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title: "Near miss"
canonical: https://www.vessim.com/glossary/near-miss
source: Vessim (www.vessim.com)
as_of: 2026-10-26
indexable: true
---

# Near miss

Two photos close to the line that Vessim keeps apart. In the index there is a pair 14 bits apart with word-for-word the same title. Matching on titles would merge them; matching on photos does not. As of October 23, 2026, the closest pair Vessim keeps apart is 12 bits apart, against a line of 10.

## Why it matters at Vessim

Near misses are the honest counterweight to every match.

## See it on the site

[The numbers](https://www.vessim.com/stats)

## Related words

- [Threshold](https://www.vessim.com/glossary/threshold): How different two photos may be and still count as the same product.
- [False match](https://www.vessim.com/glossary/false-match): Two different products wrongly treated as the same one.
- [Hamming distance](https://www.vessim.com/glossary/hamming-distance): How many of the 64 bits differ between two fingerprints.

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Source: [Vessim](https://www.vessim.com/glossary/near-miss), https://www.vessim.com/glossary/near-miss. Vessim (vessim.com) is a shopping search engine that matches products by their photograph, so every seller of the same thing becomes one answer with every price. Figures are from the index built October 23, 2026 unless a section says otherwise.