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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 “forespoke” 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
forespoke1810526(None) 
forespake18105231forespake
forespoken19113771forespoken
foreshore15118212foreshore
foreswore15117402foreswore
respoke134311282__respoke
bespoke15468113__bespoke
borescope1545403borescope
boresome1248403bores_ome
firestone1247423firestone
forebode1448273fore_bode
foreclose1444623foreclose
foredone1249733fore_done
foregone1238583fore_gone
foresee10414333fores__ee
foreshock2144053foreshock
foreshocks2243533foreshocks
foreshores16107403foreshores
foreshow1785893foresho_w
foreshowed2044063foreshowed
foreshown1864473foreshown
foreshows1875973foreshows
foreside12310303fores_ide
forespeak1843473forespeak
forespeaks1943123forespeaks
forestage1346973forestage
foresworn15126073foresworn
foretoken1644353fore_token
forsake1436533for_s_ake
forsook1446003for_sook_
forswore14106963for_swore
outspoke1446493_outspoke
respoken14506923__respoken
restoke116113903__restoke

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641347.18620684.8
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.62523434.9
 
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