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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 “affability” 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.

51 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
affability214569(None) 
actability1749082actability
amiability1748742amiability
arability14411012a_rability
ability12311443___ability
adorability1746903adorability
affabilities2046943affabilities
affably1855183affab_l__y
affectability2663853affectability
affinity1744993aff__inity
affordability2552653affordability
amenability1847493amenability
amicability2047323amicability
audibility1645833audibility
bankability2245243bankability
capability1947593capability
castability1848413castability
curability1747863curability
cutability1747863cutability
disability1649783disability
durability1647743durability
dyeability1945893dyeability
equability2446743equability
facility1638253__facility
fragility1645563_fragility
friability1847893friability
inability14411113_inability
ineffability2356403ineffability
lability13710833__lability
liability14128493_liability
likability1996133likability
livability1886753livability
lovability18106933lovability
mailability1847303mailability
movability2077233movability
mutability1748073mutability
notability1549703notability
packability2446043packability
palpability2046333palpability
pliability1748053pliability
potability1749813potability
salability1548523salability
sewability1846853sewability
stability14410083_stability
suability1448593_suability
tenability1549123tenability
tunability1546983tunability
usability1447163_usability
variability1947523variability
viability1767883_viability
washability2245323washability

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603517.48318789.7
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691517.92222556.3
 
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