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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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97 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
fishing14391386(None) 
dishing124017101dishing
fashing144918791fashing
fishings15307691fishings
fisting113818121fisting
pishing134314371pishing
wishing144114891wishing
ashing107824092_ashing
bashing135422582bashing
bushing134018582bushing
cashing135022552cashing
coshing134316432coshing
dashing125917892dashing
discing113914592discing
disking134615492disking
dissing94517682dissing
faithing1537152faithing
famishing1845232famishing
fasting114522832fasting
fessing113812862fessing
fibbing15339462fibbing
fidging133910502fidging
fifing134212342fi_fing
figging133313562figging
fighting162710082fighting
filching1736112filching
filing103823762fi_ling
filling113520802filling
filming133210352filming
finding124116542finding
fining104223212fi_ning
finishing1645842finishing
finking154016602finking
finning113615112finning
firing104021722fi_ring
firming132811222firming
fishgig1542102fishgig
fishier13359852fishier
fishily1637642fishily
fishline14237582fishline
fitting113516562fitting
fixing174813782fi_xing
fizzing19276402fizzing
flashing153711552flashing
fleshing15339302fleshing
flushing15288832flushing
foisting122910502foisting
freshing152611022freshing
frisking16268362frisking
fusing104415952fus_ing
fussing113611682fussing
gashing125119232gashing
gushing124014222gushing
hashing145020162hashing
hissing114213142hissing
histing113720372histing
hushing144514472hushing
isling71213882_isling
joshing18519412joshing
kissing122911052kissing
kithing153411552kithing
lashing114422892lashing
lisping103412752lisping
listing84020592listing
lushing114316112lushing
mashing134422242mashing
meshing134513812meshing
miching152911802miching
missing103619072missing
misting103623382misting
moshing134214882moshing
mushing134217632mushing
niching133612432niching
nighing123410062nighing
noshing114612772noshing
pashing135120512pashing
pissing103914802pissing
pithing134014052pithing
pushing133615452pushing
rising74025882ris_ing
risking123914242risking
rushing113817702rushing
sashing114621472sashing
sighing123311662sighing
swishing15277812swishing
tithing113513892tithing
tushing114214012tushing
visaing11279332visaing
viseing11299162viseing
vising103915872vis_ing
washing145119282washing
whishing18287182whishing
wising103318222wis_ing
wisping133711942wisping
wissing113212942wissing
wisting113519742wisting
withing143814492withing

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671973.26632967.2
3Display Results97970.0303233.3
 (SQL Overall)178691973.65648876.1
 
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