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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 “foxlike” 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.

28 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
foxlike2122622(None) 
boxlike20267071boxlike
oxlike17307471_oxlike
axlike17388852_axlike
bowlike16349472bowlike
doglike13207452doglike
fadlike15318482fadlike
fanlike142610502fanlike
fatlike142911192fatlike
finlike14279062finlike
foamlike1735142foamlike
folkie13369612fo_lkie
folklike1434772folklike
footlike1537252footlike
forklike1435812forklike
foxfire2042562foxfire
froglike1634362froglike
godlike1387562godlike
hoblike16158302hoblike
hoelike141411162hoelike
hoglike15157732hoglike
podlike14108552podlike
potlike13910122potlike
rodlike1288262rodlike
sonlike112110712sonlike
toelike11149822toelike
toylike14157242toylike
waxlike21185972waxlike

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.830215290.4
2DLD Change Limit107671284.43624272.1
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691285.26633933.0
 
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