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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forcrayfish” 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.

13 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
crayfish194425(None) 
crawfish1944231crawfish
grayfish1844481grayfish
catfish1559022c_atfish
clayish1547942clay_ish
coalfish1635492coalfish
crampfish2142592crampfish
crankish1736512crankish
crayfishes2143402crayfishes
draffish1844552draffish
grayish1437812gray_ish
raffish1658842_raffish
ratfish1338772_ratfish

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 Limit121059133.69032807.3
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691134.06343980.1