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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 “freewritings” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
freewritings195125(None) 
freewriting1842561freewriting_
prewritings1742792pr_ewritings
freewrites1643573freewrit__es
prewriting1647243pr_ewriting_
rewriting13310413_r_ewriting_
typewritings2161403typewritings
ferretings14133504f__erretings
ferritins1247274f__erritin_s
freebooting1742184freebooting_
freemartins1651614freemartin_s
freethinkings24161154freethinkings
freewrite1543604freewrit___e
freewritten1751164freewrit_ten
frostbitings1851264frostbitings
greetings11276044gree___tings
handwritings2051614handwritings
newswritings196854newswritings
overwriting1847904overwriting_
playwritings2151284playwritings
preediting1447934pree_diting_
preexciting2343754preexciting_
reediting11310954_ree_diting_
skywritings2251124_skywritings
songwritings1761264songwritings
typewriting2052014typewriting_
writings12298114____writings

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790277.79616006.9
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691278.20221786.3
 
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