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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 “afterthoughts” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

15 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
afterthoughts23880(None) 
afterthought2281291afterthought_
aforethought22111283aforethought_
forethoughts22121443_forethoughts
forethought21112374_forethought_
overthought2152564_overthought_
aftershocks2351585aftersho__cks
bethought1853435__be_thought_
forthrights2152225_f_orthrights
merrythoughts257645merrythoughts
methought1853935__me_thought_
outthought1752305out__thought_
rethought1653805__re_thought_
thoughts15515605_____thoughts
waterthrushes226845waterthrushes

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 Filter1786911247900.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit124790159.06313769.2
3Display Results15150.016937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691159.82918180.0
 
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