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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 “refried” 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.

56 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
refried11351387(None) 
redried93714891redried
refired115116991refired
refries104419731refries
retried84419151retried
aeried74221862ae_ried
befriend1443262befriend
belfried1444202belfried
berried103714042berried
decried112612852decried
defied115016382def_ied
ferried113411522ferried
fried95322912__fried
herried113514452herried
predried12309572predried
prefired144310752prefired
readied93316622readied
reared75930012rear_ed
rearmed103912822rearmed
rebred95816352rebr_ed
rebreed104611072rebreed
reburied1137912reburied
redries83721712redries
refaced133713572refaced
refed93921922ref__ed
refeed104717622ref_eed
refereed12149692refereed
referred1297832referred
reffed134712512ref_fed
refiled114318652refiled
refind104717072ref_ind
refined114720002refined
refire95419472refire_
refires104820312refires
refixed183611152refixed
reflies104418532reflies
reforged13268702reforged
reformed14249602reformed
refrained1347222refrained
reframed1437852reframed
refuged125410872refuged
refused115114442refused
refuted114313802refuted
regrind938982regrind
rehired115013152rehired
reified112913782reified
relied74926232re_lied
replied103914452replied
repriced132610542repriced
reprised112012202reprised
retied75924982re_tied
retired84620142retired
retries74129072retries
rewired115413282rewired
serried82513962serried
wearied112911802wearied

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit107671564.11026197.3
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691564.54639307.3
 
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