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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 “rainmaker” 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.

28 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
rainmaker154439(None) 
rainmakers1644071rainmakers
rainwater1244572rainwater
sailmaker1543972sailmaker
animater101512393_animater
capmaker1855203ca_pmaker
carmaker1637313ca_rmaker
diemaker1545593_diemaker
gainsayer1342133gainsayer
hatmaker1785353ha_tmaker
haymaker20104773ha_ymaker
kingmaker15142943_kingmaker
lawmaker1743923la_wmaker
mapmaker1864373ma_pmaker
pacemaker19104763pacemaker
printmaker1852313printmaker
rainier71614263rain__ier
rainmaking1743973rainmaking
rainwaters1343733rainwaters
ranker105021903ra_n__ker
ransacker1543963ra_nsacker
remaker133813173r__emaker
sailmakers1643783sailmakers
spinnaker1542313spinnaker
unmaker13279513__unmaker
warmaker1735973wa_rmaker
wigmaker1843803_wigmaker
winemaker1844353_winemaker

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641287.65619415.0
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691288.09222082.4
 
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