Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ref” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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358 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
ref	6	60	5329	(None)
def	7	65	4672	1	def
ef	5	73	4536	1	_ef
kef	10	56	3967	1	kef
re	2	61	5374	1	re_
reb	5	58	4496	1	reb
rec	5	56	4546	1	rec
red	4	67	5581	1	red
ree	3	79	7407	1	ree
reef	7	49	3821	1	reef
refs	7	57	3224	1	refs
reft	7	51	4127	1	reft
reg	4	61	4649	1	reg
rei	3	56	4725	1	rei
reif	7	69	3765	1	reif
rem	5	61	5004	1	rem
rep	5	58	4780	1	rep
res	3	55	6504	1	res
ret	3	59	8283	1	ret
rev	6	53	3662	1	rev
rex	10	57	4099	1	rex
rif	6	59	5157	1	rif
tref	7	70	3099	1	tref
ae	2	125	9029	2	ae_
aff	9	55	3761	2	aff
alef	7	63	4069	2	alef
are	3	78	7457	2	are_
area	4	58	4339	2	area
ares	4	58	7102	2	ares
arf	6	74	5337	2	arf
be	4	79	4894	2	be_
bed	6	79	5063	2	bed
bee	5	62	6240	2	bee
beef	9	62	3368	2	beef
beg	6	59	4413	2	beg
bel	5	71	4846	2	bel
ben	5	65	5492	2	ben
bes	5	65	5743	2	bes
bet	5	83	7667	2	bet
bey	8	66	4542	2	bey
bred	7	51	3097	2	bred
bree	6	72	4126	2	bree
bren	6	56	2956	2	bren
brew	9	50	2356	2	brew
brief	10	54	2260	2	brief
cee	5	59	5270	2	cee
cel	5	60	4055	2	cel
cep	7	57	3633	2	cep
chef	12	51	2562	2	chef
clef	9	70	2818	2	clef
cred	7	65	3088	2	cred
crew	9	61	2268	2	crew
de	3	70	4955	2	de_
deaf	8	58	3840	2	deaf
deb	6	63	4269	2	deb
dee	4	76	6582	2	dee
defi	8	63	2149	2	defi
deft	8	55	4022	2	deft
defy	11	49	2126	2	defy
del	4	67	5275	2	del
delf	8	54	3657	2	delf
den	4	75	5434	2	den
dev	7	60	3377	2	dev
dew	7	71	3992	2	dew
dex	11	69	3688	2	dex
dey	7	72	4337	2	dey
dif	7	68	4691	2	dif
dree	5	66	3832	2	dree
dreg	6	68	2165	2	dreg
drek	9	63	2109	2	drek
drew	8	62	2167	2	drew
ed	3	86	4519	2	_ed
eek	7	79	3510	2	eek
eel	3	79	4684	2	eel
eff	9	61	2862	2	eff
efs	6	68	2960	2	_efs
eft	6	60	3882	2	_eft
eh	5	83	3996	2	_eh
el	2	67	4529	2	_el
elf	6	61	3852	2	elf
em	4	94	4515	2	_em
en	2	80	5239	2	_en
er	2	83	4514	2	_er
era	3	57	4150	2	era
ere	3	63	5277	2	ere
erg	4	55	3107	2	erg
ern	3	57	3836	2	ern
err	3	56	2653	2	err
ers	3	60	4628	2	ers
es	2	90	4822	2	_es
et	2	69	6419	2	_et
ex	9	88	3564	2	_ex
fe	5	79	4474	2	fe_
fed	7	65	4836	2	fed
fee	6	68	6201	2	fee
feh	9	61	3609	2	feh
fem	8	60	4073	2	fem
fen	6	68	5135	2	fen
fer	6	66	4612	2	fer
fes	6	65	5167	2	fes
fet	6	64	7163	2	fet
feu	6	78	4366	2	feu
few	9	54	3696	2	few
fey	9	59	4088	2	fey
fez	15	62	3682	2	fez
fief	10	73	3137	2	fief
free	7	59	4018	2	free
fret	7	58	4504	2	fret
ged	5	70	4454	2	ged
gee	4	53	5920	2	gee
gel	4	56	4243	2	gel
gem	6	68	4022	2	gem
gen	4	59	5051	2	gen
get	4	74	6746	2	get
gey	7	57	3830	2	gey
gree	5	66	4156	2	gree
grew	8	56	2026	2	grew
grey	8	56	2404	2	grey
