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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 “firsts” 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.

57 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
firsts9511092(None) 
first86226121first_
fists85527541fi_sts
airts55626342air_ts
birses84717732birses
bursts85116242bursts
cists76624532ci_sts
dirts66824462dir_ts
farts88336842far_ts
fasts86429682f_asts
feasts95116092feasts
feists94915312feists
fests85828042f_ests
fiats85324482fi_ats
fiesta938122fiesta
fiestas1038432fiestas
fights133816552fights
filets94718952filets
firers94922682firers
fires85740752fir_es
firms105217422fir_ms
firns86018542fir_ns
firs76637712fir__s
firstly1335642firstly
firth115819532fir_th
firths125113502firths
fiscs105311882fi_scs
fist76248422fi_st_
fits76043462fi__ts
flirts95411482flir_ts
foists95413982foists
forests104114952forests
forts86034452for_ts
frats86829672f_rats
frets85523402f_rets
frises94124272frises
frisks13479262frisks
frits86129102f_rits
fritts94613192fritts
frosts94214622frosts
girts65423622gir_ts
gists66026192gi_sts
grists74716482grists
hists86328372hi_sts
horsts95817512horsts
hursts97213092hursts
karsts106012942karsts
kists95822112ki_sts
lists56628692li_sts
midsts95510052midsts
mists76633902mi_sts
thirsts1036242thirsts
versts93914732versts
wists86728522wi_sts
worsts96014332worsts
wrists95415642wrists
wursts95211162wursts

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551572.15638289.0
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691572.51571050.1
 
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