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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 “fisher” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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106 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
fisher12491714(None) 
fished134316311fished
fishers134714721fishers
fishery16397731fishery
fishes125221341fishes
fishier13359851fishier
pisher114317751pisher
wisher123617061wisher
basher115123812basher
bister84922762bister
busher114922202busher
cipher133710262cipher
cither114616682cither
cosher114819902cosher
dasher104318982dasher
dished114318712dished
dishes104622652dishes
dishier113613402dishier
dither104417682dither
either94517422either
fashed136720252fashed
fashes124524022fashes
faster94625772faster
father125116712father
fester94723512fester
fibber134811932fibber
fiber104921132fi_ber
fibster12146532fibster
fiche134616742fiche_
fiches145219532fiches
fifer115519972fi_fer
fighter143010772fighter
filcher15377792filcher
filer85433002fi_ler
filler94623622filler
filmer114112402filmer
filter94517632filter
finder104020232finder
finer85431562fi_ner
finger104920332finger
finisher1436302finisher
firer811229252fi_rer
firmer114712442firmer
fish106926272fish__
fisheye1644772fisheye
fishnet13410342fishnet
fishy146011662fish_y
fisted104218702fisted
fitter94120032fitter
fiver116024942fi_ver
fixer154717832fi_xer
fizzer17369382fizzer
flasher133914062flasher
flesher133610922flesher
flusher133012272flusher
foster94322222foster
fresher132612642fresher
frisker14389272frisker
fusser94813772fusser
gasher104320372gasher
gusher104115772gusher
higher134610892higher
hisser94713792hisser
hither124417252hither
ither84617602_ither
josher164312962josher
kasher134915032kasher
kisser104212452kisser
kosher134412972kosher
lasher94824532lasher
lisper84114432lisper
lister64527252lister
lither94520952lither
lusher93818762lusher
masher114123202masher
miser75430402mis_er
mishear1238392mishear
mister84728562mister
mither114218562mither
mosher114719792mosher
musher113820572musher
nigher103612752nigher
nosher94616362nosher
pished124817062pished
pishers123815752pishers
pishes114722102pishes
pisser84416382pisser
posher115018162posher
pusher114318282pusher
rasher95024122rasher
richer114015042richer
riser55431052ris_er
risker105414492risker
rusher94019652rusher
sigher103813702sigher
sister64421582sister
swisher13369522swisher
tither94920282tither
usher84517762_usher
washer124720392washer
wiser85522802wis_er
wished134417512wished
wishers133215212wishers
wishes124920952wishes
wither124321352wither
zither183813082zither

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit825511062.42334069.7
3Display Results1061060.0462304.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911062.96960185.6
 
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