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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 “fireflies” 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.

39 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
fireflies154535(None) 
reflies104418532__reflies
barflies1338303bar_flies
cicelies1269753cice_lies
deerflies1343923deerflies
fellies104119743f__ellies
ferlies103216693f__erlies
fibrefills1851663fibrefills
fifties132111083fi__fties
fillies103420253fi__llies
fineries112416743fine_ries
firebases1446583firebases
fireboxes2144773fireboxes
fireclays1743353fireclays
firefangs1643053firefangs
fireflood1642743fireflood
firefloods1752403firefloods
firefly1635633firefl__y
fireless112810593fire_less
firelit10310863fire_li_t
fireplaces1744343fireplaces
fireplugs1542123fireplugs
fireships1746023fireships
firesides1346603firesides
forefaces1747133forefaces
freebies1337873f_reebies
frenzies2037713f_renzies
friendlies1442933friendlies
girlies83013703gir__lies
horseflies1644723horseflies
misrelies1149723misre_lies
overflies1539103overflies
prefiles133113443_prefiles
rarefies1138993raref_ies
refiles104122423__refiles
refries104419733__refries
relies65036423__re_lies
replies94521043__replies
whiteflies1942223whiteflies

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641397.26620457.1
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.71823152.5
 
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