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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 “dearth” 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.

41 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
dearth10421251(None) 
dearths11498841dearths
death94822521dea_th
earth85023051_earth
hearth125315211hearth
berth104917882be_rth
dart55857872d_art_
darts67635732d_arts
dealt65234282dealt_
dear55343602dear__
dearer74822802dearer
dearie73319812dearie
dearly104615322dearly
dears65736882dear_s
deary95826842dear_y
deash95617242dea_sh
deaths105914442dea_ths
deathy134210232dea_thy
depart94720562depart_
departs104310682departs
depth114311852de_pth
derat65044082derat_
derate74531232derate
derats74625062derats
earths95014592_earths
earthy12399942_earthy
eath75735662_ea_th
garth94720222_garth
health124712142health
heart85440742heart_
hearths135311072hearths
hearts96218942hearts
hearty126313632hearty
heath115724282hea_th
inearth1037042inearth
neath86020282nea_th
peart76440752peart_
search113312422search
swarth126012082swarth
unearth1037062unearth
wealth12379222wealth

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.17337989.4
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.53270573.1
 
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