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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 “canvassers” 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.

25 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
canvassers1527357(None) 
canvasers14265351canva_sers
canvasser14274251canvasser_
canvasses14286031canvasse_s
canvaser13276552canva_ser_
canvases13349512canva_se_s
canvassed15274032canvasse_d
amassers10337843_a_massers
cadasters1236833ca_dasters
camasses12388973ca_masse_s
canallers1137213can_allers
canisters112310193can_isters
cannisters1245013cannisters
canvased14246213canva_se_d
canvass12376873canva_s__s
canvassing1643803canvassing
carcasses1337473carcasse_s
caressers1137433ca_ressers
cavaliers1455613ca_valiers
classers104111833c__lassers
conversers1547353conversers
crevasses1444133crevasse_s
harassers1246193ha_rassers
kavasses1544303ka_vasse_s
vavassors1541843va_vassors

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit140603255.64324916.4
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691255.79630830.1
 
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