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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 “widenesses” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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
widenesses143877(None) 
wisenesses13310821wisenesses
direnesses11311482direnesses
finenesses13310722finenesses
idlenesses1138032_idlenesses
likenesses1449532likenesses
litenesses10513022litenesses
livenesses13411072livenesses
nicenesses12310352nicenesses
nudenesses1157862nudenesses
rifenesses1339952rifenesses
ripenesses12310382ripenesses
rudenesses1188872rudenesses
sidednesses1347102sidednesses
snidenesses1248652snidenesses
tidinesses1139222tidinesses
vilenesses13310222vilenesses
waenesses1239772w_aenesses
whitenesses1746662whitenesses
wideness12259472widene_s_s
wildernesses1643622wildernesses
wildnesses14157362wildnesses
wilinesses131911092wilinesses
windinesses1557812windinesses
wirelesses1345332wirelesses
wirinesses131811532wirinesses
witnesses12219922wi_tnesses
woenesses1239132w_oenesses

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911088240.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit108824285.82618679.0
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.23228673.1
 
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