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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 “defeaters” 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.

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
defeaters1328910(None) 
defeater122611661defeater_
deflaters13298701deflaters
beefeaters1553232beefeaters
debaters113511922de_baters
decenters122410372decenters
defacers14237992def_acers
defamers14258522def_amers
defeated132812162defeate_d
defeats113511232defeat__s
defeature1344342defeature
defeatures1444012defeatures
defecates1538592defecate_s
defecators1656252defecators
defectors15237882defectors
defenders1436362defenders
deferrers13115152deferrers
deflater123211602deflater_
deflates123013942deflate_s
deflators13348152deflators
defoamers15285252defoamers
defrayers1644172defrayers
deserters10129982deserters
detecters12217752detecters
detesters10298302detesters
dewaters122910722de_waters
reheaters122010272reheaters
repeaters112811992repeaters

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 Filter1786911214360.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121436283.75032382.9
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691284.15642995.9
 
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