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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 “childish” 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.

66 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
childish174439(None) 
childes134211272childes_
childing15288502childing
childishly2251842childishly
chilis115517872chil_is_
chillis124411602chillis_
coldish1399302c_oldish
wildish1446852_wildish
baldish1339503_baldish
caddish143810133c_addish
carlish12312773carl_ish
ceilidh1345363ceil_idh
ceilidhs1442133ceilidhs
ceilis85413743ceil_is_
challis124613463challis_
cheapish1844333cheapish
cherish15310463ch_erish
chichis1737073chichis_
chides124620473chi_des_
chiding143911593chi_ding
chields13507483chield_s_
child114516223child___
childbed1742883childbed
childbirth215953childbirth
childe124711213child__e
childless1543813childless
childlier1543093childlier
childliest1653863childliest
childlike1942983childlike
childly1644803child_ly
children1474703children
chiles115425303chil_es_
chili106218483chil_i__
chiliad1337563chil_iad
chiliasm15134513chiliasm
chiliast13117933chiliast
chilidog15132903chilidog
chilies124218303chil_ies
chillest13259593chillest
chilli114312773chilli__
chillier13328423chillier
chillies134113483chillies
chilliest14358913chilliest
chillily1644113chillily
chilling143512183chilling
chills114717703chil_ls_
churlish1644903churlish
cliquish2244023cliquish
cloddish1544233cloddish
coalfish1635493coalfish
coltish121310933c_oltish
coolish12312523cool_ish
cultish12139113c_ultish
hellish13310723_hellish
hickish1936473_hickish
hilding123713533_hilding
hippish1736183_hippish
kiddish16276583_kiddish
maidish13239553mai_dish
oldish10169313__oldish
sailfish1446053sailfish
thickish2044603thickish
thievish1743263thievish
thinnish1454873thinnish
whitish1635973whi_tish
widish13419363_wi_dish

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162666.81321453.4
3Display Results66660.0135076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691667.23224708.4
 
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