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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 “blighted” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

36 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
blighted154686(None) 
alighted1347671alighted
bighted142810921b_ighted
blighter1466851blighter
flighted1646971flighted
lighted122913501_lighted
plighted1546461plighted
slighted1357391slighted
bedighted1744582bedighted
benighted1644742benighted
bigoted11258402b_igoted
blight124114622blight__
blighters1555742blighters
blighties1546222blighties
blights133110212blight_s
blighty16356842blight_y
brighten1466242brighten
brighter1476662brighter
delighted1546202delighted
dighted132511492_dighted
frighted1657172frighted
highted152710162_highted
knighted1745122knighted
lichted13268802_lichted
ligated92414142_ligated
lighten112811522_lighten
lighter113113442_lighter
obligated13186902obligated
plighter1476622plighter
relighted1436862relighted
righted122912142_righted
sighted123111522_sighted
slighter1257822slighter
unlighted1455782unlighted
uplighted1653842uplighted
weighted1635592weighted

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059363.28036908.2
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.43652005.5
 
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