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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 “folkie” 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.

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
folkie1336961(None) 
folkier14359041folkier
folkies143612251folkies
alkie95520032_alkie
bookie123516002bookie
collie83621992collie
cookie123716042cookie
falsie93513852falsie
flooie93712152flooie
fogie96719002fo_gie
folate93320392folate
folia83618932fol_ia
folic105319322fol_ic
folio83820882fol_io
folk116021542folk__
folkiest15319502folkiest
folkish1736562folkish
folklife1842962folklife
folklike1434772folklike
folks126017122folk_s
folksier1533532folksier
folksy16484982folksy
folky159214712folk_y
follies103618942follies
follis93113902follis
foodie104413842foodie
footie94718142footie
forkier144311592forkier
foxlike21226222foxlike
honkie133011672honkie
kookie9389842kookie
mollie83517102mollie
nookie103712432nookie
oldie6415472_oldie
rookie103613262rookie
selkie102811692selkie
silkie103313402silkie
talkie103914442talkie
yolkier14336122yolkier

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551394.23319501.8
3Display Results39390.156250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691394.73537738.3
 
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