grief	9	53	1978	2	grief
he	5	81	5195	2	he_
heft	10	67	3629	2	heft
heh	9	60	3962	2	heh
hem	8	61	4873	2	hem
hen	6	75	5527	2	hen
hep	8	66	4414	2	hep
her	6	65	4781	2	her
hes	6	66	5420	2	hes
het	6	76	7431	2	het
hew	9	76	4272	2	hew
hex	13	74	3617	2	hex
hey	9	67	4106	2	hey
if	5	72	3996	2	_if
iff	9	67	3040	2	iff
ire	3	69	4318	2	ire_
ired	5	51	3187	2	ired
ires	4	56	3928	2	ires
jee	10	66	4864	2	jee
jefe	14	65	1688	2	jefe
jet	10	67	5482	2	jet
jeu	10	55	3207	2	jeu
jew	13	51	2908	2	jew
kaf	10	68	4552	2	kaf
kea	7	65	4092	2	kea
keef	11	58	3001	2	keef
kefs	11	59	2275	2	kefs
keg	8	64	3255	2	keg
ken	7	63	4399	2	ken
kep	9	64	3721	2	kep
kerf	11	58	2747	2	kerf
kex	14	60	2959	2	kex
key	10	58	3334	2	key
kief	11	71	2842	2	kief
kif	10	59	4120	2	kif
lea	3	76	6018	2	lea
leaf	7	64	4103	2	leaf
led	4	62	5456	2	led
lee	3	60	6814	2	lee
left	7	63	4048	2	left
leg	4	64	4611	2	leg
lei	3	68	4638	2	lei
lek	7	56	4030	2	lek
les	3	56	6307	2	les
let	3	64	8147	2	let
leu	3	60	4740	2	leu
lev	6	61	3942	2	lev
lex	10	79	4382	2	lex
ley	6	62	4681	2	ley
lez	12	55	4131	2	lez
lief	7	60	3700	2	lief
me	4	77	4833	2	me_
med	6	61	4675	2	med
meg	6	60	4095	2	meg
mel	5	60	4748	2	mel
mem	7	79	4347	2	mem
men	5	92	5285	2	men
met	5	60	7243	2	met
mew	8	61	3773	2	mew
ne	2	70	4510	2	ne_
neb	5	72	3862	2	neb
nee	3	66	5778	2	nee
neg	4	72	3734	2	neg
neif	7	54	2949	2	neif
net	3	66	7029	2	net
new	6	62	3709	2	new
oaf	6	59	5288	2	oaf
oe	2	84	7306	2	oe_
oes	3	58	6619	2	oes
of	5	82	4777	2	_of
off	9	63	3163	2	off
ore	3	66	6183	2	ore_
ores	4	60	5668	2	ores
pe	4	76	4903	2	pe_
pea	5	66	5724	2	pea
pec	7	67	4441	2	pec
ped	6	67	5153	2	ped
pee	5	60	6651	2	pee
peg	6	58	4306	2	peg
peh	8	67	4096	2	peh
pelf	9	70	3145	2	pelf
pen	5	65	5884	2	pen
pep	7	64	4708	2	pep
per	5	63	5309	2	per
pes	5	72	5978	2	pes
pet	5	64	7730	2	pet
pew	8	64	4230	2	pew
pree	6	70	4473	2	pree
prep	8	64	2767	2	prep
prex	13	57	2297	2	prex
prey	9	62	2848	2	prey
prez	15	61	2631	2	prez
prof	9	61	3466	2	prof
rad	4	76	6201	2	rad
raff	10	49	3304	2	raff
raft	7	62	4591	2	raft
rag	4	57	6132	2	rag
rah	6	80	5240	2	rah
rai	3	76	5822	2	rai
raj	10	57	4022	2	raj
ram	5	68	6727	2	ram
ran	3	82	6662	2	ran
rap	5	62	6196	2	rap
ras	3	75	7539	2	ras
rat	3	78	9274	2	rat
raw	6	72	5225	2	raw
rax	10	84	4572	2	rax
ray	6	63	6199	2	ray
read	5	59	4253	2	read
real	4	57	5029	2	real
ream	6	58	4161	2	ream
reap	6	59	3474	2	reap
rear	4	56	4455	2	rear
rebs	6	57	3356	2	rebs
reck	10	61	3056	2	reck
recs	6	57	3418	2	recs
redd	6	63	2318	2	redd
rede	5	50	3768	2	rede
redo	5	60	2937	2	redo
reds	5	60	4287	2	reds
reed	5	55	4962	2	reed
reefs	8	51	2166	2	reefs
reefy	11	42	1770	2	reefy
reek	8	52	3252	2	reek
reel	4	52	4053	2	reel
rees	4	53	6419	2	rees
refed	9	39	2192	2	refed
