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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 “policer” 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.

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
policer11311268(None) 
police102918561police_
policed123212231policed
policers12259991policers
polices113118051polices
politer92417071politer
holier94921622holi_er
noticer937272noticer
palier85023562pali_er
placer105117742p_lacer
plier75221282p_li_er
poiser84217242po_iser
pokier124914632poki_er
polder94019252pol_der
poler74431792pol__er
policies122415662policies
policy133211512polic_y
polies84034582poli_es
polisher1388072polisher
polite83625072polite_
poller83921852pol_ler
pollices12410752pollices
polymer1438062polymer
pouncer113511232pouncer
poxier153812112poxi_er
pricer103918292p_ricer
pumicer1335062pumicer
slicer84117602_slicer
solacer93011102solacer
solider82912452solider
splicer114710522splicer
voicer113910542vo_icer

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911076710.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit107671327.85613705.6
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691328.62220725.0
 
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