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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 “twerps” 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.

29 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
twerps1134515(None) 
twerp10398411twerp_
twirps11415011twirps
ewers86018822ewer_s
perps95521482_perps
sweeps114110512sweeps
tarps76527112t_arps
tawers94118602tawer_s
temps95417132t_emps
terms75523472t_erms
terns55226872t_erns
theres96525472theres
therms115914872therms
thesps11448262thesps
thorps113610892thorps
tiers55526522tier_s
towers94423672tower_s
turps74918732t_urps
tweaks1335962tweaks
tweeds10498432tweeds
tweens9489842tweens
tweets94210102tweets
twiers95410162twier_s
twirls9478122twirls
twirp10468942twirp_
twyers12497412twyer_s
tyers86220052tyer_s
warps107126422_warps
weeps104120562_weeps

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 Limit82551292.47033421.5
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691292.81363523.3
 
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