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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 “nephew” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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149 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
nephew143411(None) 
nephews1533321nephews
nether94014162nether
phew128417112__phew
rechew14310212rechew
aether94213673aether
bedew114513043be_dew
beshrew1554393beshrew
bethel1169643bethel
cashew144311453cashew
cepe84926653cep_e_
cepes94424463cep_es
cepheid1545433cepheid
chew126622133__chew
cipher133710263cipher
cypher16306593cypher
eche97520283_eche_
eched116919223_eched
eches106322163_eches
epee64628503_ep_ee
epees75219833_epees
epha9310053_eph_a
ephah1337063_ephah
ephas10311543_ephas
ephebe1336063_ephebe
ephebi1345083_ephebi
ephod1139123_ephod
ephor10310013_ephor
eschew1436333eschew
ether84518773_ether
gopher1239183gopher
heehaw1543933heehaw
hepper133412663hepper
hew97642723___hew
hyphen1736393hyphen
imphee13310353imphee
kepped15309543kepped
keppen14346573keppen
leched123716003leched
lecher113415853lecher
leches115421313leches
lechwe1435113lechwe
leper74820743lep_er
lethe85717303lethe_
lethes94818083lethes
meshed124415933meshed
meshes115019443meshes
naches114622413naches
nape65230803nap_e_
napes74828463nap_es
nappe96114993nappe_
napped114218163napped
napper103718283napper
nappes104515623nappes
neared75119803neared
nearer64618893nearer
neaten64214543neaten
neater64424313neater
necked134715063necked
necker124012793necker
nee36657783ne__e_
need54934153ne__ed
needed84114443needed
needer73614953needer
neem67328083ne__em
neep65728313ne__ep
neighed12135893neighed
neither1037573neither
nene45932063ne_ne_
nenes55329673ne_nes
neoned7311483neoned
nepeta837893nepeta
nephric1446213nephric
nephron1246653nephron
nerve86617373nerve_
nerved104111683nerved
nerves94216193nerves
nesses64718323nesses
nested74720063nested
nester64124183nester
netted74118713netted
netter63722023netter
neume74414403neume_
neumes83112623neumes
neuter63713793neuter
neve76224833ne_ve_
never86218643ne_ver
neves87021873ne_ves
new66237093n___ew
newel86114133ne_wel
newer85717463ne_wer
newie81813483newie_
newies91014073newies
niche105016793niche_
niched125514063niched
niches114419143niches
nighed113811293nighed
nigher103612753nigher
nipped113615853nipped
nipper103715713nipper
nohow1137293n_ohow
nope65934193nop_e_
noshed104413503noshed
nosher94616363nosher
noshes96618233noshes
nother93815963nother
nymphet1764323nymphet
ouphe104413263ouphe_
ouphes113614633ouphes
peahen113410133peahen
peched144915343peched
pepped103113403pepped
pepper93512943pepper
pew86442303__p_ew
plew97222813__plew
raphe104916423raphe_
raphes115117453raphes
rechews1537293rechews
redrew10309513redrew
reflew12389453reflew
regrew10388563regrew
rehem103815353re_hem
renew83917513re_new
repeg84015053rep_eg
repel74921403rep_el
repled93319783repled
replow114210343replow
repped114616723repped
resew84519503re_sew
reshes94124363reshes
reshow123111433reshow
review1238693review
sepses84515883sepses
septet8921133septet
shew108030763__shew
spew95421873_sp_ew
sypher14317083sypher
teched124014433teched
telpher1235563telpher
tepee74724213tep_ee
tepees84215243tepees
tephra1136483tephra
tether93716103tether
thew108226233__thew
tophe106718973tophe_
tophes115218423tophes
wether123315393wether
whew137618783__whew
zephyr2342083zephyr

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911127160.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit1127161495.26321416.7
3Display Results1491490.0463239.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911495.69931354.8
 
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