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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 “backwater” 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.

35 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
backwater209675(None) 
backwaters2195161backwaters
blackwater21103971blackwater
backbiter191786802backbiter
backdate1748222backdate_
backdated1946482backdated
backdates1848152backdates
bathwater1744362bathwater
blackwaters22103142blackwaters
baccate131011263bac_cate_
baccated15148373bac_cated
backbite1899173backbite_
backbiters2095583backbiters
backbites19108633backbites
backer144525523back___er
backhander22144943backhander
backlasher21124483backlasher
backpacker2153933backpacker
backscatter2152673backscatter
backstair1744683backstair
backward2048103backwa_rd
backwards2147463backwards
backwash2244943backwa_sh
backwashed25123763backwashed
backwashes24104673backwashes
barrater10310143ba_rrater
bathwaters1843533bathwaters
breakwater1952573breakwater
jerkwater2341633jerkwater
macerater13259523macerater
packager17136153pack_ager
packwaxes2743413packwaxes
rainwater1244573rainwater
saltwater1244353saltwater
tailwater1244513tailwater

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 Filter1786911486410.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit148641357.95618682.9
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691358.13921954.9
 
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