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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 “folklores” 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.

33 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
folklores164370(None) 
folklore1543471folklore_
booklores1545072booklores
folklives1942672folklives
folkloric1851832folkloric
folklorish20111612folklorish
folklorist1782602folklorist
folkmotes1883282folkmotes
bolloxes1736833bol_loxes
booklore1445003booklore_
felloes104114383fel_lo_es
folkies143612253folk__ies
folklife1842963folklife_
folklike1434773folklike_
folklorists18111773folklorists
folkmoots1872623folkmoots
folkmote1763343folkmote_
folkmots1783603folkmo_ts
folksongs1741783folksongs
folktales1653123folktales
folles93820473fol_l__es
follies103618943fol_l_ies
followed15146273fol_lowed
follower14137073fol_lower
followers15146183fol_lowers
follows13409923fol_lo_ws
foxgloves2341643foxgloves
holloes103818193hol_lo_es
kolkhoses1543493kolkhoses
kolkhozes2442333kolkhozes
kolkozes2042723kolk_ozes
polypores1648003polypores
woodlores1345163woodlores

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641336.01624707.6
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.45227695.4
 
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