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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 “oarfish” 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.

37 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
oarfish1315861(None) 
boarfish1635751boarfish
garfish14179201garfish
oafish121311721oa_fish
batfish1558682batfish
boarish123911912boar_ish
carlish12312762carlish
catfish1559022catfish
coalfish1635492coalfish
darkish1537942darkish
dwarfish1843782dwarfish
garish104516922gar_ish
garnish111610842garnish
goatfish1544292goatfish
hagfish17227612hagfish
largish1138602largish
larkish1439082larkish
marish114319052mar_ish
oarfishes15156952oarfishes
offish15137272o_ffish
ogreish1134672ogreish
ogrish1039262ogr_ish
outfish132210572outfish
overfish1737892overfish
panfish15229972panfish
parish115022352par_ish
raffish1658842raffish
ratfish1338772ratfish
sawfish1637682sawfish
serfish1348972serfish
starfish1438082starfish
tarnish101611872tarnish
tartish101512632tartish
toadfish1544902toadfish
varnish13169532varnish
waifish1637702waifish
warmish1538372warmish

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 Filter1786911076710.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit107671373.14034290.1
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691373.26654712.5
 
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