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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 “empathies” 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.

38 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
empathies1611540(None) 
empathise1684181empathise
empathises17104061empathises
empathizes2673441empathizes
apathies1339012_apathies
empathic1764662empathi_c
empathised18112802empathised
empathize25103512empathize
empathized27113112empathized
empties11712242emp_t_ies
sympathies2054592sympathies
embassies1344003embassies
embattles1342973embattles
emdashes14224303emdash_es
empales112411433empa__les
empathy1743483empath__y
emperies12314563emp_eries
emptied1297403emp_t_ied
emptier1187603emp_t_ier
emptiers1275193emp_t_iers
emptiest1278103emp_t_iest
emptins1179403emp_t_ins
eparchies1646973e_parchies
eupatrids1243083eupatrids
impatiens1345733impat_iens
mashies12318253_m_ashies
myopathies2053973myopathies
patsies93919483__patsies
patties93425143__patties
smithies1337913sm_ithies
smoothies1456133smoothies
spathes125116533_spath_es
sympathins2053523sympathins
sympathise2053653sympathise
sympathises2153353sympathises
sympathizes3053013sympathizes
sympatries1744693sympatries
telepathies1653363telepathies

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641387.62319499.0
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691388.07922118.0
 
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