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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 “employee” 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.

42 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
employee155520(None) 
employe1476361employ_e
employed1654951employed
employees1653391employees
employer1564711employer
employes1555941employes
employ1346492employ__
employers1644122employers
employs1455522employ_s
coemployed2042683coemployed
deployed1535913deployed
deployer1445633deployer
emplace1338263empl_ace
emplaced1536053emplaced
emplaces1438413emplaces
emplane11410013empl_ane
emplaned1337163emplaned
emplanes1239503emplanes
employable1943153employable
employing1765343employing
employment1955243employment
empower14217033emp_ower
epopee10312503e_p_opee
explode1745963explo_de
exploded1944753exploded
exploder1844843exploder
explodes1845803explodes
explore1646613explo_re
explored1845083explored
explorer1744713explorer
explores1746253explores
implode12156103implo_de
imploded14145073imploded
implodes13106393implodes
implore11176703implo_re
implored13135373implored
implorer12125103implorer
implores12127043implores
nonemployee1862223nonemployee
ployed124310563__ployed
reemployed1843173reemployed
unemployed1843073unemployed

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162426.87321266.1
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.31224438.0
 
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