Text Similarity in Google Sheets & Excel — =VERVE("textsimilarity", "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", "A fast brown fox leaps over a sleepy dog")

What this pulls

Compare two cells by the row. =VERVE("textsimilarity", A2, B2) scores how similar two texts are from 0 to 100 — Google Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

textsimilarity.xlsxsample data

C2fx=VERVE("textsimilarity", A2, B2, "simiarity")

Text1

Text2

Simiarity

Similarity Case Sensitive

Count

I'm so excited that tomorrow is going to be sunny! Can't wait!

We're pretty excited about the weather tomorrow. It's going to be sunny!

45.83

47.22

click any cell to see its formula1 credit / cell

Ways to use it

Clean a column of text

Fill =VERVE("textsimilarity", "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", "A fast brown fox leaps over a sleepy dog") beside messy text and get the normalized, analyzed, or translated version back — data cleaning without leaving the grid.

Analyze at scale

Score or classify a whole column of responses, reviews, or messages in one fill instead of one-by-one.

Compose with other formulas

Nest Text Similarity's output inside your existing SUM, IF, or CONCAT logic like any other cell value.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("textsimilarity", "I'm so excited that tomorrow is going to be sunny! Can't wait!", "We're pretty excited about the weather tomorrow. It's going to be sunny!")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("textsimilarity", "I'm so excited that tomorrow is going to be sunny! Can't wait!", "We're pretty excited about the weather tomorrow. It's going to be sunny!")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Data.similarity
=VERVE("textsimilarity", "I'm so excited that tomorrow is going to be sunny! Can't wait!", "We're pretty excited about the weather tomorrow. It's going to be sunny!", "field", "data.similarity")
Data.percentage
=VERVE("textsimilarity", "I'm so excited that tomorrow is going to be sunny! Can't wait!", "We're pretty excited about the weather tomorrow. It's going to be sunny!", "field", "data.percentage")

Text Similarity, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Text Similarity into a spreadsheet?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in with your key, and type =VERVE("textsimilarity", "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", "A fast brown fox leaps over a sleepy dog") into any cell. The same function works in Google Sheets and Excel — no scripts, no API wiring.

How many credits does each Text Similarity cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. Filling a column of ten rows costs ten times that; a cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a static sheet doesn't keep charging.

Can I fill a whole column at once?

Yes. Reference a range instead of a single cell — e.g. point Text Similarity at A2:A50 — and it returns a value for every row in one call, or just drag =VERVE("textsimilarity", "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", "A fast brown fox leaps over a sleepy dog") down like any spreadsheet function.

Does Text Similarity work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes. It's the same =VERVE() function with the same arguments and the same key in both — build a sheet in one and it behaves identically in the other.

How current is the data?

Text Similarity is served live from APIVerve's production data engine, and cells recalculate on the refresh cadence you choose — every open, hourly, or every 30 minutes.

Where does the data come from, and what shows on my bill?

VerveSheets runs on APIVerve, our production data engine; Text Similarity is one of 300+ sources on the same key. Invoices and card statements show APIVERVE.

Text Similarity

Clean a column of text

Analyze at scale

Compose with other formulas

Text Similarity, answered

Put Text Similarity in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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