refel	8	49	2081	2	refel
refer	8	48	2214	2	refer
refit	8	42	3006	2	refit
refix	15	52	1248	2	refix
refly	11	39	1456	2	refly
refry	11	44	1246	2	refry
regs	5	54	3657	2	regs
reifs	8	48	1909	2	reifs
reify	11	48	1497	2	reify
rein	4	60	4089	2	rein
reis	4	53	4323	2	reis
rely	7	54	2895	2	rely
rems	6	62	3772	2	rems
rend	5	61	3657	2	rend
rent	4	66	6124	2	rent
repo	6	60	2754	2	repo
repp	8	54	1874	2	repp
reps	6	59	3795	2	reps
resh	7	65	2345	2	resh
rest	4	64	5984	2	rest
rete	4	49	4413	2	rete
rets	4	53	5256	2	rets
revs	7	50	2705	2	revs
rhea	7	50	1743	2	rhea
rho	6	59	2483	2	rho
ria	3	67	4551	2	ria
rib	5	68	4804	2	rib
rid	4	67	5464	2	rid
riel	4	64	3239	2	riel
rife	7	46	3233	2	rife
riff	10	44	3011	2	riff
rifs	7	49	2901	2	rifs
rift	7	56	4234	2	rift
rig	4	67	4813	2	rig
rim	5	60	5228	2	rim
rin	3	66	6319	2	rin
rip	5	68	5131	2	rip
rob	5	67	5430	2	rob
roc	5	202	4325	2	roc
rod	4	79	5390	2	rod
roe	3	68	6108	2	roe
roes	4	59	5414	2	roes
rolf	7	51	3487	2	rolf
rom	5	98	5563	2	rom
roof	7	57	3883	2	roof
rot	3	72	8295	2	rot
row	6	74	5367	2	row
rub	5	63	4282	2	rub
rue	3	55	4926	2	rue
rued	5	57	2979	2	rued
ruer	4	61	2756	2	ruer
rues	4	60	4448	2	rues
ruff	10	51	2765	2	ruff
rug	4	60	3915	2	rug
rum	5	66	4464	2	rum
run	3	62	4499	2	run
rut	3	55	6052	2	rut
rya	6	76	2201	2	rya
rye	6	60	3254	2	rye
ryes	7	55	2935	2	ryes
sea	3	61	6129	2	sea
sec	5	59	4532	2	sec
see	3	57	7226	2	see
seg	4	55	4488	2	seg
sei	3	60	4893	2	sei
seif	7	56	3873	2	seif
sel	3	82	5332	2	sel
self	7	51	3829	2	self
sen	3	60	5852	2	sen
ser	3	67	5240	2	ser
serf	7	63	4011	2	serf
set	3	66	8125	2	set
sew	6	62	4726	2	sew
sex	10	70	4322	2	sex
tea	3	73	5332	2	tea
ted	4	64	4657	2	ted
tee	3	83	6687	2	tee
teff	10	60	2376	2	teff
teg	4	57	4162	2	teg
tel	3	56	4790	2	tel
ten	3	58	5611	2	ten
tet	3	92	7499	2	tet
tew	6	66	4015	2	tew
tree	4	77	4581	2	tree
trek	8	62	2231	2	trek
tres	4	65	4290	2	tres
tret	4	66	5353	2	tret
trey	7	72	2879	2	trey
urea	4	65	2806	2	urea
vee	6	57	5018	2	vee
veg	7	69	3106	2	veg
vet	6	59	5852	2	vet
vex	13	64	2917	2	vex
we	5	70	4345	2	we_
web	8	57	3556	2	web
wed	7	58	4363	2	wed
wee	6	67	6081	2	wee
weft	10	54	3501	2	weft
wen	6	62	4960	2	wen
wet	6	59	6662	2	wet
wren	7	82	2168	2	wren
ye	5	76	5006	2	ye_
yea	6	64	4575	2	yea
yeh	9	71	3577	2	yeh
yen	6	68	4738	2	yen
yep	8	66	3896	2	yep
yes	6	62	5061	2	yes
yet	6	69	6069	2	yet
yew	9	64	3629	2	yew
zed	13	54	3118	2	zed
zee	12	61	4323	2	zee
zek	16	73	2316	2	zek
zep	14	71	2914	2	zep

Search took 1 second overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	14084	0.266	671770.7
2	DLD Change Limit	14084	358	0.390	36112.8
3	Display Results	358	358	0.076	4710.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	358	0.732	244113.4