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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 “flossies” 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.

27 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
flossies11281012(None) 
floosies113210231floosies
flosses103411971floss_es
flossie10337441flossie_
flossier11326971flossier
flossiest12296801flossiest
glossies93311251glossies
bossies94116832_bossies
flimsies1335782flimsies
floosie10378932floosie_
floozies20326952floozies
floppies1546812floppies
flossed11388532floss_ed
flosser10339692floss_er
flossers11307862flossers
flossily1434522flossily
flossing12247902flossing
footsies1139642footsies
fosses96022082f_oss_es
fossils10379012f_ossils
glassies94012272glassies
glosses84014122gloss_es
glossier9358202glossier
glossiest10277942glossiest
lassies74420102_lassies
losses65925232_loss_es
prossies101515222prossies

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059273.18637997.2
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691273.57649969.5
 
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