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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 “fifties” 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.

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
fifties13211108(None) 
nifties102612501nifties
biffies152710852biffies
cities84524852ci_ties
dirties83119382dirties
ditties83116982ditties
fatties103018202fatties
fifes114822392fif__es
fifteen1343922fifteen
fifteens1442752fifteens
fifths15406542fift_hs
fiftieth1742582fiftieth
fiftieths1851562fiftieths
fillies103420252fillies
finites10315922finites
fixities1838212fixities
footies103721542footies
forties104323862forties
giftees11306512giftees
jiffies20327472jiffies
kilties113014142kilties
kitties113213622kitties
lefties10312072lefties
niftier10328712niftier
niftiest112910072niftiest
pieties9419222pieties
pities83828082pi_ties
sixties14310972sixties
softies103414612softies
titties73617362titties
wiftier13297732wiftier
wiftiest14279172wiftiest

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671323.17033965.6
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.56250165.9
 
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