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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 “poetries” 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.

25 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
poetries1031558(None) 
coteries10422712coteries
pantries101817392pantries
pastries101517422pastries
peeries93623022p_eeries
peltries10313022peltries
perries93226602p_erries
pieties9419222piet_ies
poesies93217402poe_sies
poetics11312072poet_ics
poetise9314042poet_ise
poetises10313952poetises
poetizes19310252poetizes
poperies12316792poperies
posties93128812post_ies
potpies113116172po_tpies
potsies93019482po_tsies
potteries11313602potteries
potties93723542po_tties
poultries1148452poultries
poverties1439512poverties
predries112714382predries
pretrims1238982pretrims
pretties10615132pretties
retries74129072_retries

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.783228213.3
2DLD Change Limit121059254.29628179.5
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691255.09235092.5
 
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