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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 “hellfire” 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.

39 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
hellfire146426(None) 
hellfires1564461hellfires
shellfire1542511shellfire
hellkite1544932hellkite
shellfires1642552shellfires
balefire1344663balefire
bellbird1343823bellbird
eellike1138233eell_ike
elflike1435133_elflike
halflife1743213halflife
hangfire1543763hangfire
helldiver1642113helldiver
hellebore1444153hellebore
hellenize2144713hellenize
heller93322513hell_er_
helleri10389973hell_eri
helleries122611683helleries
helleris113010183helleris
hellers103619833hell_ers
hellery13329213hell_ery
hellhole1445243hellhole
helling114623223hell_ing
hellion10311133hell_ion
hellish13310723hell_ish
hellkites1644633hellkites
helloing12159123helloing
hemline12311073heml_ine
henlike1448693henl_ike
hillier103413963hill_ier
hillside1254673hillside
nellie63614813nell_i_e
refire95419473re__fire
shelflike1943123shelflike
shellfish1843223shellfish
shellier1138393shell_ier
welfare1335713we_lfare
wellie92814913well_i_e
wellsite1145133wellsite
wildfire1542803wildfire

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162397.15620425.1
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.32824384.7
 
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