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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 “worthy” 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.

33 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
worthy1559880(None) 
worth117120521worth_
worths127812891worths
borty105522832bort_y
bothy136713962bo_thy
brothy14519622brothy
dorty96220812dort_y
earthy12399942earthy
forth116222672forth_
forty114824272fort_y
forwhy1834422forwhy
frothy15578372frothy
mothy136214552mo_thy
mouthy14409062mouthy
north86018272north_
norths96812322norths
ortho8312292_ortho
portly114713402portly
swarthy16466372swarthy
toothy12529692toothy
torchy14549532torchy
unworthy1743132unworthy
warty119323822wart_y
withy144813762w_ithy
wordy126916162wor_dy
wormy137514252wor_my
worry116114332wor_ry
wort76654752wort__
worthed1437872worthed
worthily1745252worthily
worts88631182wort_s
wrathy15377852wrathy
wroth116815882wroth_

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 Filter178691825510.736242786.7
2DLD Change Limit82551336.72012284.4
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.46923924.4
 
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