diff --git a/src/__tests__/index.ts b/src/__tests__/index.ts
index 50225b3..bcb380e 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/index.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/index.ts
@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@ const tests: Record<string, TestCase> = {
       'The Tail of Forty Cities', // match2
     ],
   },
-  'matches data that has minor typos': {
-    input: [
-      ['juptyer', 'juppyter', 'jopytar', 'jupytor', 'jepytur'],
-      'jupyter',
-    ],
-    output: ['juppyter', 'juptyer', 'jupytor'],
-  },
   'no match for single character inputs that are not equal': {
     input: [['abc'], 'd'],
     output: [],
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f5bdd73..7972c0e 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ function getClosenessRanking(
   stringToRank: string,
 ): Ranking {
   let matchingInOrderCharCount = 0
+  let charNumber = 0
   function findMatchingCharacter(
     matchChar: string,
     string: string,
@@ -278,31 +279,23 @@ function getClosenessRanking(
     }
     return -1
   }
-  let skipped = 0
   function getRanking(spread: number) {
     const spreadPercentage = 1 / spread
     const inOrderPercentage = matchingInOrderCharCount / stringToRank.length
-    const matchPercentage = (stringToRank.length - skipped) / stringToRank.length
-    const ranking = rankings.MATCHES + inOrderPercentage * spreadPercentage * matchPercentage
+    const ranking = rankings.MATCHES + inOrderPercentage * spreadPercentage
     return ranking as Ranking
   }
-  let firstIndex = 0
-  let charNumber = 0
-  let nextCharNumber = 0
-  for (let i = 0, I = stringToRank.length; i < I; i++) {
+  const firstIndex = findMatchingCharacter(stringToRank[0], testString, 0)
+  if (firstIndex < 0) {
+    return rankings.NO_MATCH
+  }
+  charNumber = firstIndex
+  for (let i = 1, I = stringToRank.length; i < I; i++) {
     const matchChar = stringToRank[i]
-    nextCharNumber = findMatchingCharacter(matchChar, testString, charNumber)
-    const found = nextCharNumber > -1
-    if (found) {
-      charNumber = nextCharNumber
-      if (i === 0) {
-        firstIndex = charNumber
-      }
-    } else if (skipped > 0 || stringToRank.length <= 3) {
-      // if search term is short, require finding all characters
+    charNumber = findMatchingCharacter(matchChar, testString, charNumber)
+    const found = charNumber > -1
+    if (!found) {
       return rankings.NO_MATCH
-    } else {
-      skipped += 1
     }
   }