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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 “safelight” 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.

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
safelight1612447(None) 
safelights17143011safelights
sidelight14175482sidelight
affright1844193_affright
alight103816863_a__light
backlight2155703backlight
daylight1644513da_ylight
delight12610673__delight
fanlight1545843fa_nlight
firelight1655533firelight
flight134014813__f_light
gaslight1395343ga_slight
inflight1545893inf_light
jacklight2643743jacklight
lamplight1743843lamplight
limelight1544243limelight
preflight1844673preflight
relight11512063__relight
sidelights15153703sidelights
skylight1943993s_kylight
sleight11279023s_le_ight
slight103416003s___light
spaceflight2261373spaceflight
spotlight1543713spotlight
starlight1345913starlight
stoplight1584283stoplight
sunlight1245963s_unlight
superlight1646033superlight
taillight1344873taillight

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148641297.76619140.0
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691298.24921662.1
 
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