diff --git a/configs/packages/default.nix b/configs/packages/default.nix
index e97735e..89eda61 100644
--- a/configs/packages/default.nix
+++ b/configs/packages/default.nix
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ in {
     scripts.wttr
     scripts.sanskrit-dictionary
     scripts.unicodmenu
+    scripts.closest
     scripts.trans
     scripts.liddel-scott-jones
     scripts.mpv-radio
diff --git a/packages/scripts/default.nix b/packages/scripts/default.nix
index dee06d6..e902d25 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/default.nix
+++ b/packages/scripts/default.nix
@@ -174,6 +174,16 @@ in rec {
     script = ./favicon.sh;
   };
 
+  closest = pkgs.writers.writeDashBin "closest" ''
+    ${pkgs.writers.writeHaskellBin "closest" {
+      libraries = with pkgs.haskellPackages; [ parallel optparse-applicative edit-distance ];
+      ghcArgs = ["-O3" "-threaded" ];
+    } (builtins.readFile ./distance.hs)}/bin/closest +RTS -N4 -RTS --dictionary ${pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "https://gist.github.com/MarvinJWendt/2f4f4154b8ae218600eb091a5706b5f4/raw/36b70dd6be330aa61cd4d4cdfda6234dcb0b8784/wordlist-german.txt";
+      sha256 = "0vr4lmlckgvj4s8sk502sknq9pf3297rvasj5sqqm05zzbdgpppj";
+    }} "$@"
+  '';
+
   genius = wrapScript {
     packages = [ pkgs.curl pkgs.gnused pkgs.pandoc ];
     name = "genius";
diff --git a/packages/scripts/distance.hs b/packages/scripts/distance.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5c39dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/scripts/distance.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE ApplicativeDo #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
+import Control.Arrow ((&&&))
+import Control.Monad (forM_)
+import Control.Parallel.Strategies (using, parList, rdeepseq)
+import Data.Char (toLower)
+import Data.List (sortOn)
+import Options.Applicative
+import Text.EditDistance (levenshteinDistance, defaultEditCosts)
+
+data Options = Options
+  { limit :: Int
+  , word :: String
+  , dictionary :: FilePath
+  }
+
+optionsParser :: Parser Options
+optionsParser = do
+  limit <- option auto (long "limit" <> short 'l' <> help "maximum edit distance to list" <> value 3 <> metavar "N")
+  word <- strArgument (help "the word to match" <> metavar "WORD")
+  dictionary <- strOption (long "dictionary" <> short 'd' <> help "the dictionary to search")
+  pure Options {..}
+
+readDictionary :: FilePath -> IO [String]
+readDictionary path = lines . map toLower <$> readFile path
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  let options = info (optionsParser <**> helper) (fullDesc <> progDesc "Find close words")
+  Options {..} <- execParser options
+  let word' = map toLower word
+  allWords <- readDictionary dictionary
+  let distances = map (levenshteinDistance defaultEditCosts word' &&& id) allWords
+      distances' = distances `using` parList rdeepseq
+      ranking = takeWhile ((<= limit) . fst) $ sortOn fst distances'
+  forM_ ranking $ \(theDistance, theWord) -> putStrLn (show theDistance ++ " " ++ theWord)