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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 “blithesome” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

36 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
blithesome175199(None) 
lithesome1453781_lithesome
blithesomely2261162blithesomely
blithest1338083blithes__t
bothersome1762663b_othersome
lightsome15114173_lightsome
lothsome1345013_loth_some
bichrome1745654b_ich_rome
blites84721214blit_es___
blithe115810864blith____e
blitheful1751974blithe_ful
blithely16104034blithe__ly
blither124812174blithe___r
blithered15156124blithe_red
blithering16116124blithering
blithers134711234blithe__rs
blitzes18408704blitzes___
boresome1248404b__oresome
bunglesome1551874bunglesome
delightsome186904delightsome
gleesome1143974gl__eesome
lichenose1443364_lichenose
liposome1246014_li_posome
lissome937584_li__ssome
lithest10513914_lithes__t
lithopone1454084_lithopone
lithosol1143314_lithoso_l
lithosols1243224_lithosols
lithotomy1753214_lithotomy
loathsome1453134loath_some
lonesome1047474_l_onesome
lovesome1345644_l_ovesome
mettlesome1452034mettlesome
nettlesome1252124nettlesome
tiresome1046994_ti_resome
toothsome1453294tooth_some

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911614500.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit161450369.45317079.2
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691369.90218046.0
 
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