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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 “hightails” 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.

35 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
hightails164531(None) 
hightail1545271hightail_
fishtails1543662fishtails
highballs1843642highballs
hightailed1852812hightailed
pigtails1146032pig_tails
chigetais1543703chigetai_s
digitalis1144963digitalis
digitals1045433digita_ls
eightballs1652433eightballs
eighties12710803eight_ies
fightable1844373fightable
fishtail1443983fishtail_
highball1743893highba_ll
highchairs1851733highchairs
highjacks2952693highjacks
highlands17114113highlands
hightailing1951983hightailing
highths13358003hight__hs
highting16259723hight_ing
hightops1745043hight_ops
hights133716893hight___s
highways2144123highwa_ys
horntails12124823horntails
mightily1744623might_ily
nightfalls1752893nightfalls
nighties121011383night_ies
pigtail1046623pig_tail_
pintails10310163pi_ntails
righties12711573right_ies
ringtails1044443ringtails
shirttails1362653shirttails
wagtails1244443wag_tails
whiptails1742903whi_ptails
whitetails1653033whitetails

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641357.14020818.1
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.57623586.5
 
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