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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 “sablefish” 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.

25 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
sablefish174290(None) 
sablefishes1952892sablefishes
sailfish1446052sail_fish
ableism1136823_able_ism
ableist9311773_able_ist
blemish1436603__blemish
bluefish1645143__bluefish
candlefish1952673candlefish
cavefish1974853ca_vefish
fallfish1744463fa_llfish
filefish1745593_filefish
paddlefish2051483paddlefish
sables85026693sable__s_
sallowish1544943sallowish
saltish10312163sa_l_tish
sandfish1556683sa_ndfish
sawfish1637683sa__wfish
selfish1388513s_el_fish
shellfish1843223shellfish
snakefish1942933snakefish
spadefish1842953spadefish
stablish1348343stabl__ish
stonefish1544063stonefish
swellfish1842703swellfish
tilefish1445453_tilefish

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641257.54619698.0
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.96822426.1
 
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