# edit distance

> class of string similarity metrics that count the number of operations to transform one string into another

**Wikidata**: [Q5338467](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5338467)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edit_distance)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/edit-distance


## References

1. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)