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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 “farewells” 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.

27 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
farewells154307(None) 
farewell1443311farewell_
farewelled1742372farewelled
firewalls15125352firewalls
foretells1245632foretells
harebells1444192harebells
barbells12368823bar_bells
carrells10359273car_rells
crewels12438493_crewe_ls
drywells1542113_drywells
fardels11389893far_de_ls
farewelling1842623farewelling
farfels13348213far_fe_ls
fireballs14126493fireballs
firehalls15105173firehalls
firewall14125933firewall_
fireweeds1644023fireweeds
forefeels1593843forefeels
foretell1146123foretell_
harebell1344353harebell_
maxwells2042653ma_xwells
presells1058283_presells
pretells1047333_pretells
rakehells1642103rakehells
resells73313203__resells
retells73211523__retells
rewelds11457413__rewelds

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641277.69019329.1
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691278.12321998.2
 
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