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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 “thread” 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.

43 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
thread10501109(None) 
threads11419951threads
thready14435901thready
threap11569661threap
threat95020461threat
tread64821701t_read
ahead96817052ah_ead
bread85523112_bread
dread74419022_dread
head87137172_h_ead
oread64619602_oread
phreak1536152phreak
read55942532__read
reread71715432reread
rethread1245352rethread
shred98125612shre_d
shrewd136810782shrewd
spread9312532spread
tared69340052tare_d
thereat104315242thereat
thraw1110515922thr_aw
threaded1366322threaded
threader1256732threader
threaped1454862threaped
threaps12488642threaps
threated1259202threated
threats104311672threats
three87526912thre_e
threep115910112threep
threes97117322threes
thresh12276862thresh
threw1117315712thre_w
throat94819752throat
tired65228902tire_d
trad55630912t_r_ad
treads74817922t_reads
treat56240352t_reat
treed65626732t_reed
trend64817452t_rend
triad65217722t_riad
tyred95816432tyre_d
unread73412672unread
unthread1244602unthread

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 Limit82551432.37334787.6
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691432.73265406.7
 
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