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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 “lookalike” 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.

34 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
lookalike124249(None) 
lookalikes1341851lookalikes
hooklike1435122hook_like
nooklike1134872nook_like
bloodlike1643863bloo_dlike
booklice1644753book_lice
brooklike1453273brook_like
clocklike1642823clock_like
cocklike1536733cock_like
cokelike1336813_cokelike
corklike1335993cork_like
folklike1434773folk_like
footlike1537253foo_tlike
forklike1435813fork_like
hoodlike1636563hoo_dlike
hooflike1834853hoo_flike
hooplike1736773hoo_plike
lakelike1137383l_akelike
lavalike1536283l_avalike
lionlike1234983lio_nlike
localise101511853l_ocalise
localite101411543l_ocalite
localize191410483l_ocalize
loftlike1534393l_oftlike
lordlike1345813l_ordlike
moonlike1476643moo_nlike
novalike1536223_novalike
oaklike10268003_oak_like
rocklike1335903rock_like
rooflike1534623roo_flike
rootlike1236613roo_tlike
smokelike1443493smokelike
toothlike1643723toothlike
woollike1534983woo_llike

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641345.98324843.9
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691346.42227824.8
 
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