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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 “format” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

44 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
format11302135(None) 
forgat104018581forgat
formal113215201formal
formant123416001formant
formate123115091formate
formats123113571formats
doormat1059072doormat
dormant102814372dormant
fermata12278142fermata
fermate122813002fermate
firman112211342firman
foeman11311232foeman
fora75937392for_a_
foram105124932for_am
forams115115912forams
foray115023972for_ay
forbad122710502forbad
foreman12312362foreman
foremast1348612foremast
forest94926742forest
forget106326392forget
forgot104318132forgot
forint9325022forint
form95836872form__
formals123312892formals
formants13269952formants
formates132814292formates
forme105225992form_e
formed125021172formed
formee113919942formee
former114221402former
formes114623712formes
formic13310452formic
formol112910332formol
forms105327052form_s
formyl14276442formyl
forrit91916622forrit
fort76456442for__t
frat75648542f_r_at
korat94934432kor_at
korma115913072korma_
kormas124511232kormas
normal83213532normal
reformat1357652reformat

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551442.62331472.0
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691442.98259923.2
 
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