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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 “earthlights” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

46 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
earthlights185249(None) 
earthlight1753641earthlight_
searchlights2161192searchlights
birthrights2051893birthrights
earthliest1345393earthliest_
earthliness14144143earthliness
earthlings1443613earthli_ngs
forthrights2152223forthrights
searchlight2061763searchlight_
torchlights2051773torchlights
alights113211434_a___lights
backlights2253994ba_cklights
birthright1952564birthright_
catfights1842794ca_t_fights
daylights1743284da__ylights
deadlights1642994dea__dlights
droplights1752604_droplights
earthiest1259104earth_iest_
earthiness1377244earth_iness
earthlier1244304earthli__er
earthlike1644624earthli__ke
earthling1346194earthli__ng
earthnuts1252934earth__nuts
earthrises1346824earthri_ses
earthsets1244124earth__sets
fanlights1643924fa__nlights
firelights1764014fir_elights
flashlights2151884flashlights
footlights17144024foot_lights
forthright2053244forthright_
fortnights1752674fort_nights
gaslights1463754ga__slights
headlights1842934hea__dlights
highlights1752394_highlights
jacklights2752794ja_cklights
lamplights1852664la_mplights
preflights1943324_preflights
relights1248054__r_elights
rushlights1761784_rushlights
safelights17143014sa_felights
spotlights1642594spot_lights
starlights1443984star__lights
taillights1443344ta_illights
torchlight1952624torchlight_
trothplights2161194trothplights
ultralights1553654ultralights

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148819469.20316170.7
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691469.62518565.3
 
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