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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 “hamperer” 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.

28 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
hamperer1537909(None) 
hammerer15278141hammerer
hampered16239931hampered
hamperers16287531hamperers
pamperer14228331pamperer
tamperer12248891tamperer
ampere10514412_ampere_
amperes11313982_amperes
caperer113013402ca_perer
chamferer19154692chamferer
dampener1335532dampener
dapperer1335762dapperer
hammered16218852hammered
hammerers16216562hammerers
hamper134518652hamp__er
hampers143616952hamper_s
hankerer15248232hankerer
pampered15229232pampered
pamperers15236862pamperers
paperer113111902pa_perer
scamperer1544622scamperer
simperer1237172simperer
tampered13279462tampered
tamperers13227312tamperers
taperer92511792ta_perer
temperer12227722temperer
whimperer19123722whimperer
yammerer15225482yammerer

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 Filter1786911210590.673265514.1
2DLD Change Limit121059288.25014673.8
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691288.93619996.8
 
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