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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 “workmanlike” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
workmanlike195125(None) 
womanlike1843452wo__manlike
workmanly2151993workmanl__y
wormlike1735313wor_m__like
corklike1335994cork___like
cormlike1646704cor_m__like
forklike1435814fork___like
formalise14239784for_ma_lise
formalize232710034for_ma_lize
gormandise1464244gor_mandise
gormandize2374364gor_mandize
hormonelike2051604hor_monelike
hornlike1536504hor___nlike
humanlike1843284__humanlike
lookalike1242494look_a_like
manlike133012784____manlike
normalise11259424nor_ma_lise
normalize203010104nor_ma_lize
seamanlike1642084_seamanlike
sportsmanlike21131244sportsmanlike
womanise1348734wo__man_ise
womanize2248164wo__man_ize
womanlier1443324wo__manlier
workable1737094work_abl__e
workman1635614workman____
workmanship2563204workmanship
workmanships2663064workmanships
workmate1744674workma___te
worktable1844724worktabl__e

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819299.28016036.5
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691299.73218361.2
 
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