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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 “knight” 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.

38 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
knight143817(None) 
knights1545651knights
night94327851_night
alight103816862alight
aright103817662aright
beknight1843562beknight
bight118728842_bight
blight124114622blight
bright124215922bright
dight104027002_dight
eight94928052_eight
fight124027092_fight
flight134014812flight
fright133715242fright
height134713432height
hight125327232_hight
infight1437452infight
insight1137912insight
knighted1745122knighted
knightly1953012knightly
knish1238602knish_
knit85728142kni__t
light94429602_light
might113827082_might
nigh85220662_nigh_
nighs95013612_nighs
nights104117722_nights
nighty135611272_nighty
plight123513362plight
right94430502_right
sight94629292_sight
slight103416002slight
tight93626502_tight
tonight1138742tonight
unsight1137482unsight
weight133914182weight
wight123725572_wight
wright133713512wright

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551382.12638829.3
3Display Results38380.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691382.46972373.8
 
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