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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 “fallfish” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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71 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
fallfish174446(None) 
billfish1645032billfish
fallfishes1943982fallfishes
filefish1745592filefish
flatfish1744932flatfish
foolfish1744392foolfish
sailfish1446052sailfish
tallish103313582tall_ish
baitfish1645483baitfish
baldish1339503ba_ldish
batfish1558683ba_tfish
bullish12511193bull_ish
carlish12312773carl_ish
catfish1559023ca_tfish
cavefish1974853cavefish
coalfish1635493coalfish
dealfish1545503dealfish
dollish11610093doll_ish
dullish1148743dull_ish
elfish1267963__elfish
faddish15359003fa_ddish
faintish1446193faintish
fairish1338993fa_irish
fallals103310193fallals_
fallers103917993fallers_
falling113621583fall_ing
falloffs1343253falloffs_
fallows133713973fallows_
falls85727653fall__s_
famish14311853fa__mish
fattish1359263fa_ttish
finfish16268193f_infish
flattish1455263flattish
flemish1536373f_lemish
fluish1239333f__luish
folkish1736563f_olkish
follis93113903foll_is_
foolish1339613fool_ish
foxfish2354483f_oxfish
frogfish1843943frogfish
garfish14179203ga_rfish
goldfish1644203goldfish
hagfish17227613ha_gfish
hellish13310723hell_ish
jackfish2744123jackfish
jellyfish2551903jellyfish
killifish1942673killifish
ladyfish1843803ladyfish
milkfish2043333milkfish
oafish121311733oa__fish
oarfish13158613oa_rfish
palish114718283pa_l_ish
panfish15229983pa_nfish
raffish1658843ra_ffish
rallyist1145363rallyist
ratfish1338773ra_tfish
sablefish1742903sablefish
sallowish1544943sallowish
saltish10312163sa_ltish
sandfish1556683sandfish
sawfish1637683sa_wfish
selfish1388513_selfish
shellfish1843223shellfish
smallish1346573small_ish
swellfish1842703swellfish
tallis63319963tall_is_
tallith102913063tall_ith
tilefish1445453tilefish
waifish1637703wa_ifish
wolffish2043333wolffish
wolfish1636933_wolfish

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 Limit146162717.50019488.3
3Display Results71710.0302366.7
 (SQL Overall)178691717.95022476.9
 
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