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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 “cowfishes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
cowfishes204572(None) 
codfishes1845641codfishes
blowfishes2143462blowfishes
boxfishes2444152boxfishes
catfishes1746302catfishes
coalfishes1844692coalfishes
cowfish1836432cowfish__
crawfishes2143592crawfishes
dogfishes1745082dogfishes
foxfishes2544052foxfishes
hogfishes1944682hogfishes
jewfishes2543382jewfishes
sawfishes1845742sawfishes
batfishes1746583batfishes
boarfishes1844973boarfishes
bonefishes1844913bonefishes
cavefishes2143863cavefishes
cherishes1767563cherishes
codfish1637163codfish__
cognises11610043cognis_es
cohoshes1635883co_hoshes
confesses1438623confesses
confides14310573confi_des
confines13315653confi_nes
confuses13310363confus_es
corniches1666673corniches
coshes115022783co___shes
coulisses1145633coulisses
cowhides1736013cowhi_des
cowpies143314283cowpi__es
cowries124218013cowri__es
cowrites133011593cowri_tes
cowshed1637773cow__shed
cowsheds1734743cow__sheds
crawfished2242253crawfished
crayfishes2143403crayfishes
cuishes122810823c__uishes
finfishes1846043finfishes
fishes125221343___fishes
foolfishes1943763foolfishes
frogfishes2043323frogfishes
garfishes16167083garfishes
goatfishes1743933goatfishes
goldfishes1863563goldfishes
hagfishes1945153hagfishes
lionfishes1643543lionfishes
monishes13311483mo_nishes
monkfishes2243743monkfishes
moonfishes1844193moonfishes
mudfishes1844193mudfishes
nourishes12116733nourishes
oarfishes15156953oarfishes
outfishes15118023outfishes
panfishes1737593panfishes
pigfishes1845003pigfishes
pinfishes1746243pinfishes
polishes13711783po_lishes
pupfishes1944313pupfishes
ratfishes1546103ratfishes
redfishes1645793redfishes
rockfishes2263513rockfishes
rosefishes1644113rosefishes
sunfishes1547033sunfishes
swishes133411373_sw_ishes
toadfishes1743793toadfishes
unwishes14147483unw_ishes
whishes16309443__whishes
wishes124920953__w_ishes
wolffishes2242983wolffishes

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641697.53319732.0
3Display Results69690.0302300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691697.98322383.9
 
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