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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 “foolishness” 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.

38 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
foolishness174449(None) 
bookishness2043692bookishness
boorishness1644242boorishness
dollishness1544012dollishness
folkishness2143832folkishness
foolishest1643852foolish_est
foolishnesses1944462foolishnesses
foppishness2153492foppishness
owlishness1644162_owlishness
boyishness1843963_boyishness
bullishness1643953bullishness
coltishness1645043coltishness
doggishness1793473doggishness
doltishness1544213doltishness
donnishness1543893donnishness
dovishness1744463_dovishness
faddishness1943243faddishness
flushness1544893f__lushness
folksiness1743573f_olksiness
foodlessness1644743foodlessness
foolfishes1943763foolfish_e_s
foolisher1544223foolish_e_r
footlessness1545613footlessness
ghoulishness1952343ghoulishness
girlishness1573663girlishness
hellishness1744113hellishness
hoggishness1983583hoggishness
loutishness1444543loutishness
modishness1644553_modishness
mulishness1544543_mulishness
oafishness1644463_oafishness
offishness1943793_offishness
roguishness1563633roguishness
sottishness1444433sottishness
stylishness1743443stylishness
voguishness1843283voguishness
wolfishness2043733wolfishness
wooliness12147693wooli__ness

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 Filter1786911216330.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121633384.47027211.0
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691384.85936775.3
 
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