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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 “theca” 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.

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
theca10331145(None) 
thecae11299651thecae
thecal113310301thecal
theta83414571theta
areca75618632areca
caeca93915132caeca
ceca84820782_ceca
check164714712check
chela103916802chela
chica125818262chica
heck135826492_heck
kheda1346532kheda
ootheca1244002ootheca
rhea75017432rhe_a
shea76031572she_a
tea37353322t_e_a
tech95925442t_ech
tecta74215522t_ecta
tela45532972t_ela
tepa66021682t_epa
thack144915172thack
the67436052the__
thebe107515432thebe
thecate123210022thecate
thee78039062the_e
theft114118132theft
thegn95810902thegn
thein85919022thein
their85512152their
them97427042the_m
theme105921732theme
then78429692the_n
thenal92712422thenal
thenar92610002thenar
thence112010842thence
thens85921832thens
there87527392there
therm106018022therm
these86519012these
thesp105410312thesp
thetas93011572thetas
thew108226232the_w
thews117416192thews
thewy146311852thewy
they107223752the_y
thick145613352thick
thuja1535212thuja
thuya1135582thuya
toea46732332toe_a
toecap1037322toecap

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit53800501.42337807.4
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691501.765101241.4
 
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