def fuzzyMatch(string1, string2):
    """Compare the English character content of two strings."""
    replacements = {'1': 'one', '2': 'two', '3': 'three', '4': 'four', '5':
        'five', '6': 'six', '7': 'seven', '8': 'eight', '9': 'nine',
        'gonna': 'going to'}
    whiteout = '.,"\'!?/$()'
    string1 = string1.strip().lower()
    string2 = string2.strip().lower()
    for num, word in replacements.items():
        string1 = string1.replace(num, word)
        string2 = string2.replace(num, word)
    for char in whiteout:
        string1 = string1.replace(char, '')
        string2 = string2.replace(char, '')
    return string1 == string2
