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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 “rainfall” 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.

37 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
rainfall114448(None) 
rainfalls1244141rainfalls
chainfall1752112chainfall
infall939402__infall
ainsell796393_ainsell
ashfall1343943_ashfall
catfall1237393ca_tfall
chainfalls1852003chainfalls
downfall1543633downfall
evenfall1492943evenfall
gainful1145833gainf_ul
gainfully1643933gainfully
gingall9117333_gingall
hairball1344633hairball
infalls1038943__infalls
infill938413__infill
inwall938343__inwall
jingall1566173_jingall
landfall1244203landfall
mainsail1045173mainsail
painful1246403painf_ul
painfully1744183painfully
paintball1342663paintball
pinball1137933_pinball
pitfall1245823_pitfall
pratfall1344153pra_tfall
rainband1144663rainband
rainily10310433rain_ily
rainsquall195963rainsquall
rainwash1443063rainwash
refall94314393r__efall
reinstall944573reinstall
rhinal9510203rhin_a_l
rockfall1743403rockfall
trainful1145183trainf_ul
trainfuls1243953trainfuls
windfall1544203_windfall

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 Filter1786911461620.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit146162377.61019206.6
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691378.02922255.7
 
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