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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 “finish” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

43 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
finish12461341(None) 
finfish16268191finfish
finis86824261finis_
minish115216301minish
winish124212261winish
banish111416042banish
brinish1239962brinish
danish101513792danish
faintish1446192faintish
fairish1338992fairish
famish14311842famish
fetish12310372fetish
fiendish1544032fiendish
finch135416972fin_ch
finds95424822finds_
fines86644262fines_
finest94321732finest
finial92814182finial
fining104223212fining
finises10312902finises
finished1536482finished
finisher1436302finisher
finishes1438982finishes
finite9316822finite
finito9310302finito
finks125424222finks_
finos86226952finos_
fins75849092fin_s_
fish106926272f__ish
fluish1239332fluish
furnish1337382furnish
knish1238602_knish
minis75432992minis_
minxish1936212minxish
monish114217592monish
pinfish15319302pinfish
pinkish16279112pinkish
punish111411502punish
refinish1447892refinish
swinish1347202swinish
tonish93415902tonish
vanish121513212vanish
widish13419362widish

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.216827273.1
2DLD Change Limit82551434.65617730.0
3Display Results43430.58074.1
 (SQL Overall)178691435.45232775.3
 
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