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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 “lothsome” 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.

29 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
lothsome134501(None) 
loathsome1453131loathsome
lithesome1453782lithesome
lonesome1047472lonesome
longsome1145932longsome
lovesome1345642lovesome
toothsome1453292toothsome
autosome1047793autosome
blithesome1751993blithesome
boresome1248403boresome
bothersome1762663bothersome
dolesome1147103dolesome
foursome1344673foursome
larksome1444593larksome
leptosome1344203leptosome
lightsome15114173lightsome
liposome1246013liposome
lissome937583l_issome
loathsomely1971383loathsomely
lonesomes1166983lonesomes
lysosome1344563lysosome
monosome1299403monosome
noisome947973no_isome
nonhome1248833nonh_ome
oxysome1944213_oxysome
polysome1547653polysome
pothole12312173poth_ole
toilsome1045203toilsome
woesome1246733wo_esome

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162297.83018666.9
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691298.26621617.6
 
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