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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 “safflower” 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
safflower184299(None) 
safflowers1942801safflowers
dayflower1942542dayflower
mayflower2042722mayflower
sallower11139502sa_llower
starflower1672562starflower
sunflower1563552sunflower
baffler15418113baffl__er
beflower16166273_beflower
callower13159073ca_llower
dayflowers2052413dayflowers
deflower15126073_deflower
flower124815503___flower
foamflower2152113foamflower
hallower14139813ha_llower
mayflowers2152473mayflowers
raffler13339223raffl__er
reflower14126843_reflower
sallowed12149033sa_llowed
shallower1555673shallower
slower94016153s___lower
starflowers1772373starflowers
strawflower20121513strawflower
sunflowers1683263sunflowers
swallower1554333swallower
waffler16377783waffl__er
wafflier1733953waffl_ier
wallflower1952533wallflower
wallower14158933wa_llower

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641296.76321978.6
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.20224811.3
 
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