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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 “desirous” 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.

70 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
desirous94778(None) 
decorous1138852decorous
delirious1045602delirious
desirers939262desirers
desires81316132desir_es
desirously1445242desirously
destroys1236692destroys
devious1138522devi_ous
dextrous1646592dextrous
diestrous1046602diestrous
estrous7712532_estrous
oestrous869922oestrous
resinous838502resinous
anestrous946603anestrous
anserous8410543anserous
beshroud1443803beshroud
beshrouds1543063beshrouds
bestrows1337043bestrows
cerous85821203ce__rous
deairs74013783deair__s
deciduous1342613deciduous
delicious1246713delicious
delirium1146583delirium
deliriums1244473deliriums
demigods1343983demigods
demireps1343993demireps
denarius948813denarius
dendrons1047393dendrons
descries11311923descries
deserts82513053deser_ts
deserves12109893deserves
designs9328313desi_gns
desire7415303desir__e
desired9311983desir_ed
desirer8310783desir_er
desiring10312143desiring
desists83611723desi_sts
desktops1542463desktops
desorbs10437713desor_bs
despiteous1352323despiteous
despots10319683des_pots
destroy1138153destro_y
detritus945473detritus
devisors12347253devisors
dewdrops1542963dewdrops
dexterous1745553dexterous
diecious1146873dieci_ous
diestrus946523diestr_us
dimerous1139323dimerous
dioicous1145133dioicous
dolorous947843dolorous
dubious1036893dubi_ous
escrows1235803_escrows
estrus61912113_estr_us
ferrous1049803fe_rrous
feverous1446513feverous
generous939773generous
heinous1038853he_inous
leprous938843le_prous
lesions73813873lesi_ons
lustrous877803lustrous
oestrus7169583oestr_us
perilous10310693perilous
petrous92714423pe_trous
resprout1078783resprout
resprouts1174823resprouts
rosinous847373rosinous
serious73616283seri_ous
serous65023563__serous
tedious838443tedi_ous

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162708.08018089.4
3Display Results70700.0302333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691708.53320941.2
 
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