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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 “dovetails” 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.

32 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
dovetails134381(None) 
dovetail1244391dovetail_
details84214042d__etails
dovetailed1542202dovetailed
aventails1244993_aventails
bobtails1245193bo_btails
coattails1144853coattails
cocktails1744933cocktails
coveralls1447083coveralls
covetable1648163covetable
derails84216393d__erails
detail74516433d__etail_
detains83716093d__etains
disentails1147013disentails
doornails1043623doornails
dovekies16115003dove_kies
dovetailing1642513dovetailing
ducktails1652813ducktails
foresails1247153foresails
foxtails1844583fo_xtails
horntails12124823horntails
horsetails1344733horsetails
mocktails1743393mocktails
mousetails12303393mousetails
overalls11410393_overalls
overtoils1237083_overtoils
oxtails1436383_o_xtails
ponytails1443653ponytails
retails74718973__retails
shavetails1652163shavetails
toenails847213to_enails
ventails1139823__ventails

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641326.92321470.6
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.37524229.3
 
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