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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 “fishtails” 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.

27 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
fishtails154366(None) 
fishtail1443981fishtail_
fishtailed1741862fishtailed
hightails1645312hightails
disentails1147013disentails
distains9413603dis_tains
distils83015803dis_t_ils
fantails1139693f_antails
fightable1844373fightable
fiscals1238003fis_ca_ls
fishable1637593fish_able
fishbowls2051973fishbowls
fisheries1548643fisheries
fishgigs1642093fish_gigs
fishily1637643fish__ily
fishkill1842143fish_kill
fishkills1941863fishkills
fishmeals1742033fishmeals
fishtailing1851993fishtailing
fishways2043643fishwa_ys
fistfuls1454563fis_tfuls
foxtails1844583f_oxtails
hightail1545273hightail_
pigtails1146033pi_gtails
pintails10310163pi_ntails
pistils93314303pis_t_ils
ringtails1044443ringtails

Search took 7 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 Limit148641276.22023897.3
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691276.67226782.2
 
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