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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 “northwesterly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

20 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
northwesterly227159(None) 
northeasterly1972122northeasterly
northwester1752782northwester__
northwestern1862222northwester_n
northwesters1852762northwester_s
southwesterly2271542southwesterly
northeaster1453534northeaster__
northeastern1562634northeaster_n
northeasters1553404northeaster_s
northerly1543524north____erly
northwest1544674northwest____
northwests1652874northwest___s
northwestward2371294northwestward
northwestwards2471114northwestwards
southeasterly1972024southeasterly
southwester1782514southwester__
southwestern1871984southwester_n
southwesters1862384southwester_s
westerly1445555_____westerly
worthlessly2052365worthles__sly

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 Filter1786911247900.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit124790207.97015657.5
3Display Results20200.0161250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691208.38921300.6
 
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