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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 “dispatched” 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
dispatched199388(None) 
despatched1953231despatched
dispatcher1853261dispatcher
dispatches1874581dispatches
mispatched2053831mispatched
despatches1874042despatches
dispatch1654552dispatch__
dispatchers1972462dispatchers
mismatched2063402mismatched
mispatches1974102mispatches
despatch1643223despatch__
dethatched2042533dethatched
disbranched2052803disbranched
discalced1545653discalc_ed
disparaged1545043disparaged
disparted1338853dispa_rted
dispatching20143523dispatching
displaced1546793displac_ed
disputed1238353disput__ed
disrated10915573disrat__ed
distanced1348573distanc_ed
ditched143711903di___tched
mismatches1953753mismatches
mispatch1743853mispatch__
patched153514623___patched
repatched1745313_repatched
snatched14157633__snatched
spathed134013183__spat_hed
unpatched1744053_unpatched

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603295.70324654.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.12529174.0
 
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