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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

34 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
folklore154347(None) 
folklores1643701folklores
booklore1445002booklore
folklife1842962folklife
folklike1434772folklike
folkloric1851832folkloric
folkmote1763342folkmote
booklores1545073booklores
felloe93513923fel_lo_e
foliose10378013fol_iose
folkie13369613folk__ie
folkier14359043folkier_
folklives1942673folklives
folklorish20111613folklorish
folklorist1782603folklorist
folkmoot1774333folkmoot
folkmot1675683folkmo_t
folkmotes1883283folkmotes
folkmots1783603folkmots
folksier1533533folksier
folksong1642463folksong
folktale1542873folktale
follow124010353fol_lo_w
followed15146273fol_lowed
follower14137073fol_lower
follows13409923fol_lows
footsore1146063footsore
forbore12249673fo_rbore
forklike1435813forklike
forlorn1096423fo_rlorn
forswore14106963forswore
foxglove2241693foxglove
polypore1547453polypore
woodlore1245103woodlore

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit146162347.58019282.6
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691348.04622208.7
 
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