---
id: "string-similarity-evaluation"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "string similarity evaluation"
language: "en"
category: "TLD types and programs"
updated: "2026-10-10T09:10:26Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/string-similarity-evaluation/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/evaluacion-similitud-cadenas-caracteres/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/string-aehnlichkeitspruefung/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/evaluation-similarite-chaines/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/valutazione-somiglianza-stringhe/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/avaliacao-similaridade-strings/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/otsenka-skhodstva-strok/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/zifuchuan-xiangsixing-pinggu/"
---

# string similarity evaluation

A review that checks whether an applied-for string looks so similar to an existing TLD, a blocked name or another applied-for string that users would likely confuse them. Strings found too similar to each other are placed in the same contention set.

## related terms

- [applied-for string](https://tldlog.com/glossary/applied-for-string/)
- [string contention](https://tldlog.com/glossary/string-contention/)
- [evaluation (new gTLD application)](https://tldlog.com/glossary/application-evaluation/)
- [objection (new gTLD)](https://tldlog.com/glossary/new-gtld-objection/)
- [homograph attack](https://tldlog.com/glossary/homograph-attack/)