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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 “rotary” 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
rotary9241130(None) 
notary92310711notary
rosary92810351rosary
votary12248331votary
botany1139262botany
covary1438742covary
datary10310242datary
dotard839052dotard
hoary114516762ho_ary
horary12310382horary
mortary12369042mortary
ovary1149112_ovary
ratany93411872ratany
retard75018932retard
retiary1038332retiary
retry84718082ret_ry
ritard74812082ritard
roar46328572ro_ar_
roars55622242ro_ars
ropery114313872ropery
rosery93813282rosery
rota45834342rota__
rotas54827722rota_s
rotate63320342rotate
rotatory1147212rotatory
rotor55519732rotor_
rotors64917952rotors
zonary1838792zonary

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.716249568.4
2DLD Change Limit82551283.23625510.2
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691283.96545067.1
 
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