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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 “heftier” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

42 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
heftier133720(None) 
hefter124313921heft_er
chertier1387872chertier
chestier1387422chestier
defier105118652def_ier
defter104215922deft_er
hafter124815882haft_er
hastier103916622hastier
headier113212952headier
heartier1139092heartier
heater94828302heat_er
heather133914852heather
heathier1438342heathier
heavier13429422heavier
hedgier12367882hedgier
hefted134911422heft_ed
hefters134312002heft_ers
heftiest1439182heftiest
heftily1635762heftily
hefting144510912hefting
hempier14319002hempier
herbier1239592herbier
hootier104915352hootier
huffier1637492huffier
jettier14358692jettier
lefter93613432left_er
lefties10312072lefties
loftier1037762loftier
meatier93214612meatier
metier83517692me_tier
nettier74211812nettier
niftier10328712niftier
peatier94017232peatier
pestier94317402pestier
pettier94213612pettier
rentier73618222rentier
shiftier1436342shiftier
tentier73815922tentier
testier74015642testier
tuftier1096602tuftier
wiftier13297732wiftier
zestier163010222zestier

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671423.17333933.5
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691423.55950208.2
 
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