/**
 * Represents an array of characters.
 */
type CharArray = readonly string[];
/**
 * Represents a type that can be resolved to a string or a CharArray.
 */
type CharArrayResolvable = string | CharArray;
/**
 * Decodes a UTF-8 string into a character array.
 *
 * @param str The UTF-8 string to decode.
 * @returns The decoded character array.
 */
declare function decodeUtf8(str: CharArrayResolvable): CharArray;
/**
 * Calculates the {@link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaro%E2%80%93Winkler_distance Jaro-Winkler similarity} between two strings.
 *
 * @param stringCompare - The first string to compare.
 * @param stringCompareWith - The second string to compare.
 * @returns The {@link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaro%E2%80%93Winkler_distance Jaro-Winkler} between the two strings.
 */
declare function jaroWinkler(stringCompare: CharArrayResolvable, stringCompareWith: CharArrayResolvable): number;

export { type CharArray, type CharArrayResolvable, decodeUtf8, jaroWinkler };