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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 “watermanship” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

23 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
watermanship226325(None) 
watermanships2362911watermanships
airmanship17104783_a_irmanship
gamesmanship2263283gamesmanship
salesmanship1983483salesmanship
statesmanship20173143statesmanship
airmanships1874464_a_irmanships
chairmanship2463134chairmanship
externship2253634exter__nship
foremanship2153944fore_manship
gamesmanships2363054gamesmanships
internship1554794inter__nship
lifemanship2173164life_manship
marksmanship2563314marksmanship
oarsmanship1864124oa_rsmanship
penmanship1954314__penmanship
salesmanships2083294salesmanships
seamanship17185074__seamanship
statesmanships21172944statesmanships
tranship13410184__t_r_anship
wardenship1963454wa__rdenship
waterman1397284waterman____
workmanship2563194w_orkmanship

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790237.86015876.6
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691238.28221575.8
 
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