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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 “surffish” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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56 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
surffish174478(None) 
gruffish1843942gruffish
huffish1935712hu_ffish
serfish1348972ser_fish
sniffish1744512sniffish
stiffish1745242stiffish
suckfish2043892suckfish
sunfish1338882su_nfish
surffishes1984072surffishes
burnish1238623bur_nish
currish1238353cur_rish
draffish1844553draffish
drumfish1743503drumfish
furbish1536443fur_bish
furnish1337383fur_nish
garfish14179203gar_fish
giraffish1941973giraffish
lumpfish1843053lumpfish
lungfish1543963lungfish
mudfish1646263mu_dfish
numbfish1842603numbfish
oarfish13158613oar_fish
offish15137273__offish
outfish132210573ou_tfish
pupfish1735533pu_pfish
purplish1554933purplish
raffish1658843_raffish
sailfish1446053sailfish
sandfish1556683sandfish
sawfish1637683s_awfish
selfish1388513s_elfish
shrewish1744743shrewish
softish13127813s_oftish
sourish10310693sour__ish
squawfish2742263squawfish
starfish1438083starfish
studfish1544523studfish
suffice15197573su_ffice
suffix1935233su_ffi_x
suffuse1335443su_ffuse
surefire1145213surefire
surfbird1442593surfbird
surfeit10310343surfei_t
surfeits1146223surfeits
surfers103614133surfers_
surfier102613543sur_fier
surfiest112414433surfiest
surfing112914483sur_fing
surflike1535933surflike
surfs85022543sur_f_s_
surfside1244853surfside
surimis938843surimis_
surmise9311083sur_mise
surprise1037673surprise
swordfish1942223swordfish
wolffish2043333wolffish

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162566.84321359.3
3Display Results56560.0331697.0
 (SQL Overall)178691567.29624491.6
 
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