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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 “blighter” 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.

32 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
blighter146685(None) 
blighted1546861blighted
blighters1555741blighters
brighter1476661brighter
lighter113113441_lighter
plighter1476621plighter
slighter1257821slighter
alighted1347672alighted
bighted142810922b_ighted
blight124114622blight__
blighties1546222blighties
blights133110212blight_s
blighty16356842blight_y
blister94415312bli_ster
blither124812172blith_er
brighten1466242brighten
delighter1445582delighter
fighter143010772_fighter
flichter1664962flichter
flighted1646972flighted
flightier1644422flightier
lighted122913502_lighted
lighten112811522_lighten
lighters123111392_lighters
plighted1546462plighted
plighters1545532plighters
righter113212382_righter
sighter113412112_sighter
slighted1357392slighted
slighters1346712slighters
tighter112910692_tighter
weighter1535602weighter

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059323.32636397.8
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.73547842.3
 
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