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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 “esterified” 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.

29 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
esterified144540(None) 
esterifies1347151esterifies
etherified1744082etherified
aerified121310133__aerified
asteriated1177993asteriated
asterisked1542893asterisked
desertified1654103des_ertified
esterify1445623esterif__y
esterifying1873693esterifying
etherifies1645283etherifies
gentrified1545673gent_rified
metrified1547853met_rified
nitrified1346723nit_rified
nonesterified1761663nonesterified
petrified1548333pet_rified
respecified1953373respecified
reverified1745123reverified
scarified1547293_scarified
scorified1546193_scorified
serifed11811463_s_erif_ed
seriffed1594973_s_eriffed
specified1746253_specified
stellified1443463_stellified
sterilised1145443_sterilised
sterilized2046763_sterilized
terrified13147573__terrified
testified1397843test__ified
verified151510393__verified
vitrified1645983vit_rified

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603296.51621578.1
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691296.93525766.5
 
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