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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 “doornails” 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.

24 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
doornails104362(None) 
doornail943571doornail_
coronals103312913corona_ls
derails84216393d_er_ails
diurnals943803diurna_ls
doorbells1243303doorbells
doorjambs215973doorjambs
doormats1145413doorma_ts
doorsill943763door_sill
doorsills1043003doorsills
doorways1544043doorwa_ys
dooryards1443263dooryards
dorsals84110853d_orsa_ls
dovetails1343813dovetails
drails74716953d__r_ails
goorals838713goor_a_ls
hobnails1343303_hobnails
horntails12124823_horntails
journals1574353journa_ls
monorails1148743monor_ails
moonsails1144493moonsails
ooralis7312553_oor_alis
toenails847213_toenails
wooralis1145803woor_alis

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641246.92321470.6
3Display Results24240.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691247.34624324.9
 
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