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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 “earwitnesses” 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.

27 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
earwitnesses154378(None) 
earlinesses11311042earli_nesses
earwitness1342622earwitne_s_s
eyewitnesses1852112eyewitnesses
adroitnesses1344133adroitnesses
arbitresses1343343_arbitresses
aridnesses1139943_ar_idnesses
artinesses10815223_arti_nesses
earnestnesses1353663earnestnesses
earthinesses1545823earthinesses
easinesses10314443ea_si_nesses
eerinesses10612603eer_i_nesses
erectnesses1347473e_rectnesses
hardinesses151110223hardi_nesses
heartinesses1548003hearti_nesses
larkinesses1538993larki_nesses
peartnesses1338743pear__tnesses
straitnesses1246213straitnesses
tacitnesses1336323ta_citnesses
tardinesses121110253tardi_nesses
tarrinesses11129083tarri_nesses
tartinesses111011503tarti_nesses
tartnesses101110713tar__tnesses
tearinesses11311693tear_i_nesses
warinesses131514523war_i_nesses
wearinesses14310213wear_i_nesses
witnesses12219923___witnesses

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.686260482.5
2DLD Change Limit95024274.01623661.4
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691274.71837874.3
 
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