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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 “wolfish” 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
wolfish163693(None) 
wolffish2043331wolffish
boxfish2285542boxfish
coalfish1635492coalfish
codfish1637162codfish
coldish1399302coldish
coltish121310932coltish
cowfish1836432cowfish
dogfish15226762dogfish
dollish11610092dollish
doltish11118732doltish
elfish1267962_elfish
folkish1736562folkish
foolfish1744392foolfish
foxfish2354482foxfish
goldfish1644202goldfish
hogfish17257022hogfish
oafish121311722_oafish
offish15137272_offish
oldish10169312_oldish
owlish1238702owl_ish
polish114916722pol_ish
selfish1388512selfish
waifish1637702waifish
wildish1446852wildish
woggish15276672woggish
wolfing14277892wolfing
wolfishly2143022wolfishly
wolfs116214162wolf_s_
wormish1537162wormish

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671303.11034620.9
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.48651259.6
 
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