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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 “baitfishes” 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.

36 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
baitfishes184405(None) 
batfishes1746581ba_tfishes
baitfish1645482baitfish__
catfishes1746302ca_tfishes
ratfishes1546102ra_tfishes
sailfishes1644642sailfishes
bakshishes2242003bakshishes
banishes131812463ba__nishes
baptises1238923bapt_is_es
batfish1558683ba_tfish__
batistes1039713ba_t_istes
billfishes1844253billfishes
blackfishes2543503blackfishes
blindfishes2052583blindfishes
blowfishes2143463blowfishes
bluefishes1844313bluefishes
boarfishes1844973boarfishes
bonefishes1844913bonefishes
boxfishes2444153b_oxfishes
cavefishes2143863cavefishes
fallfishes1943983fallfishes
finfishes1846043_finfishes
flatfishes1943993flatfishes
garfishes16167083ga_rfishes
goatfishes1743933goatfishes
hagfishes1945153ha_gfishes
jackfishes2943763jackfishes
ladyfishes2052843ladyfishes
oarfishes15156953oa_rfishes
outfishes15118023_outfishes
panfishes1737593pa_nfishes
pigfishes1845003_pigfishes
pinfishes1746243_pinfishes
sandfishes1745543sandfishes
sawfishes1845743sa_wfishes
whitefishes2352643whitefishes

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603365.59325139.1
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.01529707.6
 
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