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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 “lawyers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

58 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
lawyers1337715(None) 
lawyer12386971lawyer_
layers93921181la_yers
sawyers13317531sawyers
bawlers124412732bawlers
bowyers15438732bowyers
clawers123910972claw_ers
fawners13388492fawners
flayers133912032fla_yers
gawkers15347452gawkers
gawpers13448312gawpers
hawkers174210332hawkers
hawsers13409482hawsers
hayers124415942ha_yers
laagers83411252laagers
lacers85225252la_cers
lackers134120542lackers
ladders94115172ladders
laders74927762la_ders
ladlers84613562ladlers
lagers74826142la_gers
laggers94216242laggers
lakers105225152la_kers
lambers113817112lambers
lampers113817332lampers
lancers93616642lancers
landers84026212landers
lanners73618332lanners
lappers113717462lappers
lapsers93911052lapsers
larders83516942larders
larkers113014512larkers
lasers64925702la_sers
lashers104121832lashers
lasters75627692lasters
lathers104321882lathers
lauders84012892lauders
laveers10329362laveers
lavers94526362la_vers
lawless1037032lawless
lawyered1534032lawyered
lawyerly1742142lawyerly
layer84626472la_yer_
livyers13365902livyers
lowers94624922low_ers
pawers114818782paw_ers
pawners124311072pawners
payers114621822pa_yers
players124313762pla_yers
sawers94620162saw_ers
sawyer12438042sawyer_
sayers94221592sa_yers
slayers104513322sla_yers
swayers13398852swayers
tawers94118602taw_ers
twyers12497412_twyers
yawners13367182yawners
yawpers15346852yawpers

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit107671583.40631612.2
3Display Results58580.0163625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691583.54850363.9
 
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