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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 “famine” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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92 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
famine11431819(None) 
amine75835381_amine
famines123216261famines
faming124922971faming
gamine94620151gamine
affine12310502affine
aline57243152_aline
amice96122872_amice
amide86128492_amide
amie66339852_ami_e
amin66042252_amin_
amines84727982_amines
amino75425502_amino
amins75534322_amins
ammine10314492ammine
azine146721412_azine
camise103319632camise
canine83826702canine
carmine112918482carmine
diamine10311982diamine
domine92918252domine
enamine91214312enamine
ermine8416922ermine
etamine91313072etamine
examine161510032examine
faciae112913412faciae
facile112514882facile
facing125321572facing
fading114821112fading
fagin9216572fagin_
fagins10513862fagins
fain75840562fa_in_
fainer94717242fa_iner
faint85837062fa_int
faking145520982faking
fame95639392fam__e
family143311702family
famish14311852famish
fane75343572fa__ne
fanzine1937122fanzine
farina94618232farina
faring105231282faring
farming133515082farming
fascine12510582fascine
fating105328672fating
faxing175117052faxing
faying134521072faying
fazing194418642fazing
feline94820142feline
feminie12179932feminie
ferine96422582ferine
fine75147962f__ine
flamines13311642flamines
flaming134216442flaming
flavine1338452flavine
foaming133612992foaming
fomite113314072fomite
framing133014792framing
fulmine1257962fulmine
fuming124013292fuming
gamin84423002gamin_
gamines103618462gamines
gaming104622042gaming
gamins94420052gamins
harmine122816192harmine
imine75821062_imine
jasmine1636642jasmine
lamiae84817452lamiae
lamina84920442lamina
laminae93512972laminae
laming94528362laming
larine63927042larine
lawine93316462lawine
maline84529092maline
mamie95826002mami_e
marine84230412marine
mine67256182__mine
naming93917892naming
narine63422552narine
patine85328122patine
ramie75027822rami_e
rapine85023082rapine
ratine65131822ratine
ravine95522222ravine
sabine84020392sabine
saline65132702saline
samite83020602samite
savine94220282savine
taming94023432taming
vahine123612112vahine
valine94623092valine
wahine123813012wahine

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551922.59331836.1
3Display Results92920.0303066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691922.98359903.1
 
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