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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 “anchorites” 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.

31 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
anchorites154776(None) 
anchorite1448831anchorite_
anchorages1644702anchorages
anchorets1445992anchoret_s
anchoritic1755532anchoritic
anchovies1745752anchovi_es
achondrites1753363a_chondrites
aconites10314353a_c_onites
anchorage1544423anchorage_
anchored1438603anchor__ed
anchoress1445243anchor_ess
anchoresses1653803anchoresses
anchoret13412463anchor__et
anchoring1548323anchori_ng
anchorless1543033anchorless
anchormen1644363anchor_men
anchors123912953anchor___s
anchovetas1851943anchovetas
anhydrites1792733anhydrites
ankerites1348523an_kerites
aphorises14310003a_phorises
aphorizes2348013a_phorizes
archeries14411223archeri_es
authorises1347583authorises
authorities1446333authorities
authorizes2247003authorizes
chlorites142311963__chlorites
chorines132917253__chorines
dichroites1645143dichroites
norites74018803_n__orites
thorites11312393__thorites

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603315.79624258.6
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.23228673.1
 
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