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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 “foolishnesses” 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.

35 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
foolishnesses194446(None) 
bookishnesses2263682bookishnesses
boorishnesses1864312boorishnesses
dollishnesses1744372dollishnesses
folkishnesses2343922folkishnesses
foolishness1744492foolishne_s_s
foppishnesses2343392foppishnesses
owlishnesses1844642_owlishnesses
boyishnesses2044033_boyishnesses
bullishnesses1844043bullishnesses
coltishnesses1845223coltishnesses
doggishnesses19143683doggishnesses
doltishnesses1744613doltishnesses
donnishnesses1784113donnishnesses
dovishnesses1944463_dovishnesses
faddishnesses2143243faddishnesses
flushnesses1745383f__lushnesses
folksinesses1964063f_olksinesses
foodlessnesses1755763foodlessnesses
footlessnesses1656563footlessnesses
ghoulishnesses2152283ghoulishnesses
girlishnesses1744033girlishnesses
hellishnesses1974353hellishnesses
hoggishnesses21143653hoggishnesses
loutishnesses1644993loutishnesses
modishnesses1844733_modishnesses
mulishnesses1755093_mulishnesses
oafishnesses1844773_oafishnesses
offishnesses2143813_offishnesses
roguishnesses1763973roguishnesses
sottishnesses1544453sottishnesses
stylishnesses1843403stylishnesses
voguishnesses2063493voguishnesses
wolfishnesses2243733wolfishnesses
woolinesses14157503wooli__nesses

Search took 3 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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874352.17030356.7
3Display Results35350.0301166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691352.51371106.6
 
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