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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 “foamiest” 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
foamiest1328985(None) 
flamiest133111971flamiest
loamiest102310201loamiest
beamiest123212762beamiest
boomiest122711842boomiest
coaliest10316222coaliest
doomiest112910452doomiest
filmiest1338552filmiest
flakiest153210542flakiest
flawiest14298572flawiest
flaxiest18298182flaxiest
floatiest1237282floatiest
foamier12339002foamie_r
foaminess1437502foaminess
foamless13195842foamless
foggiest13249652foggiest
folkiest15319502folkiest
footiest113514912footiest
forkiest153812302forkiest
foxiest174310492fo_xiest
foziest194110942fo_ziest
fumiest12312192f_umiest
gamiest102816222_gamiest
hoariest11312882hoariest
homiest124116632ho_miest
oakiest112913922_oakiest
roomiest102611992roomiest
seamiest102715412seamiest
soapiest102412842soapiest
wormiest13249542wormiest

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 Limit121059303.22037596.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.62649280.5
 
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