apoc.text.levenshteinDistance

In APOC 2025.06, this function was removed from the APOC Core library. Use apoc.text.distance instead.

If you are using APOC 2025.06 or later, the function is not available in Cypher 25 but can still be used with Cypher 5. For more information, see APOC and Cypher versions.

Details
Syntax	`apoc.text.levenshteinDistance(text1, text2)`
Description	Compares the given `STRING` values using the Levenshtein distance algorithm.
Arguments	Name	Type	Description
	`text1`	`STRING`	The first string to be compared against the second.
	`text2`	`STRING`	The second string to be compared against the first.
Returns	`INTEGER`

Usage Examples

RETURN apoc.text.levenshteinDistance("Neo4j", "Neo4j") AS output;

Results
output
0

RETURN apoc.text.levenshteinDistance("Neo4j", "Neoj4") AS output;

Results
output
2

RETURN apoc.text.levenshteinDistance("Neo4j Aura", "Neo4j Graph Database") AS output;

Results
output
13