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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 “futile” 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.

43 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
futile9391495(None) 
fusile94313491fusile
rutile65217681rutile
utile54718931_utile
audile73315302audile
butle75023102but_le
cuticle1138232cuticle
cutie76925932cuti_e
cuttle84113892cuttle
ductile1048482ductile
facile112514882facile
fertile10311732fertile
fettle93713122fettle
fictile1238022fictile
file75446642f__ile
fuddle113312102fuddle
fugle94915542fu_gle
fumble133214262fumble
funicle12237482funicle
furtive1337172furtive
fusible1237022fusible
fusil84715322fusil_
fusils93912342fusils
fustily133111372fustily
futilely1444082futilely
future939562future
fuzil173810702fuzil_
fuzils18407962fuzils
guile64521132gu_ile
guttle74111972guttle
inutile739882inutile
jubile152910262jubile
motile83818342motile
mutine84420372mutine
mutule8311422mutule
nubile83212712nubile
outlie62419532outlie
outwile10310262outwile
retile65929672retile
rutiles74315842rutiles
stile54931572_stile
subtile91912622subtile
tile45451442__tile

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551432.62331472.0
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691432.98559863.0
 
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