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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 “dovetail” 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.

36 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
dovetail124439(None) 
dovetails1343811dovetails
detail74516432d__etail
dovetailed1542202dovetailed
aventail1145343_aventail
bobtail1146553bo_btail
coattail1045313coattail
cocktail1645363cocktail
coverall1347603coverall
covetable1648163covetable
derail74218813d__erail
details84214043d__etails
detain74617383d__etain
disentail1047083disentail
docetic1239913docet_ic
doornail943573doornail
dotal64919623do__ta_l
dovekie15134313dove_kie
dovetailing1642513dovetailing
ducktail1542913ducktail
foetal9311883fo_eta_l
foresail1147823foresail
foveal1237703fove_a_l
foxtail1745383fo_xtail
horntail11105033horntail
horsetail1244683horsetail
mocktail1643673mocktail
mousetail1183393mousetail
overall10411083_overall
overtoil1137453_overtoil
oxtail1337653_o_xtail
ponytail1344553ponytail
retail65522073__retail
shavetail1552403shavetail
toenail738783to_enail
ventail10310453__ventail

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 Limit146162366.89021213.6
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.31224438.0
 
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