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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 “foreshanks” 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
foreshanks204383(None) 
foreshank1944671foreshank_
forehands1656742fore_hands
foreranks1645292fore_ranks
foreshocks2243532foreshocks
forechecks2462523forechecks
forehand1537693fore_han_d
forelands1347173fore_lands
forepeaks18104573forepea_ks
forerank1546753fore_rank_
foresails1247153fores_ails
foreshadow2051823foreshadow
foreshadows2151553foreshadows
foresheets1654603foresheets
foreshock2144053foreshock_
foreshores16107403foreshores
foreshows1875973foresh_ows
foreskins1647043foreskin_s
forespake18105233forespa_ke
forespeaks1943123forespeaks
forestages1446733forestages
forestalls1345803forestalls
forestays1546623foresta_ys
forestlands1552143forestlands
freshens14298313f_reshen_s
redshanks1742323__redshanks

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603266.98320135.0
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691267.42224075.9
 
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