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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 “anathemas” 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.

27 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
anathemas144488(None) 
anathema1344591anathema_
anathemata1552982anathemata
anthems12309422an_them_s
altheas1038233a_lthe_as
anabaenas1142763anabaenas
anadems1036143ana_dem_s
anaemias1069203ana__emias
analemmas13103583analemmas
anaphoras1445383anaphoras
anarthrias13133833anarthrias
anthem113410343an_them__
anthemed1446953an_themed
anthemia1349193an_themia
anthemic15410323an_themic
antheral1149393an_theral
anthers103715203an_the_rs
antheses11311473an_theses
anthesis11312503an_thesis
apothems1544223apothem_s
asthmas12117363a_sth_mas
baratheas1444933barathe_as
erythemas1753433erythemas
exanthemas2252573exanthemas
panatelas1144103panat_elas
snathes104816493snathe__s
xanthomas2143643xan_thomas

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641276.92021479.9
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.35924282.0
 
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