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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 “territory” 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.

29 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
territory124509(None) 
termitary1444192termitary
decretory1544673decretory
derisory1245163de_risory
dormitory1543253dormitory
feretory1447503fe_retory
herbivory20141753herbivory
heritor10310563he_ritor_
heritors11310903he_ritors
hermitry1644453hermit_ry
herstory1446693he_rstory
pellitory1444153pellitory
secretory1444593secretory
servitor1145053servitor_
servitors1245203servitors
terraform1443583terraform
terribly1344923terri_bly
terrier73414963terri_er_
terriers84210823terri_ers
terrify1336353terri__fy
territ63421373territ___
territorial1154963territorial
territories1146013territories
territs72714503territ__s
terror63811733terr__or_
terrors73112213terr__ors
tertiary1145433terti_ary
traitor7310123t_raitor_
traitors8310793t_raitors

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641297.25020502.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.70223200.6
 
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