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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 “dovish” 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.

30 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
dovish133810(None) 
boyish142911232boyish
coyish143710392coyish
danish101513792danish
delish105215612delish
dervish1436982dervish
devise104215752devise
dish86328332d__ish
dogfish15226762dogfish
doggish13237532doggish
dollish11610092dollish
doltish11118732doltish
donnish11187632donnish
doves94728152doves_
dronish1138912dronish
dryish1336322dryish
dudish1148312dudish
elvish1277562elvish
goyish13379012goyish
lavish124112982lavish
lowish12310532lowish
modish123813542modish
monish114217592monish
mopish134311592mopish
oddish11107652oddish
polish114916722polish
popish133812112popish
ravish123414032ravish
tonish93415902tonish
toyish122911122toyish

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.216827273.1
2DLD Change Limit82551305.51614965.7
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691305.74831087.5
 
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