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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 “moatlike” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
moatlike144699(None) 
boatlike1457961boatlike
goatlike1346291goatlike
oatlike113412401_oatlike
batlike133311882_batlike
boltlike1436312boltlike
catlike132712932_catlike
fatlike142911192_fatlike
foamlike1735142foamlike
footlike1537252footlike
gnatlike1334742gnatlike
goadlike1435882goadlike
hatlike143311712_hatlike
loftlike1534392loftlike
manlike133012782m_anlike
maplike15299272m_aplike
mastlike1437862mastlike
moonlike1476642moonlike
mosslike1435452mosslike
mothlike1736062mothlike
mouthlike1843532mouthlike
oaklike10268002_oaklike
oarlike113411192_oarlike
poetlike1436732poetlike
potlike13910122po_tlike
ratlike113912352_ratlike
rootlike1236612rootlike
soaplike1436902soaplike
toadlike1336142toadlike

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit121059293.75032282.4
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691293.90645747.8
 
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