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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 “thesps” 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.

41 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
thesps1144826(None) 
theses96517971theses
thesis94913731thesis
thesp105410311thesp_
cheaps134613682cheaps
cheeps135312912cheeps
chess105016922ches_s
chests114916262chests
hasps105114642_hasps
heaps105223222_heaps
helps105219342_helps
hemps126917332_hemps
hests85829932_hests
rhesus936202rhesus
temps95417132t_emps
tests56530192t_ests
thebes115914492thebes
thefts12387922thefts
thegns10547432thegns
theins95015422theins
theirs94610352theirs
theisms1237762theisms
theists1039152theists
themes115319252themes
thens85921832the_ns
theres96525472theres
therms115914872therms
these86519012thes_e
thetas93011572thetas
thews117416192the_ws
thorps113610892thorps
threaps12488642threaps
threeps12687042threeps
thrips11299012thrips
thumps13449352thumps
tmeses85712242tmeses
tmesis8529792tmesis
tress55423162tres_s
twerps11345152twerps
wheeps14439952wheeps
whelps14437842whelps

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.14038575.2
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.49971505.0
 
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