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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 “southwesterly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 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
southwesterly227154(None) 
northwesterly2271582northwesterly
southeasterly1972022southeasterly
southwester1782512southwester__
southwestern1871982southwester_n
southwesters1862372southwester_s
northeasterly1972114northeasterly
northwester1752774northwester__
northwestern1862214northwester_n
northwesters1852754northwester_s
southeaster1453634southeaster__
southeastern1562624southeaster_n
southeasters1553304southeaster_s
southerly1544184south____erly
southwest1545454southwest____
southwests1642704southwest___s
southwestward2371244southwestward
southwestwards2471084southwestwards
softheadedly2361705softh_eadedly
softheartedly2362205softheartedly
stoutheartedly2171705stoutheartedly
westerly1445555_____westerly

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790228.09315419.5
3Display Results22220.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691228.48321064.6
 
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