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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 “dewater” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

57 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
dewater11291242(None) 
debater104114691debater
dewaters122910721dewaters
beater84729392be_ater
dater65332312d__ater
deader84220472de_ader
deafer104114812de_afer
dealer74122142de_aler
dearer74822802de_arer
debaser103510412debaser
debate94419192debate_
debated113916082debated
debaters113511922debaters
debates103718532debates
decanter112510792decanter
decayer13339352decayer
deepwater1543712deepwater
defacer132810362defacer
defamer132710322defamer
defeater122611662defeater
deflater123211602deflater
defter104215922de_fter
delate73827752delate_
delated93722872delated
delates83526282delates
delator83015022delator
delayer113010532delayer
derate74531232derate_
derated93623502derated
derates84028892derates
desalter938362desalter
deter65028042de__ter
dewar95817732dewa__r
dewatered1444742dewatered
dewaterer1343712dewaterer
dewaxed19316052dewaxed
dewaxes18297842dewaxes
dewier104013462dew_ier
dexter143810892de_xter
dilater83515652dilater
dowager1245802dowager
eater54639842_e_ater
elater64724202_elater
eyewater1444242eyewater
feater95224052fe_ater
heater94828302he_ater
neater64424312ne_ater
negater83711962negater
pewter114013672pew_ter
rebater93517912rebater
relater73723142relater
seater64534152se_ater
seawater1136602seawater
sedater83713622sedater
sweater103712722sweater
tidewater1344122tidewater
water84733312__water

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671573.39031761.4
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691573.77947285.3
 
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