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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 “theaters” 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.

47 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
theaters11421190(None) 
cheaters133613511cheaters
heaters104225221_heaters
theater104014251theater_
theatres11298631theatres
treaters83615841treaters
beaters94925042_beaters
bleaters103412322bleaters
cheater124816962cheater_
eaters65535952__eaters
haters94930402_h_aters
headers113819392_headers
healers104319462_healers
heapers123616672_heapers
hearers104319782_hearers
heater94828302_heater_
heathers143914732_heathers
heavers133717192_heavers
hefters134312002_hefters
pleaters103613792pleaters
reheaters122010272reheaters
seaters74028942_seaters
shearers113911322shearers
sheathers1557552sheathers
sheeters113111862sheeters
shelters113412812shelters
sweaters113811062sweaters
taters64932202t__aters
tearers75218232t_earers
teasers75317242t_easers
teeters74018302t_eeters
tenters73921102t_enters
testers74124542t_esters
tetters74320472t_etters
thalers106212262th_alers
thawers13428482th_awers
theatre10358492theat_re
threaders1365742threaders
threapers1444772threapers
threatens1254672threatens
thwarters1542842thwarters
treaders93311842treaders
treater74219832treater_
tweeters11287142tweeters
wheatears1542682wheatears
wheatens1454662wheatens
whetters14246652whetters

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059473.72032542.7
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691474.12643308.5
 
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