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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 “authoress” 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.

36 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
authoress124517(None) 
anchoress1445242anchoress
authored1238262authore_d
authoresses1443792authoresses
authorise1248022authorise
authorises1347582authorises
authors10311852author__s
tutoress845092tut_oress
actress948533act__ress
althorns1146733althor_ns
anchorets1445993anchorets
anchorless1543033anchorless
antipress1146413antipress
arthroses1248733arthroses
author939763author___
authorial1247083authorial
authoring1348583authoring
authorised1444513authorised
authority1545693authority
authorize2146903authorize
authorizers2353023authorizers
authorizes2247003authorizes
autocross1145093autocross
autopens1046633aut_opens
buttress1035883but_tress
carthorses1546363carthorses
futhorcs1643543futhor_cs
futhorks1844603futhor_ks
nuthouses1246343nuthouses
outdress9137323out_dress
outhomers1446063outhomers
outhouses12310663outhouses
outpress10118183out_press
pythoness1743733pythoness
ruthless1135413ruth_less
unhorses1138453_unhorses

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641367.23320550.4
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.70223200.6
 
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