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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 “tailcoats” 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.

27 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
tailcoats114401(None) 
tailcoat1046851tailcoat_
raincoats1144062raincoats
sailboats1145242sailboats
tailcoated1343282tailcoated
airboats1047283_airboats
bailouts1036613bail_outs
maillots1037473maillo_ts
maxicoats2042863maxicoats
railcars1045313railc_ars
railroads1043523railroads
raincoat1046633raincoat_
sailboat1047693sailboat_
tailboard1245773tailboard
tailboards1345083tailboards
tailbones1155263tailbones
tailfans1144553tail_fans
tailgate946823tail_gate
tailgates1046533tail_gates
tailors73212393tail_o_rs
talcous939483ta_lco_us
talipots1045623talipo_ts
tipcats1137103t_ipc_ats
topcoats1245193t_opcoats
tricots9311563tri_co_ts
turncoats1143013turncoats
waistcoats1561913waistcoats

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 Limit148641276.71622132.4
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.15524974.3
 
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