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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search formalfunction” 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.

14 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
malfunction185280(None) 
malfunctions1952661malfunctions
malfunctioned2161342malfunctioned
misfunction1853942misfunction
adjunction2043293_adjunction
cofunction1745253_cofunction
disfunction1754713disfunction
dysfunction2052253dysfunction
function1337843___function
malediction1653113malediction
malefaction1853403malefaction
malfunctioning227853malfunctioning
misfunctions1953713misfunctions
multifunction2062053multifunction

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit121633145.17023526.7
3Display Results14140.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691145.29633740.7