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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 “lugsails” 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.

28 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
lugsails94274(None) 
lugsail843441lugsail_
outsails8139862outsails
agnails837003_agnails
assails769093_assails
curtails10318243curtails
engrails945383engrails
fusains1038363fu_sains
fusils93912343fu_s_ils
grails77518783__grails
legals73412733leg_a_ls
luggages1143633luggages
luggies93011213lug_gies
lustily103611243lu_stily
mughals1355763mugha_ls
outsail71411413outsail_
pigtails1146033pigtails
quails153412643qu__ails
resails74616743_resails
sails55738103___sails
skysails1552493skysails
stunsails942883stunsails
subsoils1076653subsoils
topsails1075093topsails
trysails1144163trysails
unnails738223_unnails
wagtails1244443wagtails
wassails1145953wassails

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 Filter1786911461620.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit146162287.23320207.7
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.68923239.8
 
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