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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 “dexterity” 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.

27 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
dexterity204434(None) 
alterity1149843_alterity
austerity1245813austerity
celerity1347643ce_lerity
demerit10314993de_merit_
demerits11310763de_merits
dentality1348473dentality
deuterate1049513deuterate
deuteric1146343deuteri_c
deuteride1145543deuteride
deuterium1245123deuterium
dexter143810893dexter___
dexterities1945813dexterities
dexterous1745553dexterous
dextrin1587543dext_ri_n
dextrine1688253dext_rine
dextrins16117823dext_rins
esterify1445623_esterify
eternity1146683_e_ternity
extensity1944723_extensity
exterior1547373_exterior
extremity2153353_extremity
feterita1166463fe_terita
legerity1245713le_gerity
posterity1448693posterity
severity1446973se_verity
temerity1346903te_merity

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641277.68619339.2
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691278.10922036.1
 
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