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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 “knights” 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.

36 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
knights154565(None) 
knight1438171knight_
nights104117721_nights
alights113211432alights
beknights1942242beknights
bights124417962_bights
blights133110212blights
brights133710232brights
dights114016962_dights
eights103618982_eights
fights133816552_fights
flights143310982flights
frights14339622frights
heights14399442heights
hights133716892_hights
infights1545572infights
insights1245492insights
knighted1745122knighted
knightly1953012knightly
knishes1438262knishes
knits93914742kni__ts
lights104519912_lights
mights123516252_mights
nighs95013612_nigh_s
night94327852_night_
nighty135611272_nighty
plights13299312plights
rights104019332_rights
sights103818012_sights
slights112810722slights
tights104015852_tights
tonights1244592tonights
unsights1244622unsights
weights14409552weights
wights133315782_wights
wrights14318992wrights

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671363.09334811.2
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.49951069.2
 
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