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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 “foreknew” 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.

38 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
foreknew184373(None) 
foreknow1842761foreknow
foreknown1952042foreknown
foreknows1942452foreknows
fordone1149383fordone_
forebye1536353forebye_
foredoes12310803foredoes
foredone1249733foredone_
forefeel14105513forefeel
forefeet14129393forefeet
forefend1545603forefend
foregoer1237253foregoer
foregoes1239523foregoes
foregone1238583foregone_
foreigner1344663foreigner
foreleg1137743fore_leg
foremen12412923fore_men
forepaw1595613fore_paw
foresaw1377133fore_saw
foresee10414333fore_see
foreseen1139103foreseen
foreseer1139013foreseer
foresees11311643foresees
foreshow1785893foreshow
forested12312463forested
forester11313673forester
forever1338953fore_ver
forewent1439423forewent
forgone1139343forgone_
forked145217143for_k_ed
forker134717903for_k_er
forkier144311593for_kier
fortune1068303fortune_
fortuned1285323fortuned
fortunes1158283fortunes
fresnel1035893f_resnel
overnew13268133_overnew
renew83917513__re_new

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 Limit146162387.29620033.2
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691387.73523101.6
 
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