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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 “catfish” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

29 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
catfish155902(None) 
batfish1558681batfish
cattish12410721cattish
ratfish1338771ratfish
baitfish1645482baitfish
caddish143810122caddish
carlish12312762carlish
catfight1744272catfight
catfishes1746302catfishes
cavefish1974852cavefish
coalfish1635492coalfish
codfish1637162codfish
cowfish1836432cowfish
crawfish1944232crawfish
crayfish1944252crayfish
fattish1359262fattish
flatfish1744932flatfish
garfish14179202garfish
goatfish1544292goatfish
hagfish17227612hagfish
latish92416172lat_ish
oafish121311722oa_fish
oarfish13158612oarfish
outfish132210572outfish
panfish15229972panfish
raffish1658842raffish
rattish10510822rattish
sawfish1637682sawfish
waifish1637702waifish

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671293.46631064.9
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691293.87246149.5
 
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