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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 “foolfish” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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68 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
foolfish174439(None) 
foolish1339611fool_ish
coalfish1635492coalfish
coolish12312522cool_ish
fallfish1744462fallfish
folkish1736562f_olkish
foolfishes1943762foolfishes
foxfish2354482f_oxfish
frogfish1843942frogfish
moonfish1675332moonfish
wolfish1636932_wolfish
abolish12311503abol_ish
billfish1645033billfish
blowfish1944703blowfish
boarfish1635753boarfish
bonefish1646283bonefish
boobish14338943boo_bish
bookish163610023boo_kish
boorish123712593boo_rish
boxfish2285543_boxfish
codfish1637163_codfish
coldish1399303_coldish
coltish121310933_coltish
cowfish1836433_cowfish
dealfish1545503dealfish
dogfish15226763_dogfish
dollish11610093_dollish
doltish11118733_doltish
elfish1267963__elfish
filefish1745593filefish
finfish16268193f_infish
flatfish1744933flatfish
flourish1446753flourish
fluish1239333f__luish
fogeyish1843843fogeyish
fogyish1735363f_ogyish
follis93113903f_ollis_
fooling113117373fool_ing
foolisher1544223fool_isher
foolishly1843763fool_ishly
fools86824203fool__s_
foppish1735103f_oppish
fortyish1744843fortyish
frostfish1842623frostfish
goatfish1544293goatfish
goldfish1644203goldfish
goodish1237963goo_dish
goosefish1642273goosefish
hogfish17257023_hogfish
lionfish1454093lionfish
monkfish2044003monkfish
moonish123311043moo_nish
moorish123311783moo_rish
oafish121311723__oafish
oarfish13158613_oarfish
offish15137273__offish
oldish10169313__oldish
oolith93813243_ool_ith
outfish132210573_outfish
owlish1238703_owl_ish
polish114916723_pol_ish
poorish123712303poo_rish
rockfish2043903rockfish
rosefish1445263rosefish
sailfish1446053sailfish
selfish1388513_selfish
toadfish1544903toadfish
wolffish2043333wolffish

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162686.87621256.8
3Display Results68680.0302266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691687.32924381.4
 
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