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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 “foretells” 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.

42 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
foretells124563(None) 
foretell1146121foretell_
farewells1543072farewells
forefeels1593842forefeels
forestalls1345802forestalls
foreteller1353302foreteller
foretellers1462842foretellers
pretells1047332_pretells
retells73211522__retells
farewell1443313farewell_
fireballs14126493fireballs
firehalls15105173firehalls
firewalls15125353firewalls
forebears1446413forebears
foredecks1973383foredecks
forefeel14105513forefeel_
forefelt14117363forefe_lt
forefends1644493forefends
foreheads1647033foreheads
forelegs1236613forele_gs
foremilks1842783foremilks
forepeaks18104573forepeaks
foresails1247153foresails
foreseers1237403foreseers
foresees11311643forese_es
forestall1246913forestall_
foresters12312533foreste_rs
foreteeth1543563foreteeth
foretelling1543593foretelling
foretimes1447453foretimes
foretold1256493foret_old
foretops13137483foret_ops
forevers1438173foreve_rs
forkballs1844253forkballs
fortes95327183for_te__s
fretless1138063f_retless
harebells1444193harebells
outtells896853_outtells
presells1058283_presells
pretell938243_pretell_
resells73313203__resells
retell63813643__retell_

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641427.37620152.0
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.81522865.1
 
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