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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 “debah” 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.

52 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
debag94212301debag
debar85517861debar
bah87755352__bah
dah78148982d__ah
dead65434242de_ad
deaf85838402de_af
deal56347412de_al
dean56039482de_an
dear55343602de_ar
deash95617242deash
death94822522death
deb66342692deb__
debags104211062debags
debark134210942debark
debars94218042debars
debase94014472debase
debate94419192debate
debauch15134422debauch
debeak1336762debeak
debit85727852debit
debs76530242deb_s
debt77139022deb_t
debts86418372debts
debug94210062debug
debut86024142debut
debye1138902debye
decaf114919442decaf
decal85523232decal
decay114718482decay
dedal75719022dedal
defat95426692defat
degas75119162degas
delay94820632delay
denar65223292denar
depth114311852depth
derat65044082derat
deray95024182deray
detach12310412detach
deva85720982deva_
devas96218882devas
dewan95718042dewan
dewar95817732dewar
dewax165510852dewax
gerah9315302gerah
kebab134312002kebab
kebar115113532kebar
keblah1545312keblah
obeah1038992obeah
rebar75420192rebar
selah8319612selah
subah106015212subah
yeah106725412ye_ah

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit53800521.65632487.9
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691522.01588680.4
 
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