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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 “earwitness” 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
earwitness134262(None) 
earliness939692earli_ness
earwitnesses1543782earwitnesses
eyewitness1641472eyewitness
adroitness1153053adroitness
arbitress1143853_arbitress
aridness939223_ar_idness
artiness81615403_arti_ness
earnestness1152813earnestness
earthiness1377243earthiness
easiness8313043ea_si_ness
eeriness8311873eer_i_ness
erectness1146123e_rectness
hardiness132310353hardi_ness
heartiness1338033hearti_ness
larkiness1338113larki_ness
peartness1137773pear__tness
straitness1046293straitness
tacitness1134873ta_citness
tardiness10229913tardi_ness
tarriness9229243tarri_ness
tartiness92112053tarti_ness
tartness82210133tar__tness
teariness9310633tear_i_ness
wariness11313213war_i_ness
weariness1238843wear_i_ness
witness103010013___witness

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 Limit140603276.04623255.5
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691276.46827626.9
 
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