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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 “degrease” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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75 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
degrease104541(None) 
decrease1136561decrease
degreased1244711degreased
degreaser1144331degreaser
degreases1146151degreases
decease1049522de_cease
decreased1345452decreased
decreases1237222decreases
degrade10229902degr_ade
degreasers1243142degreasers
degree82814852degre__e
degrees92810722degrees_
grease75416232__grease
bereave1258353be_reave
crease85519573__crease
deaerate9314173deaerate
dearest83618673deare_st
debase94014473de__base
debruise1143913debruise
deceased1247713de_ceased
deceases11410153de_ceases
decree93117783decre__e
decrees102513123decrees_
defense1137503de_fense
defleas1147223defleas_
degage92711383deg__age
degame102713183deg__ame
degas75119163deg__as_
degases93413103deg__ases
degerms1135623degerms_
deglaze1835583deg_laze
degraded12288323degr_aded
degrader11247913degr_ader
degrades11269923degr_ades
degreasing1345423degreasing
degreed10258883degre_ed
degressive1545143degressive
deleave1147723de_leave
deprave1337073depr_ave
deprecate1477433deprecate
depredate1345733depredate
depress10239873depre_ss
depressed1357623depressed
depresses1259883depresses
derate74531233de_r_ate
dermas94116813de_rmas_
digress938323digre_ss
digressed1245613digressed
digresses1137863digresses
disease83213843d_isease
egress73310433_egre_ss
egressed1046873_egressed
egresses949443_egresses
egrets72712243_egrets_
erase54925493_e_r_ase
gearcase1154453gearcase
greased93812393__greased
greaser83913083__greaser
greases84816713__greases
greasy10419463__greasy
greave104611493__greave
increase1066453increase
permease1246503permease
precrease1345233precrease
recreate10313603recreate
regrade92612033regr_ade
regrate82618663regr_ate
regress82711453regre_ss
regressed1138113regressed
regresses10310463regresses
regrets83212923regrets_
release7312763re_lease
segregate1145073segregate
ungreased1136333ungreased
urease64516993__urease

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162756.53022383.2
3Display Results75750.0302500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691756.98325589.4
 
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