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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 “etherify” 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.

36 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
etherify174444(None) 
esterify1445622esterify
etheric12311782etheri_c
etherish1448272etherish
etherize2049462etherize
aerify122810113__aerify
aetheric13410163aetheri_c
eerily92913563e__erily
eternity1146683et_ernity
ether84518773ether___
ethereal1146783ethereal
etherified1744083etherified
etherifies1645283etherifies
etherifying2152843etherifying
etherized2247083etherized
etherizer2145983etherizer
etherizes2149313etherizes
ethers94518413ether__s
eutherian1246893eutherian
metrify1535623met__rify
petrify1536573pet__rify
reverify1744813reverify
sherif122915243_sherif_
sheriff16287693_sheriff
sherifs13299683_sherifs
temerity1346903temerity
terrify1336353_terrify
tethering1339133tethering
therapy1536613_therapy
thereby1534633_thereby
theriac1239143_theriac
therian10311293_therian
thrift12412043_th_rift
thrifty1634193_th_rifty
torrify1335013_torrify
verify153110163__verify

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162366.57622226.6
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.01525472.7
 
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