this the same as Jaro distance? --Spoon! (talk) 18:54, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

The Jaro distance does not include a modifier for the strings starting with the same letters, but the Jaro-Winkler distance does. So if the words start with different letters the metric is the same and if they start with the same letter the metrics are different. --Wherrera (talk) 19:01, 13 October 2020 (UTC)