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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 “smithereens” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

31 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
smithereens165150(None) 
smitheries1546052smitherie_s
smithers13369793smither___s
smotherers1543813smother_ers
citherns13338874_cither__ns
cithrens13355934_cith_r_ens
ditherers13196684_dither_ers
miterers10219684_mit_er_ers
mithers123516734_mither___s
motherless1544094_motherless
shebeens1343334s___hebeens
shereefs1433864s___hereefs
sithens1039384s_ith___ens
slithered13136624slither_e_d
slithering1496894slither_ing
slithers114212954slither___s
smatterers12174874smatter_ers
smiters93414364smit_er___s
smithery16325704smither___y
smithies1337914smith__ie_s
smothered1545684smother_e_d
smotherer1444634smother_e_r
smothering1646014smother_ing
smothers13349934smother___s
southerns12347214souther__ns
stitcheries1653074stitcherie_s
swithered16135464swither_e_d
swithering17105214swither_ing
swithers144310534swither___s
witherers15146844_wither_ers
zitherns20376134_zither__ns

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819319.45315743.0
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691319.90518040.5
 
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