Information Retrieval of Jumbled Words

TL;DR

This paper investigates how humans read jumbled words by using a distance measure based on Damerau-Levenshtein to modify text and analyzing readability through user studies and graphical data.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach linking jumbling to a specific distance measure and evaluates human readability of such text modifications.

Findings

Humans can read words jumbled within certain distance thresholds.

Graphical results illustrate the relationship between jumbling degree and readability.

The Damerau-Levenshtein distance effectively models the jumbling process.

Abstract

It is known that humans can easily read words where the letters have been jumbled in a certain way. This paper examines this problem by associating a distance measure with the jumbling process. Modifications to text were generated according to the Damerau-Levenshtein distance and it was checked if the users are able to read it. Graphical representations of the results are provided.