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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 “sawyers” 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.

49 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
sawyers1331753(None) 
lawyers13377151lawyers
sawers94620161saw_ers
sawyer12438041sawyer_
sayers94221591sa_yers
swayers13398851swayers
bawlers124412732bawlers
bowyers15438732bowyers
fawners13388492fawners
gawkers15347452gawkers
gawpers13448312gawpers
hawkers174210332hawkers
hawsers13409482hawsers
hayers124415942ha_yers
lawyer12386972lawyer_
layers93921182la_yers
pawers114818782paw_ers
pawners124311072pawners
payers114621822pa_yers
sabers85224732sa_bers
sackers133820222sackers
saggers94017082saggers
sailers73822322sailers
sakers104125432sa_kers
salters73622252salters
salvers103916002salvers
sanders84025942sanders
sangers84421942sangers
sappers113518902sappers
satyrs937962saty_rs
saucers93712132saucers
saugers83914052saugers
savers93825922sa_vers
sawer85026212saw_er_
sawneys13274642sawneys
sayeds10469252sa_yeds
sayer84926552sa_yer_
sewers94719722sew_ers
shyers124712202s_hyers
slayers104513322slayers
sowers94923442sow_ers
spawners13396492spawners
stayers103813632stayers
swagers114211022swagers
swayer125210972swayer_
tawers94118602taw_ers
twyers12497412_twyers
yawners13367182yawners
yawpers15346852yawpers

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671493.17033965.6
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691493.56250165.9
 
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