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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 “forefather” 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.

26 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
forefather194357(None) 
forefathers2053141forefathers
foregather1743661foregather
foregathers1843222foregathers
foremother1843482foremother
forgather1643662for_gather
breather133610603_bre_ather
feather133613503f__e_ather
firewater1545213firewat_er
forecaster1586013forecaster
foredate12310913foredat_e_
foredated1447683foredat_ed
foredates13310063foredat_es
foreface1647113forefa_ce_
forefaces1747133forefa_ces
forefinger17103333forefinger
foregathered2051783foregathered
foremothers1953013foremothers
forester11313673fore_st_er
forfeiter1544173forfeit_er
forgathers1743553for_gathers
formatter1445463for_matter
godfather1742173go_dfather
housefather2051993housefather
regather1236733__regather
wreather14268603_wre_ather

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603266.45321788.8
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691266.89225927.3
 
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