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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 “often” 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.

39 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
often8461141(None) 
oaten55222401oaten
ofter84116871ofter
soften9429491soften
after85719792after
eaten55323052eaten
fen66851352_f_en
gotten73410112gotten
laten54328342laten
lofted103811892lofted
lofter94614722lofter
molten83311812molten
oaken95814382oaken
oater55433732oater
octan71313482octan
octet7324062octet
offed12359162offed
offend13365662offend
offer114311382offer
oft67744062oft__
oftener1035922oftener
oftest91212002oftest
olden65114852olden
omen66828182o_men
open66427002o_pen
opted84914272opted
otter54423972otter
outed65429062outed
outer55633302outer
oven76624142o_ven
owsen84210192owsen
oxen116218592o_xen
oxter123414092oxter
paten74827342paten
rotten64115432rotten
softens10347622softens
softer94015312softer
ten35856112__ten
torten65314352torten

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit53800391.40638264.6
3Display Results39390.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691391.706104742.7
 
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