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

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

27 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
flourishes164429(None) 
flourished1743111flourished
flourisher1643051flourisher
flourishers1752381flourishers
flourish1446752flourish__
nourishes12116732_nourishes
blowfishes2143463blowfishes
flatfishes1943993flatfishes
flemishes1765243fl_emishes
florists1138813flo_ris_ts
flourishing1852563flourishing
fluoresces1573863fluoresces
fluorides1345823fluori_des
fluorines1247553fluori_nes
fluorites1257163fluori_tes
fluoroses1244943fluoros_es
flushes134114143fl_u__shes
foolfishes1943763foolfishes
foxfishes2544053f_oxfishes
frogfishes2043323frogfishes
furbishes1745243f__urbishes
furnishes1536233f__urnishes
lorises73918593_lo_ris_es
nourished1374603_nourished
nourisher1274483_nourisher
nourishers1383633_nourishers
pleurisies1243173pleurisies

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit140603276.48321688.0
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691276.93925751.7
 
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