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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 “weasel” 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.

46 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
weasel9341052(None) 
easel54521111_easel
teasel63914981teasel
weasels10468501weasels
weasely13317851weasely
cease75227652cease_
ceased94920782ceased
ceases84427072ceases
deasil71110982deasil
ease45042332_ease_
eased65430402_eased
easels65914552_easels
eases56041612_eases
fease84824872fease_
feased105718712feased
feases95422922feases
lease55230262lease_
leased74722882leased
leaser65322672leaser
leases65428112leases
measle83513222measle
pease75231112pease_
peasen84815962peasen
peases85229472peases
tease55428712tease_
teased74721152teased
teasels74311312teasels
teaser65421522teaser
teases65426272teases
teazel15368542teazel
vessel937952vessel
weaken13349602weaken
weaker134015442weaker
weal75838682wea__l
weaned103816152weaned
weaner93816772weaner
wearer94319402wearer
weaseled12175152weaseled
weaselly14284372weaselly
weason93210822weason
weave115218532weave_
weaved133913482weaved
weaver123916612weaver
weaves123616372weaves
wedel94513962we_del
weel75834082we__el

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551462.21637252.3
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691462.57569394.6
 
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