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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 “arbutuses” 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.

24 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
arbutuses114372(None) 
arbutes939702arbut__es
arbutus944842arbutu__s
abacuses1235763a_bacuses
abatises10311013a_batises
abortuses1144993abortuses
abuses85119103a_b__uses
airbuses1067073airb__uses
airbusses1153613airbu_sses
albumoses1392853albumoses
annuluses943913annuluses
arbitress1143853arbitress
arbuscles1342813arbuscles
arbute8311043arbut__e_
arcatures1186833arcatures
arcuses94814693ar__cuses
arguses84711743ar__guses
armatures1166973armatures
arouses74921293ar__ouses
arquebuses2151703arquebuses
asbestuses1252173asbestuses
carburises1445853carburises
prunuses1035123pr_unuses
rictuses1037563_rictuses

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 Filter1786911486410.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit148641247.20320636.0
3Display Results24240.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691247.37324235.9
 
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