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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 “waveoff” 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
waveoff194282(None) 
waveoffs2042041waveoffs
rakeoff1743462rakeoff
takeoff1743882takeoff
castoff1547793castoff
dieoff1335503_dieoff
enfeoff1272793enfeoff
falloff1245953falloff
feoff10711053__feoff
handoff1756483handoff
infeoff1253263infeoff
layoff1545093la_yoff
payoff1736023pa_yoff
rakeoffs1842203rakeoffs
takeoffs1842323takeoffs
tradeoff1542943tradeoff
waff134228043wa___ff
wamefou1542293wamefou
wave105234733wave___
waved125223583wave__d
waveform1943553waveform
wavelet13310943wavelet
waver115025703wave__r
wavered142910433wavered
waverer13319523waverer
wavers125022473wave_rs
wavery154610053wave_ry
waves115633923wave__s
wavey145115543wave__y
waveys15597013wave_ys

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 Filter1786911340270.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit134027307.12618808.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.56223630.1
 
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