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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 “anchovy” 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.

48 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
anchovy184395(None) 
ancho104515302ancho__
anchor113911972ancho_r
anchors123912952anchors
anchos114214892ancho_s
achoo10315083a_cho_o
achy126316093a_ch__y
ahchoo1445713ahcho_o
ahoy101919183a__ho_y
alchemy1743113alchemy
alchymy2041843alchymy
alcove1178093alc_ove
anagogy12174443anagogy
analogy11177853analogy
anatomy1246233anatomy
anchored1438603anchored
anchoret13412463anchoret
anchoveta1752513anchoveta
anchovies1745753anchovies
anchusa1244333anchusa
ancon75718233anc_o_n
ancone83916953anc_one
anechoic1545373anechoic
annoy869713an_no_y
anomy105113393an__omy
anthoid11313313anthoid
anybody1642573anybody
anyhow1544103anyho_w
archery15478063archery
archive154610483archive
archly1437353arch_ly
archon11311753archo_n
archons12311583archons
archway1844893archway
chevy16479993__chevy
chivy164810363__chivy
choky175711223__choky
echoey14397853_echoey
incony1139083inc_ony
nacho105414383nacho__
nachos115014183nacho_s
rancho114310853rancho__
ranchos123911393rancho_s
unchary1537263unchary
unchoke16248193unchoke
uncoy104111413unc_o_y
unholy1238163un_holy
unshowy1644173unshowy

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911340270.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit134027488.81315207.9
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691489.23219355.6
 
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