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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 “friends” 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.

24 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
friends1139674(None) 
fiends104110291f_iends
friend10388931friend_
befriends1542412befriends
faciends1443572faciends
fends96324972f__ends
fields104211042f_ields
fiend95312982f_iend_
finds95424822f_i_nds
forfends1544832forfends
fried95322912frie_d_
friended1335032friended
friendly1544382friendly
friers94718932frie_rs
fries85535602frie__s
friezes19418912friezes
fronds106412342fr_onds
grinds84511842gri_nds
orients7311582orients
rends65129952_r_ends
rinds64826142_ri_nds
trends75513542tr_ends
trienes74118412trienes
triens65417542trien_s

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit107671244.31324964.3
3Display Results24240.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691245.06335293.5
 
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