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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 “smithy” 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.

29 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
smithy1450827(None) 
smith107818051smith_
smiths114711021smiths
stithy12398211stithy
amity10416092amit_y
mity95528212_mit_y
mothy136214552_mothy
mythy16568672_mythy
pithy135614462_pithy
saith85826552saith_
saithe94713912saithe
shitty124110062shitty
sith75435152s_ith_
slitty9329162slitty
smiley114012302smiley
smirky15406942smirky
smit65138412smit__
smite75224872smit_e
smiter83616412smiter
smites83921922smites
smithery16325702smithery
smoothy15205082smoothy
smutchy17193152smutchy
smutty11266322smutty
swishy15365842swishy
swith115917402swith_
swithe124010682swithe
swithly1634442swithly
withy144813762_withy

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551292.54632423.8
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691292.88961852.2
 
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