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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 “welterweights” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

26 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
welterweights237111(None) 
welterweight2261481welterweight_
featherweights27121673featherweights
counterweights2372534counterweights
featherweight26132104featherweight_
overweights2153734__overweights
paperweights2361414_paperweights
underweights2052354_underweights
yesternights1961084yester_nights
bantamweights247725bantamweights
counterweight2263545counterweight_
deadweights2051635de__adweights
flyweights2351915_fl__yweights
heavyweights2861065he_avyweights
makeweights2451585_make_weights
overweighs2044095__overweigh_s
overweight2045375__overweight_
paperweight2262145_paperweight_
pennyweights2461275pe_nnyweights
poltergeists15141975poltergei_sts
ultralights1553655_ult_ralights
underweight1953255_underweight_
watertight1773675w_ater_tight_
weeknights21161525we__e_knights
wheelwrights256915w_heelwrights
yesternight1851685yester_night_

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790269.14013653.2
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691269.54618718.9
 
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