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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 “specifiers” 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.

33 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
specifiers174380(None) 
specifier1645681specifier_
specifies1647571specifie_s
opacifiers1742512opacifiers
pacifiers1645462_pacifiers
specifics1843932specifi_cs
specified1746252specifie_d
acetifiers1543403acetifiers
crucifiers1743073crucifiers
deifiers12348993_de_ifiers
edifiers12336673__edifiers
opacifier1643623opacifier_
opacifies1645463opacifie_s
pacifier1557503_pacifier_
pacifies15311223_pacifie_s
petrifiers1544673_petrifiers
purifiers1435873_purifiers
rectifiers1545173_rectifiers
reifiers11309843_re_ifiers
respecifies1853723respecifie_s
sanctifiers1652373sanctifiers
saponifiers1651863saponifiers
scarifiers1544103scarifiers
scorifiers1543603scorifiers
signifiers1444183signifiers
specialer1344733specialer_
speciates13229233speciate_s
species11314133spec__ie_s
specific1744703specifi__c
specimens1543403speci_mens
specters122811063spec__ters
speechifies2152203speechifie_s
verifiers15166063_verifiers

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603335.98623488.6
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.41927837.8
 
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