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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 “appetisers” 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.

28 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
appetisers144293(None) 
appetiser1344441appetiser_
appetizers2343021appetizers
appeasers1345262appe_asers
appetites1347512appetite_s
appetizer2244432appetizer_
appraisers1443502appraisers
apprisers1345052app_risers
poetisers1145312_poetisers
advertisers1552543advertisers
appealers1345063appe_alers
appeaser1245953appe_aser_
appeases1238663appe_ase_s
appetising1544513appetising
appetite1258493appetite__
appliers1235573app_li_ers
apposers1236283app__osers
appraisees1443153appraisees
appraiser1344953appraiser_
appraises1347423appraise_s
appriser1246783app_riser_
apprises12310963app_rise_s
apprizers2243833app_rizers
aspersers11377243aspe_rsers
peptizers22245033_peptizers
poetiser1037313_poetiser_
poetises10313953_poetise_s
poetizers2045103_poetizers

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911406030.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit140603288.36016818.5
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691288.83020236.8
 
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