diff --git a/src/text.cpp b/src/text.cpp
index a32688d7d..e53ddab88 100644
--- a/src/text.cpp
+++ b/src/text.cpp
@@ -617,6 +617,18 @@ bool compare (
   return left == right;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+bool closeEnough (const std::string& reference, const std::string& attempt)
+{
+  if (compare (reference, attempt, false))
+    return true;
+
+  if (attempt.length () < reference.length ())
+    return compare (reference.substr (0, attempt.length ()), attempt, false);
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 std::string::size_type find (
   const std::string& text,
diff --git a/src/text.h b/src/text.h
index 073917fe6..346877f04 100644
--- a/src/text.h
+++ b/src/text.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ bool isWordStart (const std::string&, std::string::size_type);
 bool isWordEnd (const std::string&, std::string::size_type);
 bool isPunctuation (char);
 bool compare (const std::string&, const std::string&, bool sensitive = true);
+bool closeEnough (const std::string&, const std::string&);
 std::string::size_type find (const std::string&, const std::string&, bool sensitive = true);
 std::string::size_type find (const std::string&, const std::string&, std::string::size_type, bool sensitive = true);
 int strippedLength (const std::string&);