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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 “faces” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

33 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
faces10643943(None) 
aces67645091_aces
daces85030681daces
face96140121face_
faced117727651faced
facer105525051facer
facers115519441facers
facet106038521facet
facets116316651facets
facies113921591facies
facts107021891facts
fades94932861fades
faeces114713121faeces
fakes126032481fakes
falces115216001falces
fames105735921fames
fanes84639891fanes
farces115223321farces
fares85852871fares
fasces114914541fasces
fates85139231fates
fauces114916151fauces
faves115331421faves
faxes155726651faxes
fazes175527211fazes
feces105625361feces
fices106031161fices
fyces139813641fyces
laces76141761laces
maces97139961maces
paces96741111paces
races74943241races
taces76237801taces

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit28756330.48659168.7
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691330.779229385.1
 
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