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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 “banish” 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.

69 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
banish11141604(None) 
danish101513791danish
vanish121513211vanish
anis45746462_anis_
anise55129702_anise
apish105116632_apish
babyish1736512babyish
bairnish1345472bairnish
baith108023132ba_ith
baldish1339502baldish
bands85233422bands_
banes74945582banes_
bangs85627772bangs_
bani65334962bani__
banian8315382banian
baning95127832baning
banished14189062banished
banisher13169182banisher
banishes131812462banishes
banks115527902banks_
banns75321232banns_
bans66555142ban_s_
bash915240162ba__sh
basis75429862basis_
batfish1558682batfish
beamish14259292beamish
bearish123013272bearish
beauish12268512beauish
blandish1497002blandish
bluish1159242bluish
boarish123911912boarish
boyish142911232boyish
brainish1338812brainish
brandish1469022brandish
brinish1239962brinish
burnish1238622burnish
evanish1337652evanish
famish14311842famish
finish124613412finish
garish104516922garish
garnish111610842garnish
jadish17319902jadish
knish1238602_knish
latish92416172latish
lavish124112982lavish
mannish121710692mannish
marish114319052marish
minish115216302minish
monish114217592monish
nanism8311202nanism
oafish121311722oafish
palish114718272palish
panfish15229972panfish
parish115022352parish
planish12412052planish
punish111411502punish
radish103516912radish
rakish134313962rakish
ranis55235832ranis_
rankish14510382rankish
ravish123414032ravish
rawish123012912rawish
tanist6324592tanist
tannish101610572tannish
tarnish101611872tarnish
tonish93415902tonish
varnish13169532varnish
winish124212262winish
zanyish2235902zanyish

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 Filter178691825510.690258972.5
2DLD Change Limit82551697.45311076.2
3Display Results69690.0302300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691698.17321863.6
 
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