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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 “spadefish” 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
spadefish184295(None) 
snakefish1942932snakefish
spadefishes2052692spadefishes
spiderish1544492spiderish
cavefish1974853_cavefish
headfish1845443head_fish
ladyfish1843803_ladyfish
paddlefish2051483_paddlefish
panfish15229973_pa_nfish
pipefish1844533_pipefish
sablefish1742903sablefish
sailfish1446053s_ailfish
sandfish1556683s_andfish
sawfish1637683s_a_wfish
spadeful1443963spadef_ul
spadefuls1542683spadefuls
spaders104214473spade_rs_
spades94222583spade__s_
sparkish17276973spa_rkish
spearfish1743603spearfish
spleenish1443653spleenish
starfish1438083sta_rfish
stonefish1544063stonefish
studfish1544523stud_fish
toadfish1544903toad_fish

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641257.12620859.0
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691257.54623680.2
 
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