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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 “hellbender” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

48 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
hellbender165201(None) 
hellbenders1751781hellbenders
cullender1243553cull_ender
hellbent1345743hellben__t
spellbinder1651203spellbinder
bellwether1851624bellwether
bender95223304____bender
blender104613844__bl_ender
calender1138274_cal_ender
challenger1652694chall_enger
cullenders1343194cull_enders
defender1337294de__fender
degender1136894de__gender
descender1346664de_scender
emender10649844_e__mender
engender1046634_e_ngender
expender18136844_e_xpender
extender16146334_e_xtender
fellmonger1652094fellmonger
goaltender1252004goaltender
hearkener1644214hearken_er
heartener1256764hearten_er
heeder104216044he___e_der
hellboxes2154294hellb_oxes
helldiver1642114hell_diver
hellebore1444154hellebore_
hellebores1554124hellebores
helled104024704hell_e_d__
hellenize2144714hell_enize
hellenized2343894hell_enized
hellenizes2244914hell_enizes
heller93322514hell____er
helleries122611684hell_eries
helloed113512424helloe_d__
hereunder1343184he_reunder
highbinder2051624highbinder
husbander1563154h_usbander
lavender1235144__lavender
lender73921274___l_ender
pallbearer1452314pallbearer
reblended1355204rebl_ended
relaunder1053704re_launder
repleader1245394repl_eader
slender83413594__sl_ender
spellbinders1751084spellbinders
sullener857244sull_en_er
tailender1044074tail_ender
weekender1742464we_ekender

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911614500.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit161450489.26617423.9
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691489.71818387.6
 
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