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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 “midwives” 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.

81 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
midwives1727480(None) 
midlives14287461midlives
midwifes17234711midwifes
midwived18263551midwived
middies113116152middi_es
midlines112613332midlines
midwife16225522midwife_
midwifed18233932midwifed
misdrives1546212misdrives
misgives14329292misgives
mislives132912152mislives
missives133212842missives
oldwives1542462oldwives
airwaves1444723airwaves
alewives1444283alewives
amidines113010853amid_ines
biddies113514493biddi_es
codrives1437663codrives
didies84621833did_i_es
dives95832403__d_ives
drives105117113__drives
dwines105013103__dwines
endives113710693end_ives
fishwives2142173fishwives
giddies103713363giddi_es
goodwives1742233goodwives
huswives1742933huswives
kiddies133412283kiddi_es
midairs1037203midai_rs
middles113415303mid_dles
midges103516483mid__ges
midis85923413mid_i__s
midlife13248303midlife_
midlifer14215793midlifer
midlifers15254933midlifers
midline102315103midline_
midlists1137523midlists
midribs1235513midri_bs
midriffs1742533midriffs
midsize1946393midsize_
midsized2144733midsized
midsoles1137763midsoles
midways16386183midw_ays
midweek1743273midw_eek
midweeks1842383midweeks
midwifery2151543midwifery
midwinter1542853midwinter
midwinters1642483midwinters
midwiving1942623midwiving
millimes122411373millimes
millines102718063millines
miniver1238393mi_niver
minivers1337483mi_nivers
minnies93617363minni_es
miscites12313783miscites
misdrive1446683misdrive_
misdriven1544073misdriven
misfiles133110983misfiles
misfires132210583misfires
misgive13339033misgive_
misgiven14245903misgiven
mislies92922283misli_es
mislikes143311833mislikes
mislive122812693mislive_
mislived14328783mislived
mismoves1537293mismoves
missies93423983missi_es
missiles103015083missiles
missises103513693missises
missive122413143missive_
mistimes12612613mistimes
miswrites1447983miswrites
mitises9315543mi_tises
motives123611893m_otives
muddies113513953muddi_es
redrives122610393redrives
swives123915183__swives
tidies74721833tid_i_es
updives1334713upd_ives
widdies123514033widdi_es
wives115328923___wives

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 Filter1786911461620.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit146162816.56322270.6
3Display Results81810.0332454.5
 (SQL Overall)178691816.99925530.9
 
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