diff --git a/types/js-levenshtein/index.d.ts b/types/js-levenshtein/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for js-levenshtein 1.1.6
+// Project: https://github.com/gustf/js-levenshtein
+// Definitions by: Kallu609 <https://github.com/Kallu609>
+//                 Pyry Rouvila <https://github.com/naftis>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/**
+ * Calculates Levenshtein distance between two strings
+ */
+declare function levenshtein(compareFrom: string, compareTo: string): number;
+
+export default levenshtein;
diff --git a/types/js-levenshtein/js-levenshtein-tests.ts b/types/js-levenshtein/js-levenshtein-tests.ts
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+// Type definitions for js-levenshtein 1.1.6
+// Project: https://github.com/gustf/js-levenshtein
+// Definitions by: Kallu609 <https://github.com/Kallu609>
+//                 Pyry Rouvila <https://github.com/naftis>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+import levenshtein from 'js-levenshtein';
+
+levenshtein('kittens', 'mittens'); // $ExpectType number
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diff --git a/types/js-levenshtein/tsconfig.json b/types/js-levenshtein/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "lib": ["es6"],
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "noImplicitThis": true,
+    "strictNullChecks": true,
+    "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+    "baseUrl": "../",
+    "typeRoots": ["../"],
+    "types": [],
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+  },
+  "files": ["index.d.ts", "js-levenshtein-tests.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/types/js-levenshtein/tslint.json b/types/js-levenshtein/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }