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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 “refinished” 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.

32 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
refinished174408(None) 
refinisher1643371refinisher
refinishes1644691refinishes
finished1536482__finished
refinish1447892refinish__
refinishers1752622refinishers
refurnished18102742refurnished
reminisced1544292reminisced
unfinished1763112unfinished
diminished1744103diminished
evanished1644333_evanished
feminised15226953feminis_ed
finisher1436303__finisher
finishes1438983__finishes
minished1437873__minished
premonished1953293premonished
refinanced16144773refinanced
refined114720003refin___ed
refinishing1843713refinishing
refreshed1685623ref_reshed
refurbished20112373refurbished
refurnishes17102993refurnishes
relinquished2551833relinquished
relished1239433re__lished
reminisce1345473reminisce_
reminiscer1443703reminiscer
reminisces1445253reminisces
replenished1752453replenished
repolished16114493repolished
resinified1445763resinified
revarnished1852553revarnished
semifinished2161063semifinished

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603326.86020496.1
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691327.29624491.6
 
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