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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 “spearfish” 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.

38 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
spearfish174360(None) 
serfish1348972s_e_rfish
sheatfish1843252sheatfish
sparkish17276972sp_arkish
spearfished2052102spearfished
spearfishes1953162spearfishes
starfish1438082s_tarfish
bearish123013273_bear_ish
boarfish1635753_boarfish
deafish1438533_dea_fish
dealfish1545503_dealfish
dwarfish1843783_dwarfish
garfish14179203__garfish
headfish1845443_headfish
oarfish13158613__oarfish
overfish1737893ove_rfish
panfish15229973_p_anfish
parish115022353_p_ar_ish
peakish16268873_pea_kish
pearlash1344133_pearlash
perish114619063_pe_r_ish
perkish16258823_pe_rkish
sawfish1637683s__awfish
selfish1388513s_e_lfish
shellfish1843223shellfish
spadefish1842953spadefish
spearers103711143spearers_
spearfishing2151463spearfishing
spearing113216103spear_ing
spearlike1544143spearlike
spearmint1365983spearmint
spears84019473spear__s_
squarish2047323squar_ish
squawfish2742263squawfish
swellfish1842703swellfish
viperfish2042943vipe_rfish
weakfish2143523_weakfish
wearish132310153_wear_ish

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641387.22020587.4
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691387.65623340.0
 
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