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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 “waterski” 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.

48 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
waterski154323(None) 
waterskis1643991waterskis
waters95030642waters__
caters85336503caters__
daters74827373daters__
eaters65535953eaters__
gaters74728643gaters__
haters94930403haters__
maters85032393maters__
oaters65029793oaters__
paters84935843paters__
raters63936583raters__
taters64932203taters__
waders109120653waders__
wafers124316153wafers__
wafters134112813wafters__
wagers105122213wagers__
waiters104218623waiters__
wakers134822503wakers__
walers94824493walers__
wanters104420093wanters__
wasters104026593wasters__
water84733323water___
waterage1248673waterage
waterbed1436453waterbed
waterbus1345873waterbus
waterdog1344453waterdog
watered113014963water_ed
waterer103314083water_er
waterers112312793waterers
waterhen1485313waterhen
waterier11312103waterier
waterily1438793waterily
watering122316323watering
waterish14310543waterish
waterjet1848293waterjet
waterlog1245053waterlog
waterloo1145733waterloo
waterman1397283waterman
watermen1377613watermen
watershed1644653watershed
waterside1345813waterside
waterskiing1951793waterskiing
waterway1745563waterway
watery123914503water__y
waterzooi2153503waterzooi
wavers125022483wavers__
waxers164014313waxers__

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 Filter1786911461620.530337152.8
2DLD Change Limit146162487.58019282.6
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691488.12621990.0
 
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