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Why this threshold for JaroWinkler distance ?

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Hello I am currently digging in did_you_mean to understand it better.
So I have landed on this. It is the threshold for selecting a word in the dictionnary and I was wondering why did you choose this particular threshold ?

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Start with the threshold in lib/did_you_mean/spell_checker.rb at the linked location, then inspect the repository history for its rationale. Done means establishing and recording why this threshold was chosen; the issue names no implementation target or test.

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