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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 “hangfires” 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.

27 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
hangfires164384(None) 
hangfire1543761hangfire_
hangbirds1642932hangbirds
angaries9314393_angaries
backfires2046183backfires
balefires1444813balefires
bonfires1367383bon_fires
campfires1844123campfires
fanfares1436773fan_fares
gunfires1235063gun_fires
hafizes2235983ha__fizes
hagfishes1945153ha_gfishes
haggises1335883ha_ggises
hagrides1337623ha_grides
hangared1337573hang_ared
hangars114313493hang_ar_s
hangbird1543223hangbir_d
hangers113120813hang_er_s
hangings13258583hang_ings
hangovers16144163hangovers
hankies143617763han_ki_es
hardwires1644643hardwires
haywires1744043ha_ywires
hellfires1564473hellfires
hongies112716473hong_i_es
panfries13149213pan_fries
sanguines1047183sanguines

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641276.62622433.0
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691277.07525256.7
 
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