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

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74 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
dwarfish184378(None) 
dwarfism1742291dwarfism
boarfish1635752boarfish
darkish1537942d_arkish
deafish1438532dea_fish
dealfish1545502dealfish
draffish1844552draffish
dwarfest1543472dwarfest
dwarfing1633612dwarfing
dwarfishly2351732dwarfishly
dwarfisms1841722dwarfisms
dwarfs13436272dwarf_s_
garfish14179202_garfish
oarfish13158612_oarfish
starfish1438082starfish
waifish1637702_waifish
warmish1538372_warmish
batfish1558683_batfish
bearish123013273bear_ish
boarish123911913boar_ish
carlish12312763_carlish
catfish1559023_catfish
coalfish1635493coalfish
crawfish1944233crawfish
crayfish1944253crayfish
dampish1567663d_ampish
danish101513793d_a_nish
dervish1436983d_ervish
diarist8517113diar_ist
dogfish15226763d_ogfish
drumfish1743503drumfish
dryish1336323d__ryish
dwarf126015243dwarf___
dwarfed1533483dwarf_ed
dwarfer1433683dwarf_er
dwarflike2041613dwarflike
dwarfness1642793dwarfness
dwarves1434463dwarves_
dweebish1742183dweebish
flatfish1744933flatfish
garish104516923_gar_ish
garnish111610843_garnish
goatfish1544293goatfish
grayfish1844483grayfish
hagfish17227613_hagfish
headfish1845443headfish
largish1138603_largish
larkish1439083_larkish
marish114319053_mar_ish
oafish121311723_oa_fish
overfish1737893overfish
panfish15229973_panfish
parish115022353_par_ish
raffish1658843_raffish
ratfish1338773_ratfish
sawfish1637683_sawfish
serfish1348973_serfish
sparkish17276973sparkish
spearfish1743603spearfish
swainish1444753swainish
swampish1844173swampish
swarfs125612063swarf_s_
swordfish1942223swordfish
tarnish101611873_tarnish
tartish101512633_tartish
toadfish1544903toadfish
varnish13169533_varnish
waggish15207073_waggish
wampish1777293_wampish
waspish1586923_waspish
weakfish2143523weakfish
wearish132310153wear_ish
wolfish1636933_wolfish
wormish1537163_wormish

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162748.34317519.1
3Display Results74740.0332242.4
 (SQL Overall)178691748.79920308.1
 
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