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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 “disfavor” 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.

29 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
disfavor154287(None) 
disfavors1643261disfavors
disfavour1651711disfavour
disavow1443602dis_avow
disfavored1842442disfavored
disfavours1751622disfavours
dictator1147263dictator
diffusor1541903diffusor
dilator82712793di_lator
disavower1643473dis_avower
disavows1544043dis_avows
disbar938513disba__r
discolor1146423discolor
discover1439563discover
disfavoring1952573disfavoring
disfavoured1951493disfavoured
dishonor1255283dishonor
dismaler1137903dismaler
dissave1139413dissav_e
dissaved1337313dissaved
dissaves1239413dissaves
dissever12107653dissever
distaves12311403distaves
favor114712453___favor
misaver1249813mis_aver
misfeasor1442463misfeasor
mislabor1244503mislabor
piscator1246923piscator
savor85417943__s_avor

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit146162297.11020557.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.62623431.8
 
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