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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 “urethra” 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.

42 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
urethra106415(None) 
urethrae1174281urethrae
urethral1154631urethral
urethras1174611urethras
ureter6313202ureter_
ureteral856232ureteral
ureters7311822ureters
urethan1045472urethan
arethusa1142503arethusa
bertha11429173berth_a
brethren1343783brethren
erethic1257723erethic
osetra667423oset_ra
plethora1344823plethora
preterm11310163preterm
pretor8315753pretor_
pretors9316813pretors
remora8414593_remora
retard75018933_retard
retear63115483_retear
rethread1245353_rethread
retia55326113_ret_ia
retina65023383_retina
retire64927013_retire
retore67630773_retore
retorn610923433_retorn
retort66831153_retort
retral64419743_ret_ral
retro55020953_ret_ro
retry84718083_ret_ry
return623222523_return
tephra1136483_tephra
tetra53417953_tet_ra
ultra539363u_lt_ra
unretire846963unretire
urea46528063ure___a
uredia73610063ure_dia
uremia82910893ure_mia
ureteric1046243ureteric
urethane1145433urethane
urethans1145243urethans
uretic82914353uret_ic

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit134027427.43618024.1
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.87522690.9
 
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