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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 “firewaters” 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.

31 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
firewaters164432(None) 
firewater1545211firewater_
figeaters1345752fige_aters
limewaters1543522limewaters
tidewaters1443462tidewaters
bilgewaters1771653bilgewaters
dewaters122910723__dewaters
dishwaters1744023dishwaters
eyewaters1543603_eyewaters
figeater1236953fige_ater_
fireballers16132503fireballers
firebases1446583firebase_s
firepowers18122983firepowers
firewalls15125353firewa_lls
fireweeds1644023firew_eeds
firmwares1743853firmware_s
forecasters1675013forecasters
foredates13310053foredate_s
forefathers2053143forefathers
foregathers1843223foregathers
foresters12312543fore_sters
fraters103517213f_r__aters
freshwaters2052213f_reshwaters
fretters113410303f_re_tters
jerkwaters2441543jerkwaters
limewater1444073limewater_
overwaters1645753overwaters
rebaters103413943__rebaters
relaters83218153__relaters
tidewater1344123tidewater_
treaters83615853_tre_aters

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603316.01623371.5
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691316.45227695.4
 
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