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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 “appear” 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.

40 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
appear1037934(None) 
appeal103911611appeal
appears11308951appears
anear55420322a_near
apeak115513452a_peak
aper66336232a_pe_r
apnea73413412apnea_
apneal83411122apneal
apneas83211382apneas
appal95315222app_al
appealer1245742appealer
appeals11378672appeals
appeared1336142appeared
appease1137912appease
appeaser1245952appeaser
appel94615892appe_l
appels104312792appels
append1138272append
apter76120202apte_r
arrear6310252arrear
asper75520432aspe_r
capper124421982cappe_r
coappear1442892coappear
dapper114016632dappe_r
lapper104319952lappe_r
mapper124516092mappe_r
napper103718282nappe_r
paper95128662pape_r
pear69745232__pear
rapper104621572rappe_r
reappear1242622reappear
sapper103822352sappe_r
spear75821062_spear
tapper104419612tappe_r
upbear1096492upbear
upper93714262uppe_r
uprear8168792uprear
uptear896782uptear
yapper133714512yappe_r
zapper193414022zappe_r

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551402.31035736.4
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691402.70266132.9
 
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