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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 “footlight” 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.

30 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
footlight1625527(None) 
footlights17144021footlights
floodlight1872432floodlight
fortnight1643802fortnight
moonlight1544132moonlight
spotlight1543712spotlight
downlight1744003downlight
droplight1643803droplight
fanlight1545843f_anlight
firelight1655533firelight
fistfight1952863fistfight
flight134014813f___light
floodlights1971593floodlights
foolish1339613foo_lish_
footiest113514913foot_iest
footlike1537253footli_ke
footling12239923footli_ng
foresight1645323foresight
forthright2053253forthright
fortnights1752673fortnights
lowlight1554943_lowlight
moonlights1642993moonlights
oiltight1244543_oiltight
outfight1546103_outfight
outright1248743_outright
outsight1246913_outsight
postflight1953093postflight
spotlights1642593spotlights
stoplight1584283stoplight
topflight1843543topflight

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641307.70019304.0
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691308.12321998.2
 
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