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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 “foresight” 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.

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
foresight164532(None) 
foresights1743751foresights
firefight1944132firefight
firelight1655532firelight
foresighted1952902foresighted
fortnight1643792fortnight
freight1447602f_re_ight
resight11510642__resight
bombsight1952093bombsight
eyesight1543513_eyesight
firefights2043313firefights
firelights1764013firelights
footlight16255273footlight
foregut1149163fore__gut
foreign1136833fore_ig_n
foresheet1549233foresheet
foreside12310303foresi_de
foresides1339703foresides
foresightful2261073foresightful
forest94926743fores___t
forthright2053243forthright
fortnights1752673fortnights
freights1555853f_re_ights
fright133715243f_r__ight
outsight1246913_outsight
oversight1647633_oversight
prefight1746393_prefight
refight1488873__refight
relight11512063__relight
resights1246733__resights

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641307.37620152.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.79822915.0
 
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