The abbreviations:
    This command:
        from-table --url https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28apc_002.htm
        Fails with a recursive permanent redirect.

        I was able to cut and paste into localc from the URL though.

    I think Levenshtein distance may not require us to concern ourselves with the abbreviations though.

The code:
    Have a look at one_one_eg.py - it illustrates using fuzzywuzzy for fuzzy searching.