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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 “southeasts” 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.

31 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
southeasts134423(None) 
southeast1246791southeast_
northeasts1363982northeasts
outfeasts12114332_outfeasts
southeaster1453632southeaster
southeasters1553302southeasters
southwests1642702southwests
couthest13312083couthe_st_
mouthparts1752333mouthparts
nontheists1346063nontheists
northeast1266543northeast_
outboasts1144763_outboasts
outcasts10108683_out_casts
outcheats1445303_outchea_ts
outeats72215703_out_ea_ts
outfasts11117233_out_fasts
outfeast11107503_outfeast_
outhears11810393_outhea_rs
outlasts8108713_out_lasts
postheats1447433posthea_ts
roughcasts1652163roughcasts
softheads1644553softhea_ds
soothest113312243soothe_st_
soothfast1543333soothfast_
southeastern1562623southeastern
southerns12347213southe_rns
southers114214453southe__rs
southlands1463353southlands
southpaws1742183southpa_ws
southwards1743603southwards
southwest1545453southwest_

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603316.50021631.2
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691316.92025822.4
 
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