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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 “milfoil” 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.

34 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
milfoil126438(None) 
milfoils1343891milfoils
airfoil1044462airfoil
tinfoil1044632tinfoil
airfoils1144003airfoils
foil76433913___foil
fulfil1246423fulf_il
jetfoil1742913jetfoil
maltol8310843malto_l
meloid9616003mel_oid
miladi938883miladi_
miladis1049823miladis
milchig1543653milchig
milia72719573mil__ia
militia949733militia
milkily16216553mil_kily
mill66541483mil___l
million91813143million
milo65536103mil_o__
milord999573mil_ord
milos75428013mil_o_s
milreis937323milreis
miscoin11311433miscoin
misfile122611553misf_ile
misfit112813833misf_it
misform1437513misform
misjoin1637693misjoin
moil65534093m___oil
monofil1247273monofil
multifoil1444763multifoil
tinfoils1144323tinfoils
trefoil1066063trefoil
wildfowl1842243wildfowl
wilful1235963wilf_ul

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit134027346.50020619.5
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691346.93625762.8
 
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