I'm still working through my first program with Mathematica. As it goes I want to "TextRecognize" (successful there) and compare the text output vs a control. My first thought was to shorten the output to about 9 characters (enough for the purposes of a prototype) and at first I wanted to make a hard compare with "SmithWatermanSimilarity" or "NeedlemanWunschSimilarity" or "EditDistance". Now I'm thinking I want to compare the output vs a small control list and have wolfram tell me which item my output is most like. 
Example:
 
 
 - Out[36] Pog
  
 - is %36 most like {Dog, Pat, Cat}
  
 - Out[37] 1
  
Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks guys (and ladies)