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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 “teargasses” 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.

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
teargasses114306(None) 
teargases1044801tearga_ses
teargassed1252151teargassed
beargrasses1452642beargrasses
avgasses1284193__avgasses
bagasses1136313_ba_gasses
carcasses1337483_carcasses
dearnesses1139583dearnesses
degasses10278363de__gasses
eelgrasses1142573eelgrasses
gearcases1254693gearca_ses
harasses11311033_har_asses
hardasses1346453_hardasses
largesses10246273_largesses
megasses11307743me__gasses
nearnesses1039103nearnesses
pearlashes1543263pearlashes
sargassos1042323_sargassos
smartasses1243163smartasses
teargas837013tearga___s
teargassing1352003teargassing
tearinesses11311693tearinesses
terrases82111483te_rra_ses
trasses74819323t__r_asses
zebrasses2043513zebr_asses

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603257.26619350.8
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.68523251.9
 
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