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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 “factor” 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.

44 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
factor1191145(None) 
actor71116071_actor
factors12912121factors
factory15108341factory
actors81016762_actors
cantor85621522cantor
captor104914602captor
castor84418532castor
coactor1139122coactor
cofactor1545752cofactor
doctor938992doctor
enactor938032enactor
exactor1636622exactor
facer105525052fac_er
fact97142542fact__
faction122613332faction
factoid1338692factoid
factored1436222factored
facts107021892fact_s
facture12108922facture
faitour1034882faitour
falter94519052falter
fantod102010032fantod
fantom112110802fantom
faster94625772faster
fatter94523212fatter
favor114712452fa_vor
fetor81214532f_etor
foetor939562foetor
fractur12135562fractur
functor1235202functor
gator64416032ga_tor
hector113312652hector
lector83514982lector
lictor83610852lictor
pastor84817482pastor
raptor83912822raptor
reactor93011652reactor
rector84019752rector
sartor6313882sartor
sector83415932sector
tractor9311332tractor
vector113212062vector
victor113210672victor

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551442.18637763.5
3Display Results44440.0301466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691442.55969828.4
 
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