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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 “starfishes” 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.

57 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
starfishes164615(None) 
boarfishes1844972boarfishes
garfishes16167082_garfishes
oarfishes15156952_oarfishes
sawfishes1845742s_awfishes
spearfishes1953162spearfishes
stablishes1545372stablishes
standishes1445712standishes
starfish1438082starfish__
studfishes17103792studfishes
tarnishes12188892_tarnishes
batfishes1746583_batfishes
catfishes1746303_catfishes
coalfishes1844693coalfishes
crawfishes2143593crawfishes
crayfishes2143403crayfishes
dealfishes1744193dealfishes
establishes1653453establishes
flatfishes1943993flatfishes
garnishes13198813_garnishes
goatfishes1743933goatfishes
grayfishes2043633grayfishes
guitarfishes1961233guitarfishes
hagfishes1945153_hagfishes
headfishes2044413headfishes
marishes13512553_mar_ishes
overfishes1947013overfishes
panfishes1737593_panfishes
parishes13314753_par_ishes
ratfishes1546103_ratfishes
sailfishes1644643sailfishes
sandfishes1745543sandfishes
sheatfishes2052483sheatfishes
skirmishes1952183skirmishes
snakefishes2152413snakefishes
spadefishes2052693spadefishes
spearfished2052103spearfished
squawfishes2952043squawfishes
stablished1644223stablished
staithes1138953sta__ithes
starches131912913star__ches
starlights1443983starlights
starnoses9157153starnos_es
stashes103916173sta___shes
stockfishes2352883stockfishes
stonefishes1753713stonefishes
stonishes1247363st_onishes
stramashes1544043stramashes
suckfishes2243433suckfishes
sunfishes1547033s_unfishes
surffishes1984073surffishes
swordfishes2152163swordfishes
tarbushes1444883_tarbushes
tarnished13196063_tarnished
toadfishes1743793toadfishes
varnishes15207913_varnishes
weakfishes2343353weakfishes

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603576.50021631.2
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691576.66926794.3
 
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