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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 “weigher” 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.

33 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
weigher1413634(None) 
weighed15135931weighed
weighers15135671weighers
weighter1535601weighter
either94517422_either
feigner1135592feigner
higher134610892_higher
neighed12135892neighed
neither1037572neither
nigher103612752_nigher
sigher103813702_sigher
sleigher1234312sleigher
weather133513222weather
wedgier12428282wedgier
weigh125412512weigh__
weighmen1743462weighmen
weighs13338872weigh_s
weight133914182weigh_t
weighted1635592weighted
weighters1644672weighters
weightier1643312weightier
weights14409552weights
weighty17376232weighty
weiner94214132wei_ner
weirder1144922weirder
welcher15319392welcher
welsher13377442welsher
wencher153811132wencher
wether123315392we_ther
whither163510252whither
wisher123617062w_isher
wither124321352w_ither
writher134010852writher

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671333.45331181.9
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.87546113.8
 
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