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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 “dweebish” 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.

24 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
dweebish174218(None) 
dweebier1442222dweebier
dweebiest1542662dweebiest
dweebs1233652dweeb_s_
sweetish1445372sweetish
deafish1438533d_eafish
delish105215613d__elish
dervish1436983d_ervish
dreggish1453133dreggish
dwarfish1843783dwarfish
dweeb1137743dweeb___
dweeby1542993dweeb__y
feeblish1644163_feeblish
greenish1247083greenish
nebbish1444253_nebbish
peevish1535783_peevish
queerish2045313queerish
sheepish1645413sheepish
steepish1375823steepish
weakish17217173_weakish
wearish132310153_wearish
wennish1336243_wennish
wettish1335963_wettish
wheyish1944063_wheyish

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162247.29620033.2
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691247.73523101.6
 
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