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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 “candlefishes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

33 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
candlefishes215200(None) 
candlefish1952672candlefish__
paddlefishes2251342paddlefishes
angelfishes1862693_angelfishes
anglerfishes1951243_anglerfishes
candlelights1961493candlelights
cavefishes2143863ca__vefishes
cuttlefishes2051373cuttlefishes
needlefishes1951373needlefishes
sablefishes1952893sa_blefishes
sandfishes1745543sand__fishes
bonefishes1844914bon__efishes
canalises11515494canal__is_es
candlelight1862414candleligh_t
candlelighted21101154candlelighted
candlelighter20111154candlelighter
candlelighters219944candlelighters
candlepins1543684candlepi__ns
candlewicks2351524candlewi_cks
catfishes1746304ca___tfishes
chandleries1744334chandleri__es
coalfishes1844694c_oal_fishes
codfishes1845644c_od__fishes
damselfishes2151244damselfishes
fallfishes1943984fa__llfishes
filefishes1944484__filefishes
ladyfishes2052844la_d_yfishes
paddlefish2051484paddlefish__
panfishes1737594pan___fishes
sailfishes1644644sa_il_fishes
snakefishes2152414_snakefishes
spadefishes2052694spad_efishes
tilefishes1644604__tilefishes

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911247900.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit124790336.62318841.9
3Display Results33330.0301100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691336.79626293.6
 
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