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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 “choice” 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.

41 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
choice13201052(None) 
choicer14197891choicer
choices142010611choices
chaine115119222chaine
chaise114916412chaise
chalice14311042chalice
chance134617092chance
chic115925202ch_ic_
chica125818262ch_ica
chicer134513602ch_icer
chick165419132ch_ick
chicle134312542ch_icle
chico124218252ch_ico
chics123920942ch_ics
chide115321012ch_ide
chile105626892ch_ile
chime125322592ch_ime
chine105231722ch_ine
chive135117622ch_ive
chock164316612cho_ck
choicely1843822choicely
choicest15226452choicest
choir105313602choi_r
choired13349342choired
choirs114911882choirs
choke145118022cho_ke
choline122915382choline
choose115116142choose
chopine143512262chopine
chore105126762cho_re
choric133515902choric_
chorine123218362chorine
chose105925402cho_se
chouse116017562chouse
chowse144711752chowse
cilice103213352cilice
echoic1339042echoic_
hoick145210682_hoick
hoise85224772_hoise
thrice114311572thrice
voice104915322_voice

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551412.17337989.4
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.56269746.7
 
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