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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 “publisher” 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.

41 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
publisher164421(None) 
published1744341published
publishers1743521publishers
publishes1645931publishes
copublisher2051952copublisher
polisher1388072p_olisher
publish1447912publish__
punisher1335772pu_nisher
republisher1852702republisher
abolisher1443723abolisher
blister94415313__blister
blither124812173__blither
blusher124113113__blusher
burnisher1444823burnisher
copublished2151983copublished
copublishers2151783copublishers
copublishes2052373copublishes
foolisher1544223foolisher
furbisher1743703furbisher
furnisher1544523furnisher
pisher114317753p___isher
planisher1495853planisher
plasher124215033p__lasher
plusher124010383p__lusher
polished1468433p_olished
polishers1477603p_olishers
polishes13711783p_olishes
publishing1844003publishing
pulser84215193pu_l_s_er
punished1436043pu_nished
punishers1434973pu_nishers
punishes1338113pu_nishes
pupfishes1944313pupfishes
pusher114318283pu___sher
republished1952943republished
republishers1952243republishers
republishes1853133republishes
rubbishes1644303rubbishes
sublimer1237613subli_mer
subsister1145983subsister
unpublished1952083unpublished

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641417.23620541.9
3Display Results41410.0301366.7
 (SQL Overall)178691417.68623248.9
 
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