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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 “despatches” 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.

31 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
despatches187404(None) 
despatched1953231despatched
dispatches1874581dispatches
despatch1643222despatch__
dethatches1943192dethatches
dispatched1993882dispatched
dispatcher1853262dispatcher
dispatchers1972462dispatchers
mispatches1974102mispatches
repatches1636712re_patches
debauches17124063de_bauches
demarches1745913de_marches
despatching20122653despatching
despites11410313despit__es
detaches1439653de_ta_ches
dethatched2042533dethatched
dispatch1654553dispatch__
dogwatches2042213dogwatches
mismatches1953753mismatches
mispatched2053833mispatched
patches143320383___patches
rematches1636653re_matches
repatched1745313re_patched
researches1544293researches
resketches1942963resketches
respaces12311043respa_c_es
restitches1545063restitches
slatches131511523__slatches
snatches131410713__snatches
spathes125116533__spat_hes
swatches16169963__swatches

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 Filter1786911406030.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit140603315.59325139.1
3Display Results31310.0301033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691315.79630830.1
 
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