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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 “lears” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

30 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
lears5593873(None) 
bears75739041bears
blears85116451blears
clears84116561clears
dears65736881dears
ears46356591_ears
fears84829391fears
gears64628691gears
hears86737371hears
lars46956571l_ars
leads66028491leads
leafs85721181leafs
leaks95923911leaks
leans55536251leans
leaps75522931leaps
lear47045951lear_
learn55322661learn
learns65513741learns
leary85927381leary
leas45954181lea_s
leers54828981leers
lehrs86111131lehrs
liars54723161liars
nears55529421nears
pears75138611pears
rears54739651rears
sears54744911sears
tears55436461tears
wears86030301wears
years84527671years

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit28756300.62346157.3
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691300.719248527.1
 
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