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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 “goldfishes” 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.

42 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
goldfishes186356(None) 
codfishes1845642co_dfishes
goatfishes1743932goatfishes
goldfinches215812goldfinches
goldfish1644202goldfish__
toadfishes1743792toadfishes
wolffishes2242982wolffishes
billfishes1844253billfishes
blowfishes2143463blowfishes
boarfishes1844973boarfishes
bonefishes1844913bonefishes
boxfishes2444153bo_xfishes
coalfishes1844693coalfishes
cowfishes2045723co_wfishes
dogfishes1745083do_gfishes
fallfishes1943983fallfishes
filefishes1944483filefishes
foolfishes1943763foolfishes
foxfishes2544053fo_xfishes
garfishes16167083g_arfishes
globefishes2052313globefishes
goldfields1651213goldfields
goloshes1236253gol__oshes
goosefishes1852293goosefishes
grayfishes2043633grayfishes
groundfishes2051613groundfishes
headfishes2044413headfishes
hogfishes1944683ho_gfishes
milkfishes2243123milkfishes
monkfishes2243743monkfishes
moonfishes1844193moonfishes
mudfishes1844193_mudfishes
oarfishes15156953_oarfishes
outfishes15118023_outfishes
polishes13711783pol__ishes
redfishes1645793_redfishes
rockfishes2263513rockfishes
rosefishes1644113rosefishes
sandfishes1745543sandfishes
studfishes17103793studfishes
swordfishes2152163swordfishes
tilefishes1644603tilefishes

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603426.15622840.0
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691426.57527177.3
 
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