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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 “outwait” 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.

31 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
outwait1041176(None) 
outwaits1137491outwaits
outwit93014591outw_it
outwrit10411421outwrit
outact8317202out_act
outcast91013742outcast
outeat62824532outea_t
outfast101412122outfast
outfit93014952out_fit
outgain81010742outgain
outhit92818472out_hit
outlaid81110652outlaid
outlain71212612outlain
outlast71015442outlast
outpaint10311772outpaint
outsaid81210922outsaid
outsail71411412outsail
outsat62920282outsa_t
outsit63620892out_sit
outwaited13137292outwaited
outwalk1437622outwalk
outwar91011512outwa_r
outward11811402outward
outwars10912792outwars
outwash13187612outwash
outwaste11147942outwaste
outwent10311362outwent
outwept1237932outwept
outwith13279132outw_ith
outwits103110862outw_its
outwrite1139452outwrite

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 Limit107671313.43631336.1
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691313.80946912.8
 
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