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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 “watersheds” 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.

25 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
watersheds174353(None) 
watershed1644641watershed_
waterbeds1544882water_beds
waterheads1744242water_heads
waterhens1574962water_hens
watersides1445532watersides
waterweeds1743662waterweeds
airsheds12274963_a_irsheds
waterages1349383waterage_s
waterbed1436443water_bed_
waterbirds1644053waterbirds
watercress1543383watercress
watered113014953water__ed_
waterers112312783water__ers
waterhead1644403water_head
waterhen1485313water_he_n
wateriness1348073wateriness
waterishness1853263waterishness
waterjets1944463water_jets
waterless1238013water_less
waterside1345803waters_ide
waterskis1643983waters_kis
waterweed1644623waterweed_
waterwheel1952073waterwheel
waterwheels2051653waterwheels

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603255.69024710.5
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691256.12629169.3
 
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