next.js/packages/next/src/lib/detect-typo.ts

// the minimum number of operations required to convert string a to string b.
function minDistance(a: string, b: string, threshold: number): number {
  const m = a.length
  const n = b.length

  if (m < n) {
    return minDistance(b, a, threshold)
  }

  if (n === 0) {
    return m
  }

  let previousRow = Array.from({ length: n + 1 }, (_, i) => i)

  for (let i = 0; i < m; i++) {
    const s1 = a[i]
    let currentRow = [i + 1]
    for (let j = 0; j < n; j++) {
      const s2 = b[j]
      const insertions = previousRow[j + 1] + 1
      const deletions = currentRow[j] + 1
      const substitutions = previousRow[j] + Number(s1 !== s2)
      currentRow.push(Math.min(insertions, deletions, substitutions))
    }
    previousRow = currentRow
  }
  return previousRow[previousRow.length - 1]
}

export function detectTypo(input: string, options: string[], threshold = 2) {
  const potentialTypos = options
    .map((o) => ({
      option: o,
      distance: minDistance(o, input, threshold),
    }))
    .filter(({ distance }) => distance <= threshold && distance > 0)
    .sort((a, b) => a.distance - b.distance)

  if (potentialTypos.length) {
    return potentialTypos[0].option
  }
  return null
}