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

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

21 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
folktales165312(None) 
folktale1542871folktale_
floatages1344233floatages
flotages1237163f_lotages
folates103218453fol__ates
foliages1247623fol_iages
foliates11412753fol_iates
folkies143612253folk__ies
folklives1942673folklives
folklores1643703folklores
folkmotes1883283folkmotes
folkways2143143folkwa_ys
folles93820473fol___les
follicles1444103follicles
footages1239053fo_otages
footles103715713fo_ot_les
forkballs1844253forkballs
telltales944393telltales
volatiles1246133volatiles
voltages1237253vol_tages
worktables1942613worktables

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641216.67022285.0
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691217.09225196.1