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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 “folklife” 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.

48 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
folklife184296(None) 
folklike1434771folklike
folkie13369612folk_i_e
folklives1942672folklives
folklore1543472folklore
forklift1843522forklift
forklike1435812forklike
balkline1437973balkline
boltlike1436313boltlike
booklice1644753booklice
cocklike1536733cocklike
collide103214793col_lide
collie83621993col_li_e
corklike1335993corklike
feltlike1534983feltlike
filmlike1734443filmlike
foamlike1735143foamlike
focalise131210373focalise
focalize22139503focalize
folkier14359043folk_ier
folkies143612253folk_ies
folkish1736563folk_ish
folklores1643703folklores
folkmote1763343folkmote
folksier1533533folksier
folksily1843443folksily
folktale1542873folktale
follicle1344393fol_licle
follies103618943fol_lies
follis93113903fol_li_s
footlike1537253footlike
forklifted2151353forklifted
forklifts1941973forklifts
foxlike21226223fo_xlike
halflife1743213halflife
hooklike1435123hooklike
jollify2044263jol_lify
lowlife1335143lo_wlife
mollie83517103mol_li_e
mollify1555503mol_lify
nonlife1038553no_nlife
nooklike1134873nooklike
oaklike10268003_oaklike
oldwife1492253_oldwife
rocklike1335903rocklike
silklike1135523silklike
wildlife1543253wildlife
wolflike1834063wolflike

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162486.57622226.6
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691487.01525472.7
 
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