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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 “skewbacks” 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.

31 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
skewbacks194351(None) 
skewback1843901skewback_
setbacks1686302s_etbacks
skewbalds1941842skewbalds
blowbacks2243673blowbacks
clawbacks2243623clawbacks
diebacks1745963die_backs
drawbacks2143373drawbacks
feedbacks2143653feedbacks
kebbocks1743023_kebbocks
kebbucks1742353_kebbucks
plowbacks2243123plowbacks
sawbucks1943413s_awbucks
scatbacks1974713scatbacks
seatbacks17115603seatbacks
setback1567143s_etback_
shellacks1844553shellacks
shellbacks2153413shellbacks
skewbald1842073skewba_ld
skipjacks2342103skipjacks
skyjacks2342543sk_yjacks
skywalks1742193skyw_alks
slotbacks1743863slotbacks
snapbacks1954303snapbacks
snowbanks1842943snowbanks
snowpacks2042593snowpacks
softbacks2043883softbacks
swaybacks2343583swaybacks
sweepbacks2352983sweepbacks
tiebacks1646333tie_backs
wetbacks1974983_wetbacks

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641316.84321721.6
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.26524596.1
 
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