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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 “firehall” 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.

36 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
firehall1410562(None) 
fireball13127261fireball
firehalls15105171firehalls
firewall14125931firewall
fireballs14126492fireballs
firewalls15125352firewalls
birdcall1343693birdcall
farewell1443313farewell
fibrefill1751693fibrefill
fireable131710223fireable
firearm1237203fire_arm
fireback1946953fireback
fireballer15122983fireballer
firebase1346493firebase
fireclay1644183fireclay
firedamp1643743firedamp
firefang1543923firefang
firefly1635633fire_fly
fireman1249333firema_n
firepan1236983firepa_n
firepans1347153firepans
forehand1537693forehand
foresail1147823foresail
forestall1246913forestall
foretell1146123foretell
forkball1744823forkball
gildhall1342023gildhall
icefall1254313_icefall
marshall1345483marshall
recall83815733__recall
refall94314393__refall
sidehill1243503sidehill
sidewall1244803sidewall
trehala1045963_trehala
turnhall1143043turnhall
wirehair1443343wirehair

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 Filter1786911461620.546327272.9
2DLD Change Limit146162368.28317646.0
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691368.84220209.3
 
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