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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 “courtesies” 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.

38 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
courtesies124645(None) 
courtesied1344041courtesied
curtesies1147521c_urtesies
countesses1248842countesses
courtesans1244252courtesans
courtsides1343582court_sides
curtsies1038732c_urt_sies
cauteries11615393cau_teries
corteges1198823co_rte_ges
cortexes1797613co_rte_xes
coteries10422703co__teries
counterspies1648313counterspies
countersues1348533countersues
countess103710053countes__s
counties10316283count__ies
countries11313613count_ries
courgettes1344123courgettes
courses94218893cour__s_es
courteous1145813courte_ous
courters103015373courte__rs
courtesan1144173courtes_an
courtesy1364973courtes__y
courtesying1743123courtesying
courtezans2152873courtezans
courtier1059333court__ier
courtiers1146693court__iers
courtlier1154463court_lier
courtliest1244903court_liest
courtships1743833courtships
courtside1243353court_side
curtnesses1238373c_urtnesses
curtsied1134953c_urt_sied
cutesie937963c_u_tesie_
cutesier1045623c_u_tesier
cutesiest1146103c_u_tesiest
discourtesies1672263discourtesies
dournesses1138243dournesses
sournesses10310013sournesses

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603386.51621578.1
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691386.95225703.5
 
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