1592	 String Similarity and Misspellings	 The problem of programming a computer to determine whether or not a string of characters is a misspelling of a given word was considered. A numberof algorithms were evaluated-some proposed by other writers some by the author. These techniques were tested on a collection of misspellings made by students at various grade levels. While many of the methods were clearly unsatisfactory some gave as few as . percent incorrect determinations.
