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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 “follicle” 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.

44 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
follicle134439(None) 
follicles1444101follicles
fallible1355362fallible
pellicle1245042pellicle
calicle113111433_calicle
caulicle1245043caulicle
collide103214793colli_de
collie83621993colli__e
cornicle1258783cornicle
fallibly1644393fallibly
fascicle1554633fascicle
fellable13179133fellable
fillable13179573fillable
foible11410383fo__ible
foilable1338063foilable
foldable1437133foldable
foliage1147533fo_liage
foliate10513533fo_liate
folic105319323fo_lic__
foliose10378013fo_liose
folkie13369613folki__e
folklife1842963folkli_fe
folklike1434773folkli_ke
folktale1542873folktale
follicular1552863follicular
follies103618943folli_es
follis93113903folli__s
forcible1545143forcible
foxlike21226223foxli_ke
funicle12237483f_unicle
gullible1144063gullible
jollily1745773jolli_ly
mollie83517103molli__e
ossicle944483_ossicle
pellicles1344923pellicles
police102918563po_lic_e
pollical1247953pollical
pollices12410753pollices
popsicle1443653popsicle
rollick1335613rollic_k
rollicked1643033rollicked
rollicks1444893rollicks
rollicky1742693rollicky
silicle937753_silicle

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162447.03020791.2
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691447.46923924.4
 
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