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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 “yeasayers” 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.

27 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
yeasayers154202(None) 
yeasayer1442351yeasayer_
essayers1133562_essayers
assayers1144843_assayers
belayers13298143be_layers
betrayers1445013betrayers
bewrayers1743483bewrayers
decayers14307963de_cayers
defrayers1644173defrayers
delayers12268663de_layers
easters75125683_eas_ters
essayer1033943_essayer_
feasters11511563feas_ters
leasers74717843leas__ers
measurers1144883measurers
naysayers1542353naysayers
reasoners947113reasoners
sayers94221593___sayers
seafarers1244143seafarers
seasoners946263seasoners
seawaters1235713seawaters
teamakers1544873teamakers
teaselers9165843teaselers
teasers75317243teas__ers
yearners11346373yea_rners
yeastier1135393yeastier_
yeastless1234053yeastless

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641276.86021667.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.29624491.6
 
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