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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 “liefer” 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.

66 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
liefer952957(None) 
lieder74912321lieder
liever94611861liever
lifer85822151li_fer
aliener71011192aliener
briefer1235562briefer
chiefer1536862chiefer
defer94619752_defer
dieter73516772dieter
differ133910842differ
fifer115519972fi_fer
heifer1238202heifer
infer84215032_infer
leer46239352l_e_er
lefter93613432l_efter
leger65721502l_eger
leper74820742l_eper
lever85125162l_ever
libber104414012libber
libeler9219002libeler
liber74723622li_ber
licker125222042licker
lief76036992lief__
liefest1038442liefest
liefly1266362liefly
liege65314432liege_
lieges74113442lieges
lier45942462li__er
lieve86315472lieve_
life75433732li_fe_
lifers95617842li_fers
lifter93814812lifter
liger65024472li_ger
liker95627062li_ker
limber104316792limber
limier83518722limier
limmer104314792limmer
limner84112872limner
limper104117852limper
liner55938922li_ner
linger75226002linger
linier64423792linier
linker104321472linker
linter64625342linter
lipper104219632lipper
lisper84114432lisper
lister64527252lister
liter54736342li_ter
lither94520952lither
litter64324852litter
livener10278942livener
liver85132962li_ver
livier97514592livier
livyer12426292livyer
loafer93610942loafer
niffer12378442niffer
piecer105213082piecer
pilfer1139162pilfer
prefer113813202prefer
reefer93314362reefer
refer84822142_refer
riever94811652riever
rifer84721982ri_fer
titfer9409522titfer
viewer1237212viewer
wiener94513542wiener

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551662.51632810.4
3Display Results66660.0164125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691662.87562153.4
 
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