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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 “toadlike” 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.

25 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
toadlike133614(None) 
goadlike1435881goadlike
beadlike15137252beadlike
boardlike1643312boardlike
boatlike1457962boatlike
cordlike1537232cordlike
fadlike15318482_fadlike
foamlike1735142foamlike
goatlike1346292goatlike
godlike1387562go_dlike
hoodlike1636562hoodlike
lordlike1345812lordlike
moatlike1446992moatlike
oaklike10268002_oaklike
oarlike113411192_oarlike
oatlike113412402_oatlike
podlike14108552po_dlike
rodlike1288262ro_dlike
soaplike1436902soaplike
taglike12278912t_aglike
tealike111111082tea_like
toelike11149822to_elike
tomblike1645142tomblike
toylike14157242to_ylike
traplike1437652traplike

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 Filter1786911210590.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit121059255.72021164.2
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691256.21928733.1
 
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