diff --git a/qurator/dinglehopper/edit_distance.py b/qurator/dinglehopper/edit_distance.py
index 0b9c8f4..e6724f5 100644
--- a/qurator/dinglehopper/edit_distance.py
+++ b/qurator/dinglehopper/edit_distance.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import division, print_function
 
 import unicodedata
 from functools import partial, lru_cache
-from typing import Sequence, Tuple
+from typing import Sequence, Tuple, List
 
 import numpy as np
 from multimethod import multimethod
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def distance(s1: str, s2: str):
     """
     seq1 = list(grapheme_clusters(unicodedata.normalize("NFC", s1)))
     seq2 = list(grapheme_clusters(unicodedata.normalize("NFC", s2)))
-    return levenshtein(seq1, seq2)
+    return distance(seq1, seq2)
 
 
 @multimethod
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ def distance(s1: ExtractedText, s2: ExtractedText):
     return distance(s1.text, s2.text)
 
 
+@multimethod
+def distance(s1: List, s2: List):
+    return levenshtein(s1, s2)
+
+
 def seq_editops(seq1, seq2):
     """
     Return sequence of edit operations transforming one sequence to another.
diff --git a/qurator/dinglehopper/tests/test_edit_distance.py b/qurator/dinglehopper/tests/test_edit_distance.py
index dc1f202..fb50061 100644
--- a/qurator/dinglehopper/tests/test_edit_distance.py
+++ b/qurator/dinglehopper/tests/test_edit_distance.py
@@ -2,33 +2,42 @@ from __future__ import division, print_function
 
 import unicodedata
 
+import pytest
+
 from .. import levenshtein, distance
 
 
-def test_levenshtein():
-    assert levenshtein("a", "a") == 0
-    assert levenshtein("a", "b") == 1
-    assert levenshtein("Foo", "Bar") == 3
+TEST_PARAMS = "seq1,seq2,expected_dist"
+
+TEST_STRINGS = [
+    ("a", "a", 0),
+    ("a", "b", 1),
+    ("Foo", "Bar", 3),
+    ("", "", 0),
+    ("Foo", "", 3),
+    ("", "Foo", 3),
+    ("Foo", "Food", 1),
+    ("Fnord", "Food", 2),
+    ("Müll", "Mull", 1),
+    ("Abstand", "Sand", 4),
+]
 
-    assert levenshtein("", "") == 0
-    assert levenshtein("Foo", "") == 3
-    assert levenshtein("", "Foo") == 3
+TEST_SEQUENCES = [(["a", "ab"], ["a", "ab", "c"], 1), (["a", "ab"], ["a", "c"], 1)]
 
-    assert levenshtein("Foo", "Food") == 1
-    assert levenshtein("Fnord", "Food") == 2
-    assert levenshtein("Müll", "Mull") == 1
-    assert levenshtein("Abstand", "Sand") == 4
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(TEST_PARAMS, [*TEST_STRINGS, *TEST_SEQUENCES])
+def test_distance_sequences(seq1, seq2, expected_dist):
+    dist = distance(seq1, seq2)
+    assert dist == expected_dist
 
-def test_levenshtein_other_sequences():
-    assert levenshtein(["a", "ab"], ["a", "ab", "c"]) == 1
-    assert levenshtein(["a", "ab"], ["a", "c"]) == 1
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(TEST_PARAMS, TEST_STRINGS)
+def test_distance(seq1, seq2, expected_dist):
+    dist = distance(seq1, seq2)
+    assert dist == expected_dist
 
-def test_distance():
-    assert distance("Fnord", "Food") == 2
-    assert distance("Müll", "Mull") == 1
 
+def test_distance_unicode_wide():
     word1 = unicodedata.normalize("NFC", "Schlyñ")
     word2 = unicodedata.normalize("NFD", "Schlyñ")  # Different, decomposed!
     assert distance(word1, word2) == 0