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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 “pipefishes” 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.

25 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
pipefishes204379(None) 
filefishes1944482filefishes
pigfishes1845002pi_gfishes
pinfishes1746242pi_nfishes
pipefish1844532pipefish__
pupfishes1944312pup_fishes
tilefishes1644602tilefishes
viperfishes2252502viperfishes
billfishes1844253billfishes
bluefishes1844313bluefishes
bonefishes1844913bonefishes
cavefishes2143863cavefishes
finfishes1846043fi_nfishes
kingfishes2143703kingfishes
lionfishes1643543lionfishes
milkfishes2243123milkfishes
panfishes1737593p_anfishes
perishes13313753__perishes
pilotfishes1962133pilotfishes
pipelines13178353pipeli_nes
piperines131610693piperi_nes
plenishes1487083p_lenishes
rosefishes1644113rosefishes
spadefishes2052693spadefishes
whitefishes2352643whitefishes

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603256.28022389.0
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691256.70026670.3
 
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