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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 “splasher” 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
splasher133566(None) 
plasher124215031_plasher
slasher104515331s_lasher
splashed1435591splashed
splashers1445281splashers
splashes1337501splashes
splashier1443591splashier
clasher124615512_clasher
flasher133914062_flasher
lasher94824532__lasher
plashed133712642_plashed
plashers133813452_plashers
plashes124417392_plashes
plashier1337612_plashier
plaster93318692_plaster
plusher124010382_plusher
slashed114114852s_lashed
slashers113313612s_lashers
slashes103619112s_lashes
slather103816082s_lather
smasher123911022s_masher
splash1168822splash__
splashy1543552splash_y
splatter10348882splatter
sploshed1434322sploshed
sploshes1336132sploshes
squasher20185782squasher
swasher134011512s_washer

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit121059283.51334460.3
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691284.30941469.3
 
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