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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 “forests” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

47 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
forests10411495(None) 
forest94926741forest_
afforests1543732afforests
aorists74215832aorists
arrests73312682arrests
corsets94819802corsets
crests85218702_crests
deforests1344372deforests
fests85828042f__ests
firsts95110922fir_sts
florets1039852flore_ts
florists1138812florists
foists95413982fo_ists
foments122912052foments
footrests12244502footrests
forecasts1445802forecasts
foreguts1245562foreguts
foremasts1445792foremasts
fores85847102fore__s
foresaw1377132foresaw
foresee10414332foresee
foresees11311642foresees
forestal11410282forestal
forestay1448192forestay
forestays1546622forestays
forested12312462forested
forester11313672forester
foresters12312542foresters
forestry1446722forestry
forfeits1445802forfeits
forgets113813792forgets
forints10411832forints
formats123113572formats
forts86034452for__ts
frets85523402f_re_ts
frosts94214622f_rosts
frowsts13426102frowsts
horsts95817512hor_sts
molests93311562molests
prests84021262_prests
reforests1245532reforests
rests54935872__rests
sorest65028002sorest_
unrests7229462unrests
worsets105512842worsets
worsts96014332wor_sts
wrests95313082_wrests

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 Filter1786911076710.783228213.3
2DLD Change Limit107671476.48316608.2
3Display Results47470.0301566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691477.29624491.6
 
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