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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 “employers” 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.

48 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
employers164412(None) 
employees1653391employees
employer1564711employer_
employes1555941employe_s
deployers1545062deployers
employe1476362employe__
employed1654952employe_d
employee1555202employe_e
employs1455522employ__s
empowers15276842emp_owers
exploders1944172exploders
explorers1843742explorers
implorers13124412implorers
caloyers1337343_caloyers
deplorers1245463deplorers
deployer1445633deployer_
elopers95112943e__lopers
emblazers2243703emblazers
embowers15236453em_bowers
emoters94712873em__oters
empalers12226743emp_alers
emplaces1438413emplace_s
emplanes1239503emplane_s
employ1346493employ___
employing1765343employing
employment1955243employment
employments2054243employments
empower14217033emp_ower_
emptiers1275193emp_tiers
enclosers11105803enclosers
enjoyers1843883e_njoyers
exploder1844843exploder_
explodes1845803explode_s
exploiters1943833exploiters
explorer1744713explorer_
explores1746253explore_s
exposers1736133exp_osers
implodes13106393implode_s
implorer12125103implorer_
implores12127043implore_s
imposers12278463imp_osers
impowers15296823imp_owers
improvers1645043improvers
players124313763__players
plovers123611833__plovers
plowers123812243__plowers
plyers114912983__pl_yers
unemployeds1951983unemployeds

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641486.42323142.0
3Display Results48480.0301600.0
 (SQL Overall)178691486.90625874.7
 
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