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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 “footwear” 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.

60 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
footwear1410337(None) 
footgear12113061footgear
footer94320772foot_e_r
footgears13103072footgears
footier104115112footie_r
footler104011872footle_r
footway1635252footw_ay
forswear1443292forswear
outwear1097712_outwear
cooter85128613coot_e_r
flower124815503flo_we_r
footbag1344553foot_bag
footboard1544493footboard
footed104418623foot_e_d
footers104618333foot_ers
footie94718143footie__
footies103721543footie_s
footiest113514913footiest
footle93914383footle__
footled113610763footle_d
footlers113910793footlers
footles103715713footle_s
footless113710803footless
footman1236403foot_man
footmark1743833foot_mark
footmen1246583footme_n
footpad1343903foot_pad
footrest11308853footrest
footwall1444523footwall
footways1744873footways
footwork1845813footwork
footworn1445163footworn
foozler19397593foozle_r
forbear1237523f_orbear
forebear1346383forebear
foreswear1543513foreswear
forswears1543243forswears
foster94322223fost_e_r
frother133110153frothe_r
frotteur1142503frotteur
hooter94123933hoot_e_r
hootier104915353hootie_r
knitwear1591463knitwear
kotower1434383kotowe_r
looter64222323loot_e_r
mooter83921093moot_e_r
outhear10910603_outhear
outswear1144793_outswear
outwar91011513_outw_ar
outwears1197263_outwears
outweary1485393_outweary
postwar1236903postw_ar
rooter64926033root_e_r
rootier74915393rootie_r
soother104215043soothe_r
sootier73916613sootie_r
tooter64420803toot_e_r
tootler73511123tootle_r
townwear1442293townwear
zootier163611173zootie_r

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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162607.11020557.2
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691607.57923577.1
 
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