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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 “lifesavings” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

27 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
lifesavings185115(None) 
lifesaving1741791lifesaving_
leavings12407493l__e_avings
lifesavers1651763lifesav_ers
timesaving1641983timesaving_
biestings12266034bi_es_tings
dieselings1252934di_eselings
dissaving1436954di_ssaving_
leadings103511244l__e_adings
leanings94010184l__e_anings
leasings9379844l__e_asings
leaving114216854l__e_aving_
liberating1349254liberating_
lifelines12147054life__lines
lifesaver1541974lifesav__er
lifespans1462464lifes_pan_s
linebackings2151484linebackings
linecastings1551554linecastings
linsangs944414li_nsa__ngs
lipreadings1551884lipreadings
listings93310044li__s_tings
livings11408924li____vings
lovemakings2152044lovemakings
lutestrings1252114lutestrings
rieslings1034494ri_es_lings
savings114412954____savings
timeservings1861074timeservings

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819278.34617831.2
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691278.79520317.3
 
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