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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 “fails” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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259 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
fails8563148(None) 
ails45654711_ails
bails75933521bails
fail74840241fail_
fairs85825441fairs
falls85727651falls
farls85731111farls
fils75838691f_ils
flails94313001flails
foils85025811foils
frails93716471frails
hails85231641hails
jails125422941jails
kails95525211kails
mails76037781mails
nails55730401nails
pails75833061pails
rails55937401rails
sails55738101sails
tails55634191tails
vails85825931vails
wails86631481wails
aals49941142_aals
aids57846362_aids
ail37171042_ail_
aims67738182_aims
ains46158882_ains
airs46447422_airs
ais39083572_ai_s
aits46355532_aits
alls46740922_alls
als36663022_a_ls
anils56326722anils
arils58732202arils
avails939692avails
awls75926092_awls
axils127217502axils
baals76122702baals
bail65042802bail_
baits76630582baits
balls76236412balls
bals66354042ba_ls
basils85717472basils
bawls105719322bawls
boils75427192boils
brails84621292brails
caids85226422caids
cains75334302cains
calls75634732calls
carls77037422carls
cauls75727772cauls
cavils114014392cavils
ceils75019402ceils
coils75030082coils
dahls95012282dahls
daily95922332daily
dais57040702dai_s
dals57145122da_ls
deils65722862deils
dials64925342dials
drails74716952drails
earls56127512earls
emails84412342emails
evils84114262evils
fable105824752fable
fables114921672fables
fabs98635862fa_bs
faces106439432faces
facials123310742facials
facias113415802facias
facies113921592facies
facile112514882facile
facts107021892facts
fades94932862fades
fados95620732fados
fads86939872fa_ds
fagins10513862fagins
fags86939122fa_gs
failed105421602failed
faille93414742faille
failles102914132failles
fain75840562fai_n
faint85837062faint
faints94818782faints
fair76332522fai_r
fairly125610012fairly
fairy115318282fairy
faith115620852faith
faiths124610272faiths
fakes126032482fakes
fakirs13468082fakirs
fall75535312fa_ll
false84818122fa_lse
falx147120782fa_lx
fames105735922fames
family143311702family
fanes84639892fanes
fangs96224072fangs
fanos85926502fanos
fans76247372fa_ns
faqirs18456032faqirs
fards96629842fards
fares85852872fares
farl76338552farl_
farle86929242farle
farles96025782farles
farms106324952farms
faros85532022faros
farts88336842farts
fas68262932fa__s
fasts86429682fasts
fates85139232fates
fatly115716802fatly
fats76252502fa_ts
fauld95214492fauld
faulds10438962faulds
fault85428312fault
faults94513552faults
fauns84516752fauns
favas115618592favas
faves115331422faves
favus114311732favus
fawns115914262fawns
faxes155726652faxes
fays108535362fa_ys
fazes175527212fazes
feels85223042feels
fells85327382fells
fiars86720832fiars
fiats85324482fiats
fibs96329502f_ibs
fids87034742f_ids
figs85332642f_igs
fil65447142f_il_
fila74729132f_ila
file75446642f_ile
files85441272f_iles
fill75540192f_ill
fills84632372fills
film94828172f_ilm
films105617962f_ilms
filo76034282f_ilo
filos86125382f_ilos
fins75849092f_ins
firs76637712f_irs
fits76043462f_its
flail85316182flail_
flairs95711912flairs
flics105418362flics
flies85630712flies
flips105117742flips
flirs85518932flirs
flits85625222flits
foals85721692foals
foil76433912foil_
foins85523382foins
fools86824202fools
fouls87221432fouls
fowls115518892fowls
frail85220212frail_
frazils1956122frazils
fries85535602fries
frigs96019272frigs
frill84917562frill
frills94414222frills
frits86129102frits
fuels87117352fuels
fulls84623522fulls
furls85322052furls
fusils93912342fusils
fuzils18407962fuzils
gaily95020972gaily
gains65729512gains
gaits65726012gaits
galls64729322galls
gals57946502ga_ls
gaols66717572gaols
grails77518782grails
haiks125120932haiks
hail74839062hail_
hairs86225172hairs
halls85633782halls
harls85634502harls
hauls86123732hauls
heils85222192heils
jail115529092jail_
jarls126120962jarls
kaifs125715642kaifs
kail85131492kail_
kains96125642kains
laics76419252laics
lairs55425872lairs
lalls55324132lalls
maids86327142maids
mail65543452mail_
maile75232222maile
mailes84329112mailes
maill74420792maill
maills84215282maills
maims96321792maims
mains75635112mains
mairs76228302mairs
malls76233432malls
marls75535162marls
mauls76524952mauls
mils66045332_mils
moils76125752moils
naifs87617422naifs
nail45838652nail_
nils46132452_nils
noils55024332noils
oils46337972_oils
paiks114719852paiks
pail66141832pail_
pains75138282pains
pairs75325832pairs
palls74332562palls
pals66951352pa_ls
pawls105617662pawls
qaids156116312qaids
quails153412642quails
raias54631122raias
raids65827512raids
rail46147762rail_
rains55140232rains
rais45252622rai_s
rials55026672rials
roils54826792roils
saids65328852saids
sail45447162sail_
sains55639972sains
sals46851672sa_ls
sauls55128122sauls
sials54227242sials
snails64816652snails
soils55327982soils
spails84817822spails
swails94913122swails
taels56822072taels
tail45443652tail_
tains54936322tains
talls55133432talls
tils45739612_tils
toils54527492toils
trails64622512trails
vail75432552vail_
vairs85019132vairs
vakils1337592vakils
veils84918802veils
vials85822382vials
waifs115719872waifs
wail75238822wail_
wains86930872wains
wairs86424062wairs
waits88333522waits
walls85529382walls
wauls86120552wauls
wawls115416472wawls
yawls114613602yawls

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit538002591.76630464.3
3Display Results2592590.0763407.9
 (SQL Overall)1786912592.16882422.0
 
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