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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 “overlighted” 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.

25 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
overlighted194421(None) 
overnighted1953991overnighted
overlight1647792overlight__
overlights1744852overlight_s
overnighter1852882overnighter
overtighten1853502overtighten
overweighted2353472overweighted
delighted1546203_de_lighted
overfished2045673overfish_ed
overflight2044443overflight__
overflights21122813overflight_s
overlighting2044433overlighting
overlived16248513overli__ved
overmighty2272623overmight_y
overnight1646773overnight__
overnighters1952143overnighters
overnights1744063overnight_s
oversight1647633oversight__
oversights1744443oversight_s
overtight1647613overtight__
overtightened2162103overtightened
overtightens1953013overtightens
overweighed2253963overweigh_ed
preflighted2172783preflighted
relighted1436863_re_lighted

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121633254.58026557.4
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691254.96935961.2
 
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