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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 “finales” 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.

58 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
finales10401601(None) 
finagles12237551finagles
finale94116761finale_
finalis103313661finalis
finals94316161final_s
bindles104016452bindles
dindles93817242dindles
dingles93818322dingles
females12310662females
fenagles12186082fenagles
fiances12310672fiances
fiddles123212602fiddles
files85441272fi__les
filles94224522fi_lles
fimbles143510662fimbles
finable122213622finable_
finagle11238312finagle_
finagled13205292finagled
finagler12194952finagler
finaglers13173892finaglers
final83922032final__
finalise113112572finalise
finalises122911522finalises
finalism133010362finalism
finalist113014732finalist
finalizes212810742finalizes
finally13310102finally
finances1338662finances
finches153914192finches
fines86644262fin__es
finialed1255502finialed
finials103210152finial_s
finises10312902finises
finites10315922finites
finless102810782fin_less
fipples14298652fipples
fixates1737392fixates
fizzles18339062fizzles
fondles113512612fondles
inanes62519802_inanes
ingles74420872_ingles
inhales10511862_inhales
inkles103515652_inkles
jingles153816382jingles
kinases113511122kinases
kindles123614842kindles
linages8813172linages
mingles103719002mingles
pinoles93418712pinoles
pintles94118732pintles
pinwales1367962pinwales
singles83520432singles
tingles83818322tingles
tinkles113713922tinkles
vinals94716482vinal_s
windles113518492windles
winkles143412772winkles
wintles103414982wintles

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 Filter1786911076711.013176397.8
2DLD Change Limit107671587.26614818.5
3Display Results58580.0461260.9
 (SQL Overall)178691588.32521464.4
 
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