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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 “later” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

33 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
later5484392(None) 
alter54828501alter
cater74840701cater
dater65332311dater
eater54639841eater
elater64724201elater
gater64533641gater
hater85034751hater
lacer75833751lacer
lader65633721lader
lager65132861lager
laker95432871laker
lamer75233701lamer
laser54633321laser
laster64830631laster
late47560481late_
lated65240671lated
laten54328341laten
latex124717111latex
lather95124351lather
latter65027891latter
laver85031791laver
laxer125420331laxer
layer84626471layer
liter54736341liter
mater74438861mater
oater55433731oater
pater74740721pater
plater84427691plater
rater54943281rater
slater64429181slater
tater54138611tater
water84733311water

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit28756330.50057512.0
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691330.563317390.8
 
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