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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 “thither” 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.

44 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
thither1332810(None) 
hither124417251_hither
tither94920281t_ither
whither163510251whither
blither124812172blither
chitter124112962chitter
cither114616682_cither
dither104417682_dither
either94517422_either
higher134610892_higher
hitcher153712002_hitcher
hitter94419862_hitter
ither84617602__ither
lither94520952_lither
mither114218562_mither
neither1037572neither
slither104112982slither
swither133710992swither
teether10349692teether
tether93716102t_ether
thatcher1635662thatcher
thicker163611022thicker
thighed1535272thighed
thinker143610682thinker
thinner10358972thinner
thitherto1542242thitherto
titer55430612t_it_er
titfer9409522t_itfer
tithe85319702t_ithe_
tithed104115592t_ithed
tithers104216732t_ithers
tithes94720212t_ithes
titter63421162t_itter
tother94117142t_other
triter65120592trit_er
twitcher16135342twitcher
twitter10278092twitter
whether16346622whether
whiter124316392whit_er
whitier133311062whitier
whitter139110892whitter
wither124321352_wither
writher134010852writher
zither183813082_zither

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671443.15634116.3
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.54850363.9
 
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