Friendship Compatibility Calculator

Friendship compatibility calculators apply a lighthearted name formula — similar party-game energy as love calculators, but with a different hash so scores diverge from romance-themed tools. Enter nicknames or full names; whitespace is ignored and casing does not change the result. The pair is sorted alphabetically before hashing so order never matters.

Scores fall between 10% and 98% by design so results feel varied without hitting 0% or 100% every time. That band is cosmetic. Real friendship grows from shared experiences, reliability, empathy, and respect — none of which fit in a name string.

The friendship formula uses a single ordered pair hash, while the love calculator combines forward and reverse strings. That structural difference is why Riley and Casey might land near 35% here but show a different love score for the same two people.

Use results to break the ice at reunions, group chats, or classroom icebreakers — not to exclude someone from a guest list. Decades-long friendships can "score" low; strangers can score high. The number reflects string math, not history together. Running the same two names through both love and friendship pages is a common joke — expect different percentages by design.

Nicknames often feel more personal than legal names for this joke. "Mike" versus "Michael" changes the hash because characters differ. Pick the names you actually use day to day if you want the most recognizable result for both people.

Sharing a screenshot is part of the fun — the deterministic score means friends can verify the same number on their own phones. Disagreements about the result are a feature: they remind everyone the game is silly. Group chats sometimes run every pair in a friend circle — scores are not transitive; a high match between A and B says nothing about A and C.

School counselors and teachers sometimes use name games as icebreakers; emphasize that the number is arbitrary math so no student takes a low score personally. The bounded 10–98% range avoids the sting of a literal zero but is still not a measure of kindness or loyalty.

Worked example with default names Riley and Casey: the friendship score is 35% — a "Low" tier in this formula, same as many random pairs. Running the love calculator on Riley and Casey returns a different percentage, illustrating that the two pages are separate games. Swapping who is "name A" versus "name B" does not change either score.