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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 “snowfall” 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.

30 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
snowfall1413330(None) 
snowball13114941snowball
snowfalls15113081snowfalls
snowballs14114462snowballs
snowbell13113592snowbell
blowball1544153blowball
dewfall1453763_dewfall
downfall1543633_downfall
footfall1444823footfall
infall939403in__fall
inwall938343in_w_all
lowball1275503_lowball
seawall1046203seaw_all
shortfall1542873shortfall
snowballed1642213snowballed
snowbank1743233snowbank
snowbells14113493snowbells
snowbelt13114623snowbelt
snowcap1442823snowca_p
snowcaps1542703snowcaps
snowcat1245333snowca_t
snowcats1343413snowcats
snowfield16111973snowfield
snowflake1941623snowflake
snowily1336883snow_ily
snowland1243833snowland
snowman12226623snowma_n
snowmelt13114123snowmelt
snowmold1442743snowmold
snowpack1942753snowpack

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 Filter1786911461620.576310227.4
2DLD Change Limit146162306.51622431.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.10825139.4
 
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