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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 “thespian” 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.

27 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
thespian134320(None) 
thespians1442841thespians
hessian1035852_hessian
therian10311292the_rian
chessman1544823chessman
espial839543__espial
etesian757853etes_ian
hessians1145053_hessians
lesbian944463_lesbian
mesian84315503_mes_ian
sheepman1543853sheepman
tenpin8310583t_enpi_n
teopan839353t_eop_an
tertian7511193t_ertian
theelin1038003theeli_n
thein85919023the__i_n
theophany2053243theophany
therein102310353therei_n
theriac1239143the_riac
therians1138313the_rians
thermion1345933thermion
thesis94913733thes_i_s
thesp105410313thesp___
thesps11448263thesp__s
tiepin839343tie_pi_n
topspin1145113topspi_n
trepan82511673tre_p_an

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162276.95321021.4
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691277.38924183.4
 
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