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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 “newsmeo” 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.

32 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
newsmen1235891newsmen
newsie9138222newsie_
newsier10147232newsier
newsies101310392newsies
newsman1245502newsman
lensmen937883lensmen
messmen1137393messmen
nelumbo1142663nelumbo
nesses64718323ne_sses
nested74720073ne_sted
nester64124183ne_ster
neume74414403ne_ume_
neumes83112623ne_umes
newbie11135413newbie_
newbies12147423newbies
newcomer1543343newcomer
newel86114133new__el
newer85717463new__er
newie81813483new_ie_
newies91014073new_ies
news76127373news___
newsbeat1343623newsbeat
newsboy1542493newsboy
newsdesk1641733newsdesk
newsiest11107483newsiest
newsless1134533newsless
newsmaker1843423newsmaker
newspeak1742563newspeak
newsreel1142863newsreel
newsroom1343543newsroom
newswomen1753033newswomen
newsy11489393news__y

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 Filter1786911340270.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit134027326.90619407.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.34524328.3
 
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