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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 “lowlights” 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.

41 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
lowlights164365(None) 
lowlight1554941lowlight_
downlights1842842downlights
alights113211433__alights
blights133110213__blights
daylights1743283daylights
delights1347333_delights
dogfights1842033dogfights
downlight1744003downlight_
droplights1752603droplights
fanlights1643923fanlights
flights143310983__flights
floodlights1971593floodlights
flyweights2351913flyweights
footlights17144023footlights
gaslights1463753gaslights
lamplights1852663lamplights
lights104519913___lights
limelights1652793limelights
lowliest11229473lowliest_
lowlifers1542953lowlifers
lowlifes1434333lowli_fes
lowliness1236403lowliness
lowlives1434573lowli_ves
mislights1544663mislights
moonlights1642993moonlights
penlights1544203penlights
plights13299313__plights
relights1248053_relights
skylights2042843skylights
slights112810723__slights
spotlights1642593spotlights
stoplights1683113stoplights
sunlights1344003sunlights
tonights1244593to_nights
twilights1642533twilights
unweights1643203unweights
uplights14165053_uplights
weights14409553__weights
wights133315783__w_ights
wrights14318993__wrights

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641417.17020731.0
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691417.62623431.8
 
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