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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 “welcomer” 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.

48 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
welcomer154402(None) 
welcome1445191welcome_
welcomed1643321welcomed
welcomers1643511welcomers
welcomes15134751welcomes
newcomer1543342newcomer
welcher15319392welc_her
welcomely1951612welcomely
become123312593be_come_
becomes132911963be_comes
bedcover1663563bedcover
belcher143511493belc_her
bellower13159063bellower
bloomer11419813_bloomer
comer95832693___comer
decoder113712293de_coder
decoyer13348683de_coyer
dulcimer1343173dulcimer
eloper85414153_el_oper
encoder1038633_encoder
excimer1834963_excimer
falconer1346043falconer
incomer1169943_incomer
mellower13167403mellower
newcomers1643103newcomers
overcomer16127743overcomer
recover124312623re_cover
telome8311923tel_ome_
telomere1046433tel_omere
telomes9310533tel_omes
unwelcome1651563unwelcome_
venomer1237583ve_nomer
walkover1842943walkover
walloper13147113walloper
wallower14158933wallower
welched16298833welc_hed
welchers16338053welc_hers
welches153710313welc_hes
welcoming1743473welcoming
welder102914413wel__der
weldor10317653weldo__r
welldoer1243473welldoer
welsher13377443wel_sher
welter93417383wel__ter
wencher153811133wenc_her
willower14127453willower
winsomer1345773winsomer
yellower14186213yellower

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.720248181.9
2DLD Change Limit146162488.54617103.0
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691489.28219251.3
 
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