# Worderrorrate

> Compute the WordErrorRate metric — provided by torchmetrics. Use when the user has predictions and ground-truth and needs to compute WordErrorRate, or asks how to score with WordErrorRate.

- Skill: `qhjqhj00/worderrorrate` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add qhjqhj00/worderrorrate`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/qhjqhj00/worderrorrate/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: qhjqhj00 (https://skillmd.com/u/qhjqhj00)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/qhjqhj00/worderrorrate

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# worderrorrate

> Metric `WordErrorRate` from `torchmetrics` (torchmetrics.WordErrorRate)

## When to invoke this skill

The user has predictions + ground truth and asks to evaluate with WordErrorRate, or
mentions `torchmetrics.WordErrorRate` directly, or wants the standard torchmetrics implementation.

## Reference signature

```python
from torchmetrics import WordErrorRate

# _WordErrorRate(**kwargs: Any) -> None
```

## Library docstring

```
Wrapper for deprecated import.

>>> preds = ["this is the prediction", "there is an other sample"]
>>> target = ["this is the reference", "there is another one"]
>>> wer = _WordErrorRate()
>>> wer(preds, target)
tensor(0.5000)
```

## Quick recipe

```python
import torchmetrics as _m
score = _m.WordErrorRate(y_true, y_pred)
```

## Don'ts

- Don't reimplement when the library version handles edge cases (NaN, ties, empty inputs) better than a hand-rolled formula.
- Always check the library version's argument order — sklearn is `(y_true, y_pred)` while torchmetrics is `(preds, target)`.