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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 “urethras” 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.

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
urethras117461(None) 
urethra1064151urethra_
urethrae1174281urethrae
urethral1154631urethral
ureteral856232ureteral
ureters7311822ureter_s
urethan1045472ureth_an
urethans1145242urethans
arethusa1142503arethusa
arethusas1242983arethusas
berthas12398763berth_as
brethren1343783brethren
osetras737333oset_ras
plethoras1444803plethoras
preterms1237223preterms
pretors9316813pretor_s
remoras9314073_remoras
rephrase1346733_rephrase
retards85015003_retards
retears72814923_retears
rethread1245353_rethread
rethreads1344483_rethreads
retinas74819353_retinas
retires74726213_retires
retorts76016513_retorts
retral64419743_ret_ral
retros63820193_ret_ros
returns79712593_returns
tephras1236283_tephras
tetras63017623_tet_ras
ultras6310193u_lt_ras
unretires945933unretires
ureas55826013ure___as
uremias9249503ure_mias
ureter6313203ureter__
ureteric1046243ureteric
urethane1145433urethane
urethanes1245163urethanes
urethritis1353303urethritis

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162397.08020644.4
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691397.49923828.6
 
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