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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 “saltwater” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

37 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
saltwater124435(None) 
meltwater1443432meltwater
saltpeter1153162saltpeter
anteater8311603_anteater
backwater2096753backwater
bathwater1744363bathwater
castrater1148523castrater
cutwater1344833_cutwater
maltreater12124743maltreater
maltster1035303malt_ster
meltwaters1542963meltwaters
polywater1774783polywater
rainwater1244573rainwater
sailboater1253493sailboater
salimeter1157373salimeter
salivate11310013salivate_
salivated1337473salivated
salivates1239293salivates
salivator12136113salivator
salometer1188693salometer
saltatory1245623salt_atory
salter64325083sal___ter
saltier74318633salt__ier
saltpeters1253093saltpeters
saltpetre1152433saltpetre
saltshaker1751723saltshaker
saluter73512453sal__uter
salvager1235593sal_vager
satiate7315403sa_tiate_
satiated9311603sa_tiated
satiates8314633sa_tiates
saturater947903saturater
seawater1136603s_eawater
slater64429183s_l__ater
stater64427563s__t_ater
tailwater1244513tailwater
wastewater16143003wastewater

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.546327272.9
2DLD Change Limit148641376.89021573.4
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.45223978.9
 
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