diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/fuzzymatch.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/fuzzymatch.js
index e7bb1ad697..71bc912a2b 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/fuzzymatch.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/fuzzymatch.js
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@ function _distance(str1, str2) {
 	str1 = String(str1);
 	str2 = String(str2);
 	const distance = levenshtein(str1, str2);
-	if (str1.length > str2.length) {
-		return 1 - distance / str1.length;
-	} else {
-		return 1 - distance / str2.length;
-	}
+	return 1 - distance / Math.max(str1.length, str2.length);
 }
 
 // helper functions