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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 “dishwater” 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.

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
dishwater164490(None) 
dishwaters1744021dishwaters
dishware1545432dishware_
dishwares1645862dishwares
dishwasher2051962dishwasher
bathwater1744363bathwater
deepwater1543713deepwater
desolater1038383desolater
dewater112912423d__ewater
dilater83515653di__later
disaster949943dis_aster
disgracer1346183disgracer
dishearten1444333dishearten
dishier113613403dish__ier
dishwashers2151603dishwashers
disinter9310673dis_inter
dismaler1137903dis_maler
displacer1446433displacer
displayer1545833displayer
disputer1137973dis_puter
disrate81418523dis_rate_
disrated10915573dis_rated
disrates91118153dis_rates
disrupter1244723disrupter
disseated11711083disseated
dissenter1059133dissenter
dissipater1344873dissipater
dissuader1175083dissuader
distorter1048403distorter
disuniter1086203disuniter
firewater1545213firewater
freshwater1942533freshwater
limewater1444073limewater
mishanter1446453mishanter
rosewater1245023rosewater
tidewater1344123tidewater

Search took 7 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 Limit148641366.28323657.6
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691366.71926594.9
 
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