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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 “dolphins” 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.

55 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
dolphins144565(None) 
dolphin1345531dolphin_
dauphins1444522dauphins
morphins1538652morphins
bolshies1338693bolshies
calpains1239763calpains
cochins141413103co_chins
colicins12312853colicins
colins85229043col__ins
collins93419833col_lins
colophons1646993colophons
complins14313113complins
dauphin1344383dauphin_
dauphine1444493dauphine
dauphines1544343dauphines
delphic1545103delphi_c
delphinia1552883delphinia
diolefins1344123diolefins
dobbins12379533do_bbins
doeskins1344903doeskins
doling84923133dol__ing
dollies83620983dol_lies
dolling93817373dol_ling
dollying13407423dollying
dolmans10479683dol_mans
dolmens10388693dol_mens
dolphinfish236613dolphinfish
domains10510873do_mains
doping103919463do_p_ing
dopings11408783do_p_ings
dormins10311273do_rmins
douching15349843douching
dynorphins1952803dynorphins
endorphins1655083endorphins
folacins1337203folacins
morphias1546843morphias
morphin1439003morphin_
morphine1548703morphine
morphines1648233morphines
morphing1637553morphing
morphings1744683morphings
olefins1037493_olefins
oleins6313523_ol_eins
opsins8411713_o_psins
orphans1237773_orphans
orpins83614163_orp_ins
phosphins1995883phosphins
poplins11313153po_plins
ralphing1435413ralphing
solanins8310513solanins
sophies12314623so_phies
sulphids1444373sulphids
sylphids1743953sylphids
tolidins948023tolidins
volutins1188003volutins

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162556.51622431.2
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691556.93825755.4
 
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