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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 “fresher” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

45 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
fresher13261264(None) 
flesher133610921flesher
freshed143312591freshed
freshen133010881freshen
freshes133515821freshes
freshet133416641freshet
brasher124515242brasher
brusher123813002brusher
crasher124616162crasher
crusher124412322crusher
dresser83611952dresser
fester94723512f_ester
fisher124917142f_isher
flasher133914062flasher
fleshed143210262fleshed
fleshers14339442fleshers
fleshes133913272fleshes
fleshier1435602fleshier
flusher133012272flusher
foreseer1139012foreseer
forester11313672forester
freer86021242fre__er
freezer19348522freezer
frescoer1345982frescoer
fresh115012202fresh__
freshener1544852freshener
freshens14298312freshens
freshest143010582freshest
freshets14298672freshets
freshly16286832freshly
freshmen1656022freshmen
fresnel1035892fresnel
fretter103412752fretter
frisker14389272frisker
frother133110152frother
presser93717622presser
prester93519622prester
rasher95024122_rasher
refresher15104652refresher
reshes94124362_reshes
rester63832432_rester
rusher94019652_rusher
thresher1455822thresher
trasher104416132trasher
wrester102812412wrester

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 Filter1786911076710.250714764.0
2DLD Change Limit107671456.53316481.1
3Display Results45450.0301500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691456.81326227.9
 
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