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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 “obeah” 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.

32 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
obeah103899(None) 
obeahs1135861obeahs
abeam9316532abeam
bah87755352_b_ah
beach124623892_beach
bead75937922_bead
beak106534382_beak
beam86939232_beam
bean66443862_bean
bear66844642_bear
beat66168302_beat
beau66137272_beau
beth96629232_beth
blah98625062_blah
oba57531552ob_a_
obas65730932ob_as
obe56638642obe__
obeli73711932obeli
obes66036832obe_s
obese75212422obese
obey96521302obe_y
obeys107010642obeys
obia67923112obia_
obias76116862obias
ocean71212962ocean
odah87018932o_dah
odea56224572odea_
okeh114615322oke_h
olea46532722olea_
opah96218402o_pah
oread64619602oread
yeah106725412_yeah

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800321.65632487.9
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691321.95291542.5
 
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