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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 “sorceress” 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.

50 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
sorceress114401(None) 
sorcerers1145321sorcerers
forceless1435722forceless
porteress1137932porteress
sorcerer1036432sorcere_r
sorceresses1343372sorceresses
sorceries1149932sorceries
sorcerous1145912sorcerous
soreness8914792sor_eness
sourceless1273012sourceless
borderers1276333borderers
coreless103013833cor_eless
forcers124215713forcer__s
fortress1136753for_tress
horseless1237213horseless
moreness10911573mor_eness
murderess1243593murderess
oratress834553_oratress
orderers9116563_orderers
orderless1044313_orderless
portress1038323por_tress
procuress1344093procuress
sarcenets1146953sarcenets
scarceness1444763scarceness
scoreless1155603scor_eless
seeress7311573s__eeress
shoreless1236633shor_eless
sincerest1147873sincerest
soberest10310353so_berest
soberness1186463so_berness
soccers1138393soccer__s
sockless14267793so_ckless
solderers1066533solderers
soleless8910033so_leless
soleness8814263so_leness
solerets839693so_lerets
sollerets945263sollerets
somberness1443513somberness
sorcery1237033sorcer__y
sorners73416873sorner__s
sorrels7310723sor__rels
sorriness939583sorriness
sorters74221133sorter__s
spaceless1335733spaceless
spiceless1335923spiceless
spruceness1444103spruceness
surceases1157473surceases
sureness8912903sur_eness
torcheres1446863torchere_s
voiceless1444223voiceless

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641507.28020417.7
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691507.71923149.5
 
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