jellyfish - Approximate and Phonetic String Matching

Jellyfish is a Python library for approximate and phonetic matching of strings. It offers a comprehensive collection of algorithms including Levenshtein, Damerau-Levenshtein, Jaro, and Jaro-Winkler distances for string comparison, alongside phonetic encodings such as American Soundex, Metaphone, NYSIIS, and Match Rating Codex. This makes it an essential tool for tasks like data cleaning, typo correction, and record linkage. The library is actively maintained, with the current version being 1.2.1, and releases typically focus on bug fixes and performance improvements.