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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 “devilish” 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.

59 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
devilish154637(None) 
devilfish1942321devilfish
delish105215612de__lish
demolish1447832demolish
depolish1446942depolish
deviling1311812852deviling
devilishly2051792devilishly
devils104412812devil_s_
ceilidh1345363ce_ilidh
ceilis85413743ce_ilis_
ceorlish1345383ceorlish
civilise1386263civilise
deafish1438533de_afish
dealfish1545503dealfish
debility1448633debility
deciles104417723deciles_
defiles114016843defiles_
defiling132812463defiling
deils65722863de_il_s_
deixis1437243de_ixis_
delis64928543de__lis_
delist74625053de__list
dervish1436983de_rvish
develing133212733develing
devels104313903devel_s_
devices133212583devices_
devil94714733devil___
deviled124112183devil_ed
devilfishes2151993devilfishes
devilkin1642953devilkin
devilkins1742803devilkins
devilled1336743devilled
devilling1436703devilling
devilries1345253devilries
devilry1433973devil_ry
deviltry1542983deviltry
devious1138523devious_
devise104215753dev__ise
devises114116763devises_
devising133111523devising
diminish14127523diminish
divinise1267143divinise
dollish11610093d_ollish
dovish1338103dov__ish
dullish1148743d_ullish
english1137953_english
evanish1337653_evanish
evilest10310473_evilest
evils84114263_evil_s_
feeblish1644163feeblish
feverish1745413feverish
heimish1535463he_imish
hellish13310723he_llish
kevils13358333kevil_s_
refinish1447893refinish
relish93916953re__lish
repolish1347933repolish
reviles104421353reviles_
reviling122917213reviling

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 Limit146162597.29620033.2
3Display Results59590.0163687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691597.73223110.6
 
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