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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 “rainmakers” 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.

28 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
rainmakers164406(None) 
rainmaker1544391rainmaker_
rainwaters1343722rainwaters
sailmakers1643782sailmakers
animaters11129973_animaters
capmakers1944723ca_pmakers
carmakers1736913ca_rmakers
diemakers1645263_diemakers
gainsayers1441873gainsayers
hatmakers18105173ha_tmakers
haymakers21104553ha_ymakers
kingmakers16152803_kingmakers
lawmakers1843893la_wmakers
mapmakers1944043ma_pmakers
pacemakers20104263pacemakers
printmakers1952213printmakers
rainmaking1743973rainmaking
rainmakings1852353rainmakings
rainwater1244573rainwater_
rankers113217463ra_n__kers
ransackers1643343ra_nsackers
remakers143811303r__emakers
sailmaker1543973sailmaker_
spinnakers1641913spinnakers
unmakers14256653__unmakers
warmakers1845633wa_rmakers
wigmakers1943383_wigmakers
winemakers1944283_winemakers

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 Filter1786911406030.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit140603288.09317373.4
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691288.26621617.6
 
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