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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 “sasquatches” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

23 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
sasquatches25598(None) 
sasquatch235852sasquatch__
aquatones1844844_a_quatones
despatches1874044des_patches
dispatches1874584dis_patches
mismatches1953754mis_matches
mispatches1974104mis_patches
musquashes2451764musqua_shes
nautches1336084na__u_tches
quaiches2235344___quaiches
quitches2236194___quitches
scratches1647324__scratches
scultches1664294__scultches
scutches15168884__scu_tches
slatches131511524__s_latches
smutches15177274__smu_tches
snatches131410714__s_natches
soutaches1446444__soutaches
squashes20207804__squa_shes
squelches2343364__squelches
squinches2344254__squinches
stopwatches2151604stopwatches
swatches16169964__s_watches

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819239.47015714.8
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691239.92218009.6
 
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