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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 “megathere” 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.

45 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
megathere154473(None) 
megatheres1644851megatheres
regather1236732regather_
regathered15124572regathered
regathers1336352regathers
eglatere945153_eglat_ere
feather133613503fe_ather_
feathered16188893fe_athered
feathers143513243fe_athers
feathery17368073fe_athery
gather104115853__gather_
gathered13149373__gathered
gatherer12147903__gatherer
gathers114315073__gathers
heather133914853he_ather_
heathered16149463he_athered
heathers143914733he_athers
heathery17349083he_athery
ingather1244783ingather_
ingathered1542963ingathered
ingathers1344453ingathers
leather103815783le_ather_
leathered13148713le_athered
leathern11398913le_athern
leathers114215083le_athers
leathery14438973le_athery
legatee82814633legat_e_e
meathead1436793me_athead
meatier93214613me_atier_
megahertz2452403mega_hertz
megaphone1744743megaphone
megaspore1443443megaspore
melaphyre1952503melaphyre
menthene1347033me_nthene
metamere1257353meta_mere
metatheses1544473metatheses
neatherd12107193ne_atherd
negater83711963negat_er_
negaters9349783negat_ers
upgather14152753upgather_
upgathered1742023upgathered
upgathers1582533upgathers
weather133513223we_ather_
weathered16168513we_athered
weathers143412833we_athers

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641456.72022119.2
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691457.13925030.3
 
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