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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 “formats” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

32 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
formats12311357(None) 
formals123312891formals
formants13269951formants
format113021351format_
formate123115091formate
formates132814291formates
doormats1145412doormats
fermata12278142fermata
fermatas13246222fermatas
fermate122813002fermate
firmans12238522firmans
forams115115912for_ams
forays124813002for_ays
foremast1348612foremast
foremasts1445792foremasts
forests104114952forests
forgat104018582forgat_
forgets113813792forgets
forints10411832forints
formal113215202forma_l
formant123416002formant
formers128217952formers
formes114623712form_es
formols12299412formols
forms105327052form__s
formyls15235702formyls
forts86034452for__ts
frats86829672f_r_ats
korats105416062kor_ats
kormas124511232korma_s
normals92510902normals
reformats1445712reformats

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671323.34332207.9
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.71948048.1
 
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