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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 “rootlike” 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
rootlike123661(None) 
footlike1537251footlike
rooflike1534621rooflike
boatlike1457962boatlike
boltlike1436312boltlike
brooklike1453272brooklike
goatlike1346292goatlike
hoodlike1636562hoodlike
hooflike1834852hooflike
hooklike1435122hooklike
hooplike1736772hooplike
knotlike1144002knotlike
loftlike1534392loftlike
moatlike1446992moatlike
moonlike1476642moonlike
nooklike1134872nooklike
oatlike113412402_oatlike
poetlike1436732poetlike
potlike13910122_potlike
ratlike113912352r_atlike
rocklike1335902rocklike
rodlike1288262r_odlike
roofline1136192roofline
rootle63214452rootl__e
rootling9269952rootling
ropelike14157852ropelike
roselike12169182roselike
toothlike1643722toothlike
woollike1534982woollike

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059293.79631891.2
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691294.19942555.6
 
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