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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 “hirsel” 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.

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
hirsel913868(None) 
hirsels10128351hirsels
hirsle9159571hirsle
birse74517402birse_
birses84717732birses
chisel112111942chi_sel
diesel74410402diesel
dorsel75315502dorsel
hansel95214372hansel
hassel95614212hassel
herself1337622herself
himself1544292himself
hire75538962hir_e_
hired95226262hir_ed
hiree85427802hir_ee
hirees95117292hirees
hirer85423122hir_er
hires86134342hir_es
hirple11158972hirple
hirseled12106252hirseled
hirsled11118112hirsled
hirsles101510072hirsles
hissed104114452hissed
hisself1335912hisself
hisser94713792hisser
hisses94719352hisses
horse86132652horse_
horsed105321082horsed
horses94729352horses
horsey125115402horsey
hosel86024822h_osel
housel95217052housel
missel85216522missel
morsel85815892morsel
tinsel639442tinsel

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551352.59331836.1
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691352.96960185.6
 
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