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Rel: python standard library
Ref: https://docs.python.org/3/library/difflib.html
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import difflib

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difflib.get_close_matches(word, possibilities, n=3, cutoff=0.6) docs
- n - maximum number of close matches to return
- cutoff - a float in the range 0,1. Possibilities that don’t score at least that similar to word are ignored.

>>> get_close_matches('appel', ['ape', 'apple', 'peach', 'puppy'])
['apple', 'ape']
>>> import keyword
>>> get_close_matches('wheel', keyword.kwlist)
['while']
>>> 
get_close_matches('pineapple', keyword.kwlist)
[]
>>> get_close_matches('accept', keyword.kwlist)
['except']