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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 “anchovies” 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.

32 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
anchovies174575(None) 
anchorites1547752anchorites
acholias1349573a_cholias
alchemies1654833alchemies
alchymies1942883alchymies
alcoves1297873alc_ov_es
anagogies11156163anagogies
analogies101910643analogies
anatomies11159693anatomies
anchorages1644693anchorages
anchored1438593ancho_red
anchoress1445243anchoress
anchoret13412453ancho_ret
anchorets1445993anchorets
anchoring1548323anchoring
anchorite1448823anchorite
anchorless1543033anchorless
anchormen1644353anchormen
anchors123912953ancho__rs
anchos114214893ancho___s
anchoveta1752513anchoveta
anchovetas1851943anchovetas
anchovy1843953anchov__y
anchusins1444543anchusins
ancones93116343anc_o_nes
anomies93316993an__omies
anybodies1542993anybodies
archeries14411223archeries
archives16399553archiv_es
chevies153511443__chevies
chivies153412853__chivies
unchokes17227273uncho_kes

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641327.07621006.4
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.52823736.8
 
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