Compare Strings Javascript Return %of Likely

Here’s an answer based on Levenshtein distance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance

function similarity(s1, s2) {
  var longer = s1;
  var shorter = s2;
  if (s1.length < s2.length) {
    longer = s2;
    shorter = s1;
  }
  var longerLength = longer.length;
  if (longerLength == 0) {
    return 1.0;
  }
  return (longerLength - editDistance(longer, shorter)) / parseFloat(longerLength);
}

For calculating edit distance

function editDistance(s1, s2) {
  s1 = s1.toLowerCase();
  s2 = s2.toLowerCase();

  var costs = new Array();
  for (var i = 0; i <= s1.length; i++) {
    var lastValue = i;
    for (var j = 0; j <= s2.length; j++) {
      if (i == 0)
        costs[j] = j;
      else {
        if (j > 0) {
          var newValue = costs[j - 1];
          if (s1.charAt(i - 1) != s2.charAt(j - 1))
            newValue = Math.min(Math.min(newValue, lastValue),
              costs[j]) + 1;
          costs[j - 1] = lastValue;
          lastValue = newValue;
        }
      }
    }
    if (i > 0)
      costs[s2.length] = lastValue;
  }
  return costs[s2.length];
}

Usage

similarity('Stack Overflow','Stack Ovrflw')

returns 0.8571428571428571

You can play with it below:

function checkSimilarity(){
  var str1 = document.getElementById("lhsInput").value;
  var str2 = document.getElementById("rhsInput").value;
  document.getElementById("output").innerHTML = similarity(str1, str2);
}

function similarity(s1, s2) {
      var longer = s1;
      var shorter = s2;
      if (s1.length < s2.length) {
        longer = s2;
        shorter = s1;
      }
      var longerLength = longer.length;
      if (longerLength == 0) {
        return 1.0;
      }
      return (longerLength - editDistance(longer, shorter)) / parseFloat(longerLength);
    }

    function editDistance(s1, s2) {
      s1 = s1.toLowerCase();
      s2 = s2.toLowerCase();

      var costs = new Array();
      for (var i = 0; i <= s1.length; i++) {
        var lastValue = i;
        for (var j = 0; j <= s2.length; j++) {
          if (i == 0)
            costs[j] = j;
          else {
            if (j > 0) {
              var newValue = costs[j - 1];
              if (s1.charAt(i - 1) != s2.charAt(j - 1))
                newValue = Math.min(Math.min(newValue, lastValue),
                  costs[j]) + 1;
              costs[j - 1] = lastValue;
              lastValue = newValue;
            }
          }
        }
        if (i > 0)
          costs[s2.length] = lastValue;
      }
      return costs[s2.length];
    }

<div><label for="lhsInput">String 1:</label> <input type="text" id="lhsInput" oninput="checkSimilarity()" /></div>
<div><label for="rhsInput">String 2:</label> <input type="text" id="rhsInput" oninput="checkSimilarity()" /></div>
<div>Match: <span id="output">No Input</span></div>

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