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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 “foreclose” 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.

28 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
foreclose144462(None) 
foreclosed1643071foreclosed
forecloses1544691forecloses
foreclosure16131582foreclosure
borecole1246623borec_ole
borecoles1345973borecoles
forceless1435723forceless
forebode1448273fore_bode
forecast1349763forec_ast
foreclosing1752963foreclosing
foreclosures17141503foreclosures
foredoes12310803fore_does
foredone1249733fore_done
foregoes1239523fore_goes
foregone1238583fore_gone
forelock1745593fore_lock
foremost1348583fore_most
foreshore15118213foreshore
forespoke18105263forespoke
foreswore15117403foreswore
formalise14239783formalise
fructose1343663f_ructose
morellos10136953morellos_
overclose1447013_overclose
parclose1247243par_close
prechose15129773_prechose
rechose121312053__rechose
recluse95210773__recluse

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 Filter1786911486410.733243780.4
2DLD Change Limit148641287.87618872.7
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691288.62220725.0
 
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