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

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

30 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
sportswears165133(None) 
sportswear1551341sportswear_
foreswears1643223_foreswears
forswears1543243_for_swears
outswears1244303__outswears
sporters103714063sport__e_rs
foreswear1543514_foreswear_
forswear1443294_for_swear_
outswear1144794__outswear_
outwears1197264__out_wears
porters93722704_port__e_rs
shortbreads17131984shortbreads
shorteners1345084shortene_rs
shortheads1743814short_heads
snorters83410584snort__e_rs
sorrowers1274764s_orrowe_rs
sorters74221134s_ort__e_rs
sporter93616554sport__e_r_
sportier102010054sport_ie_r_
sportiness1278234sportine_ss
sportscast1452594sports_cast
sportscasts1551894sportscasts
sportsman1343874sports_ma_n
sportsmen1343544sportsme__n
sportswoman18122094sportswoman
sportswomen18122204sportswomen
sportswriters1861394sportswriters
spotters104313384spo_t_te_rs
spouters104011164spout__e_rs
spurters103311704spurt__e_rs

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.533335255.2
2DLD Change Limit148819308.73317041.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691309.28219251.3
 
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