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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 “farewell” 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
farewell144331(None) 
farewells1543071farewells
farewelled1742372farewelled
firewall14125932firewall
foretell1146122foretell
harebell1344352harebell
barbell11429963bar_bell
carrell94610473car_rell
crewel114310483_crewe_l
crewels12438493_crewels
drywell1442373_drywell
facetely1643853facetely
fardel104712593far_de_l
fardels11389893far_dels
farewelling1842623farewelling
farfel124310433far_fe_l
farfels13348213far_fels
fireball13127263fireball
firehall14105613firehall
firewalls15125353firewalls
fireweed1545353fireweed
forefeel14105513forefeel
forefelt14117363forefelt
foretells1245633foretells
forewent1439423forewent
freely12310963f_re_ely
freewill1443413freewill
harebells1444193harebells
maxwell1942513ma_xwell
presell939303_presell
pretell938243_pretell
rakehell1542333rakehell
refell94214443__refell
resell64215203__resell
retell63813643__retell
reweld103711113__reweld

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162367.12620511.1
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691367.56223630.1
 
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