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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 “family” 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.

45 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
family14331170(None) 
foamily1546541foamily
gamily123712181gamily
amity10416092_amity
amply125012912_amply
balmily14216462balmily
beamily1477392beamily
cagily12411562cagily
campily1638272campily
daily95922332da_ily
damply14337892damply
easily9313022easily
facile112514882facile
fail74840242fa_il_
fails85631482fa_ils
fairly125610012fairly
fairy115318282fa_iry
famine114318192famine
faming124922972faming
famish14311842famish
famuli1136762famuli
fancily1538252fancily
fatly115716802fa_tly
fattily13379462fattily
filmily1535732filmily
flakily1736292flakily
foxily1947252foxily
gaily95020972ga_ily
gamely124711912gamely
hammily1736062hammily
hazily2179062hazily
homily144712332homily
lacily11612762lacily
lamely114013222lamely
lazily1859712lazily
mazily20610392mazily
namely113711322namely
racily11715172racily
ramify14268752ramify
tamely113711952tamely
wambly16388662wambly
warily122915092warily
wavily15219482wavily
waxily19218412waxily
zanily18310182zanily

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551452.70330540.5
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691453.05958414.8
 
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