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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 “unemployed” 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.

28 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
unemployed184307(None) 
unemployeds1951981unemployeds
coemployed2042682coemployed
employed1654952__employed
reemployed1843172reemployed
subemployed2151492subemployed
unexploded2152162unexploded
unexplored2042632unexplored
deployed1535913_de_ployed
disemployed2062563disemployed
employe1476363__employe_
employee1555203__employee
employer1564713__employer
employes1555943__employes
misemployed2162103misemployed
nonemployee1862223nonemployee
unalloyed1343723un_alloyed
uncloyed1487343un__cloyed
underemployed2261523underemployed
underplayed1875023underplayed
unemployment2193173unemployment
unenclosed1342653unenclosed
unenjoyed2041993une_njoyed
unexploited2152203unexploited
unexposed1943433unexp_osed
unimproved1851753unimproved
unplayed1437263un__played
unplowed1436353un__plowed

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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603285.72024580.9
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691286.16928966.0
 
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