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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 “banishes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

40 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
banishes13181246(None) 
banished14189061banished
banisher13169181banisher
banishers14258051banishers
danishes121710491danishes
vanishes141610751vanishes
anises64826692_anis_es
babiches1735252babiches
banish111416042banish__
banister10199972banister
banisters11189472banisters
banshee121212452ban_shee
banshees13127862ban_shees
banshies131110662ban_shies
bashes115631392ba__shes
batfishes1746582batfishes
batistes1039712batistes
blandishes1644612blandishes
brandishes1645892brandishes
burnishes1436642burnishes
evanishes1545602evanishes
famishes1658282famishes
finishes1438982finishes
garnishes13198812garnishes
knishes1438262_knishes
lavishes1457402lavishes
marishes13512552marishes
minishes13310582minishes
monishes13311482monishes
panfishes1737592panfishes
parishes13314752parishes
planishes14138522planishes
punishes1338112punishes
radishes1269462radishes
ravishes1478042ravishes
tarnishes12188892tarnishes
vanished15207742vanished
vanisher14167452vanisher
vanishers15186612vanishers
varnishes15207912varnishes

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059403.67332959.2
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691404.06243990.9
 
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