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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 “varnish” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
varnish1316953(None) 
garnish111610841garnish
tarnish101611871tarnish
vanish121513211va_nish
varnishy17163401varnishy
bairnish1345472bairnish
banish111416042ba_nish
burnish1238622burnish
carlish12312762carlish
danish101513792da_nish
darkish1537942darkish
evanish1337652eva_nish
furnish1337382furnish
garfish14179202garfish
garish104516922gar_ish
largish1138602largish
larkish1439082larkish
mannish121710692mannish
marish114319052mar_ish
oarfish13158612oarfish
parish115022352par_ish
revarnish1543932revarnish
tannish101610572tannish
tartish101512632tartish
vampish1766282vampish
varnas94212822varnas_
varnished16195602varnished
varnisher15195402varnisher
varnishes15207912varnishes
warmish1538372warmish

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671303.42331455.2
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691303.81346863.6
 
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