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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 “filename” 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
filename134435(None) 
filenames1444291filenames
forename1347852forename
alienage945583alienage
alienate8311553alienate
bename103316073__bename
fileable13179223fileable
filiate10414233fil_iate
filtrate1148223filtrate
finale94116763fi__nale
firebase1346493firebase
firedamp1643743firedamp
flame105124443f_l__ame
fleam106017283f_le_am_
fleams115011943f_le_ams
flense938903f_len_se
forenamed1545163forenamed
forenames1447543forenames
mileage10299313mile_age
misname11119483mi_sname
nickname1642793nickname
pileate93815923pile_ate
prename11412643_prename
rename82718813__rename
selenate81712523selenate
silence9310213silen_ce
villenage1342633villenage

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 Filter1786911461620.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit146162278.46617264.6
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691278.81220278.1
 
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