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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 “ladyfish” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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56 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
ladyfish184380(None) 
ladyish14287821lady_ish
laddish12299722lad_dish
ladyfishes2052842ladyfishes
lazyish22265852lazy_ish
platyfish2042682platyfish
babyish1736513baby_ish
baitfish1645483baitfish
batfish1558683ba_tfish
blackfish2343833blackfish
caddish143810123cad_dish
catfish1559023ca_tfish
cavefish1974853cavefish
clayish1547943cla_y_ish
codfish1637163cod_fish
crayfish1944253crayfish
dandyish1644723dandy_ish
faddish15359003fad_dish
fallfish1744463fallfish
flatfish1744933fla_tfish
garfish14179203ga_rfish
grayfish1844483grayfish
hagfish17227613ha_gfish
headfish1845443head_fish
jackfish2744123jackfish
jadish17319903jad__ish
kaddish16317973kad_dish
ladybird1542153ladybird
ladykin1543963ladyki_n
ladykins1643603ladykins
ladylike1634683ladylike
languish12136253languish
largish1138603la_rgish
larkish1439083la_rkish
latish92416173la__tish
lavish124112983la__vish
lionfish1454093lionfish
lumpfish1843053lumpfish
lungfish1543963lungfish
maddish14289483mad_dish
mudfish1646263mud_fish
oafish121311723oa__fish
oarfish13158613oa_rfish
panfish15229973pa_nfish
radish103516913rad__ish
raffish1658843ra_ffish
ratfish1338773ra_tfish
redfish1437793red_fish
sailfish1446053sailfish
sandfish1556683sandfish
sawfish1637683sa_wfish
spadefish1842953spadefish
toadfish1544903toad_fish
toadyish1544153toady_ish
waifish1637703wa_ifish
zanyish2235903zany_ish

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 Filter1786911461620.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit146162566.98620922.1
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691567.17224915.1
 
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