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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 “frostfish” 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.

26 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
frostfish184262(None) 
frogfish1843942fro_gfish
frostfishes2052272frostfishes
rosefish1445262_rosefish
flatfish1744933f_latfish
foolfish1744393f_oolfish
fortyish1744843f_ortyish
foxfish2354483f_o_xfish
frontlist1246123frontlist
frostbit1344443frostbi_t
frostbite1443413frostbite
frosteds12305653frosteds_
frostier1148163frost_ier
frostiest1239213frostiest
frostily1436693frost_ily
frosting12311183frost_ing
frostless1235743frostless
frostline1245883frostline
frostnip1342413frostni_p
frostnips1441933frostnips
frosts94214623frost__s_
goatfish1544293_goatfish
goosefish1642273goosefish
outfish132210573__outfish
ratfish1338773_r_atfish
rockfish2043903_rockfish

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641267.34620234.3
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691267.78222962.1
 
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