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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 “languishes” 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.

40 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
languishes144424(None) 
anguishes1345091_anguishes
languished1543121languished
languisher1443071languisher
languishers1552591languishers
anguished1443982_anguished
languish12136252languish__
lungfishes1743412lungfishes
vanquishes2542942vanquishes
anguish11117633_anguish__
ankushes1544583_anku_shes
banishes131812463ban__ishes
blandishes1644613blan_dishes
clingfishes2052543clingfishes
danishes121710493dan__ishes
englishes1345103_englishes
hagfishes1945153ha_gfishes
kingfishes2143703kingfishes
ladyfishes2052843ladyfishes
langoustes1143483langoustes
langridges1342193langridges
languages11115053langu_ages
langues81211913langu___es
languettes1144643languettes
languidness1342323languidness
languishing1653113languishing
languishment1862743languishment
languishments1962273languishments
lavishes1457403la__vishes
linguines1046513lingui_nes
linguisas1043573linguis_as
linguists1045743linguis_ts
panfishes1737593pan_fishes
planishes14138523plan__ishes
sandfishes1745543sandfishes
sanguines1047183sangui_nes
vanishes141610753van__ishes
vanquished2652163vanquished
vanquisher2552133vanquisher
vanquishers2651783vanquishers

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603406.04623255.5
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691406.21528751.6
 
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