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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 “forefront” 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.

29 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
forefront154649(None) 
forefronts1643521forefronts
forefoot1448152foref_oot
refront10313262__refront
shorefront1653382shorefront
storefront1353412storefront
bowfront1644723bo_wfront
confront13411603co_nfront
foredone1249733fore_done
forefeet14129393foref_eet
forefelt14117363foref_elt
forefend1545603foref_end
foregone1238583fore_gone
foreground1572543foreground
foremost1348583fore_most
forenoon1146823forenoon_
forenoons1245743forenoons
foreran10311793fore_ran_
forerank1546753fore_rank
forerun1037653fore_run_
foreruns1146623fore_runs
forewent1439423fore_went
foreworn14108863foreworn_
housefront1653743housefront
lakefront1653343lakefront
oreodont947603_oreodont
refronts1137773__refronts
shorefronts1751683shorefronts
storefronts1451763storefronts

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641297.45319943.8
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691297.89322639.2
 
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