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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 “drawbacks” 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.

27 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
drawbacks214337(None) 
drawback2043481drawback_
clawbacks2243622clawbacks
drawbars1483102drawba_rs
graybacks2143822graybacks
blowbacks2243673blowbacks
clawback2143843clawback_
crackbacks1843303crackbacks
diebacks1745963d_iebacks
drammocks2041803drammocks
drawbar13103193drawba__r
drawbores1542643drawbores
fatbacks1946003_fatbacks
grayback2043933grayback_
hardbacks2145373hardbacks
paybacks2145493_paybacks
playbacks2244133playbacks
plowbacks2243123plowbacks
ransacks1445773_ransacks
runbacks1655903_runbacks
sawbucks1943413_sawbucks
scatbacks1974713scatbacks
seatbacks17115603seatbacks
skewbacks1943513skewbacks
snapbacks1954303snapbacks
swaybacks2343583swaybacks
throwbacks24734583throwbacks

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641277.67319372.0
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691278.09622071.5
 
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