Grammatical Proximity
alphabetic proximity is rarely sufficient
For periword and periphrase comparisons,
I propose for general use on computer word-stations and the internet,
an established formula of decending priorities of dissimilarities:
letter simple doubling/singling {b-bb,t-tt,}dropped/extra silent/simple vowels {nd-ned,}dropped extra silent/simple/similar consonants {p-b,d-t,mt-mpt,nd-nt,ci-ti-sh-ch-tch,f-ph-'gh,ts-tz,}near-language similars {z-tz}transpositions:- co-vowels
- liquids r,l,w,y,-h,
- co-consonants, then mixed
similar symbols, y-j-i, l-1, m-n, t-+-x, o-0, etc. dropped suffixes -s,-es,y-ies, etc.splits, hyphenations, and compounds, eg. re-use [reuse], brainwork [brain work] [higher priority]thesaurus-like replacements, or
strange spellings, eg. light-litesound substitutions, eg. busy-biz'abbreviations, missing word-fragments, eg. temperature-temp-temporaryreördered words in phrasemissing, extra words in phrasediffering words by foregoing ruleslargely misspelled wordslargely missing or extra words in phrase
[While this is not well-ordered, it is highly useful in searching]
[under construction]
A secondary discussion includes the computation of plaguing or plagiary [plagiarism] specialized for linguistic translation.
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