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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 “hiatus” 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.

31 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
hiatus93822(None) 
chiaus113611312chia_us
cistus84611342cistus
fiats85324482fiat_s
flatus94310782flatus
habus106317142h_abus
haikus13538292haikus
hakus125114112h_akus
hates86742572h_ates
hats76858252h_at_s
heaths126316382heaths
heats85838402heat_s
hiatal9310202hiatal
hiatuses1135772hiatuses
hilts86924412hilt_s
hilus84817642hi_lus
hints87330622hint_s
hists86328372hist_s
hits75545132hi_t_s
ictus7249702_ictus
meatus85112922meatus
miaous8511692miaous
riatas63915092riatas
rictus8379192rictus
shiatsu1033432shiatsu
shiatsus1142612shiatsus
shiatzus2042162shiatzus
situs55019232si_tus
status65515212status
vatus86114642_vatus
virtus94310142virtus

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 Limit82551312.29635954.3
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691312.65567303.6
 
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