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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 “freewill” 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.

31 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
freewill144341(None) 
breezily2243653breezily
creepily1574953creepily
farewell1443313farewell
firewall14125933firewall
fleecily1644013fleecily
freakily1835003freakily
freebie1236043freebi_e
freebies1337873freebies
freehold1554683freehold
freeing113713913free_ing
freely12310963free__ly
freesia1046323freesi_a
freesias1146333freesias
freeware1446173freeware
freeway1635603freew_ay
freeways1744723freeways
freewheel1852363freewheel
freewrite1543603freewrite
freezing21308323freezing
frenzily2343733frenzily
frill84917563fr___ill
greedily1345183greedily
prebill1138803pr_ebill
prechill1546193prechill
predrill1145933predrill
prepill1147583pr_epill
rebill84713253_r_ebill
redrill857893_redrill
reedily1179613_reedily
refill94514053_r_efill

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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162317.44019645.4
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.90922593.4
 
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