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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 “crawfishes” 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.

40 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
crawfishes214359(None) 
crawfished2242251crawfished
crayfishes2143401crayfishes
catfishes1746302c_atfishes
coalfishes1844692coalfishes
cowfishes2045722c_owfishes
crampfishes2352262crampfishes
crawfish1944232crawfish__
grayfishes2043632grayfishes
ratfishes1546102_ratfishes
sawfishes1845742_sawfishes
batfishes1746583_batfishes
blowfishes2143463blowfishes
boarfishes1844973boarfishes
brandishes1645893brandishes
carwashes1745773carw_ashes
cavefishes2143863cavefishes
codfishes1845643c_odfishes
cramoisies1443663cramoisies
crashes124618403cra___shes
crawfishing2351733crawfishing
crayfish1944253crayfish__
dealfishes1744193dealfishes
drumfishes1942753drumfishes
flatfishes1943993flatfishes
frogfishes2043323frogfishes
garfishes16167083_garfishes
goatfishes1743933goatfishes
hagfishes1945153_hagfishes
headfishes2044413headfishes
jewfishes2543383_jewfishes
oarfishes15156953_oarfishes
panfishes1737593_panfishes
radishes1269463_ra_dishes
ravishes1478043_ra_vishes
redfishes1645793_redfishes
squawfishes2952043squawfishes
starfishes1646153starfishes
toadfishes1743793toadfishes
weakfishes2343353weakfishes

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603406.11023011.9
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691406.27928458.5
 
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