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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 “rainfalls” 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.

30 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
rainfalls124414(None) 
rainfall1144471rainfall_
chainfalls1852002chainfalls
infalls1038942__infalls
ainsells895403_ainsells
ashfalls1443433_ashfalls
catfalls1347063ca_tfalls
chainfall1752113chainfall_
downfalls1643143downfalls
evenfalls1562673evenfalls
gainfully1643933gainfully
gingalls1096433_gingalls
hairballs1443843hairballs
infall939403__infall_
inwalls1037283__inwalls
jingalls1685333_jingalls
landfalls1343813landfalls
mainsails1144853mainsails
painfully1744183painfully
paintballs1442663paintballs
pinballs1246933_pinballs
pitfalls1345373_pitfalls
pratfalls1443863pra_tfalls
rainbands1244193rainbands
rainsqualls206693rainsqualls
refalls103312243r__efalls
reinstalls1044213reinstalls
rockfalls1843183rockfalls
trainfuls1243953trainf_uls
windfalls1643723_windfalls

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.656272394.8
2DLD Change Limit148641307.50019818.8
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691308.17221866.3
 
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