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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 “governors” 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.

35 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
governors134388(None) 
governor1243281governor_
governess1346172governess
governs1136102govern__s
cavernous1444563cavernous
convenors14277633conve_nors
convertors1549133convertors
coverers132712123cover_ers
evertors1138953_evertors
govern1036823govern___
governed1335193govern_ed
governessy1741853governessy
governing1435533governing
governorate1552703governorate
governorates1652763governorates
governorship2162413governorship
hoverers14289023hover_ers
invertors12239793invertors
overbore131111583_overbore
overborn13128703_overborn
overdoers13117403_overdoers
overdoes121212543_overdoes
overdogs13127493_overdogs
overhonors1643053_overhonors
overjoys2135183_overjoys
overlord12119183_overlord
overlords13117223_overlords
overtops1338513_overtops
overword15119243_overword
overwords16127643_overwords
overwore141111403_overwore
overwork18118233_overwork
overworks19127393_overworks
overworn14118833_overworn
taverners1244273taverners

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641356.81021826.9
3Display Results35350.0331060.6
 (SQL Overall)178691357.26624592.8
 
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