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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “affordability” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
affordability255265(None) 
absorbability1962893absorbability
adorability1746903a_dor_ability
affability2145683aff___ability
affectability2663853affectability
affordabilities2453053affordabilities
affordably2251833affordab_l__y
formability2146963__formability
reformability2354643reformability
admirability2055714admir_ability
adoptability2054764a_doptability
affordable1942544affordab_l__e
alterability1747124alter_ability
arability14411014a___r_ability
enforceability2472554enforceability
exportability2774254exportability
forgeability2154574__forgeability
formidability2463994__formidability
friability1847894__f_riability
honorability2055814honor_ability
memorability2146444memor_ability
performability2663034performability
portability1849564__portability
refundability2253944refundability
roadability1757204__roadability
sorbability1846374__sorbability
unworkability2552904unworkability
workability2345384__workability

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691950240.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit95024284.28322186.3
3Display Results28280.030933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691284.65638378.7
 
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