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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 “foregrounds” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

47 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
foregrounds167182(None) 
foreground1572541foreground_
foregrounded186982foregrounded
fairgrounds1661133fairgrounds
forefronts1643523forefro_nts
foregrounding196963foregrounding
foreruns1146623fore_r_un_s
horehounds1743403hore_hounds
reground1045073__reground_
aboveground186544aboveground_
backgrounds2151864backgrounds
campgrounds1951254campgrounds
fairground1551264fairground_
firebrands1643744firebr_ands
fogbound1542954fo__gbound_
forebrains1544624forebrain_s
forecourts1542604fore_courts
forefends1644494fore__fends
forefront1546494forefro_n_t
foregoers1345954foreg_o_ers
foregoes1239524foreg_o__es
foregoing1455794foreg_oin_g
foregone1238584foreg_o_n_e
foreguts1245564foreg__u_ts
forehands1656744fore__hands
forelands1347174fore__lands
forenoons1245744fore_noon_s
foreranks1645294fore_r_anks
forerun1037654fore_r_un__
forestlands1552144forestlands
forewords16117404fore_wo_rds
foxhounds2352344fo__xhounds
greyhounds1851594_greyhounds
grounds9228314____grounds
horehound1644704hore_hound_
overfunds1644594_ove_rfunds
playgrounds1851324playgrounds
rebounds1156024__re_bounds
redounds1055964__re_dounds
refounds1255734__re_founds
regrinds1035534__regr_inds
regroups11104384__regrou_ps
resounds956484__re_sounds
runrounds10152944__runrounds
surrounds1043574sur__rounds
turnarounds1261054turnarounds
undergrounds1551974undergrounds

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819478.94016646.4
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691479.37319064.4
 
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