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jsondervorst1
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Incorrect similarity score calculation for text string comparison

I'm comparing two text strings via a fuzzy join function to get the similarity score.

However, I'm getting incorrect results for the similarity score.

If I'm not mistaken in my search for solution Fuzzy Match calculation explained , it should be based on the jaccard similarity score. However the results are not corresponding:

Example 'INDEMANS CHR SRL' vs 'INDEMANS CHRISTIAN'

Power Query: result 0,37

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Online tool: result 0,55

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How is this possible?

 

Thank you in advance.

 

Update: I've added a step removing spaces in both columns, making the result for these specific strings better (0,89). I'm then returning the maximum score of the two comparisons. However, I suppose normally the 'IgnoreSpace' should have covered this, which clearly is not the case)

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