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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 “airflows” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

31 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
airflows144383(None) 
airflow1343541airflow_
airglows1243461airglows
airglow1143672airglow_
airshows1444162airshows
inflows1335522_inflows
aircrews13122813aircrews
airdrops1144343airdrops
airfares1146693airfares
airfoil1044463airf_oil
airfoils1144003airfoils
airholes1138033airholes
airless73712043air_less
airplays1344533airplays
airshots1145943airshots
airshow1344623airshow_
allows94517683a__llows
arrows92813483a_r_rows
backflows2343873backflows
barlows12259973bar_lows
billows123611293bi_llows
flows115822363___flows
inflow1235293_inflow_
mudflows1742513mudflows
outflows1445463outflows
overflows1845113overflows
pillows122610123pi_llows
reflows13258983_reflows
upflows1543513_upflows
willows13299753wi_llows
workflows2252173workflows

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162317.31319986.6
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.74923059.9
 
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