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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 “refund” 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.

51 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
refund10481030(None) 
defund11447981defund
prefund1335731prefund
refind104717071refind
refound1157411refound
refunds11448621refunds
defend113910492defend
defunds12376752defunds
fecund1235432fecund
fund85624982__fund
gerund836162gerund
prefunds1454702prefunds
rebind94416932rebind
rebound1058582rebound
redound968172redound
refed93921922ref_ed
refeed104717622refeed
reffed134712512reffed
refinds114512122refinds
refine95225692refine
refined114720002refined
refold103812112refold
refounds1255732refounds
refuel93912622refuel
refuge105312612refuge
refuged125410872refuged
refunded1336952refunded
refunder1236502refunder
refuse94817512refuse
refused115114442refused
refute95515702refute
refuted114313802refuted
rehung1036342rehung
reland75920432reland
relend76116452relend
remand95618962remand
remend95216552remend
remind94819792remind
rend56136572re__nd
repand95316062repand
rerun58722152rerun_
reruns66413742reruns
resend75016772resend
resound869262resound
retune69121952retune
retuned86613972retuned
rewind104715882rewind
rewound1156432rewound
rotund737292rotund
round64318432r_ound
secund937102secund

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 Limit82551512.26636430.3
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691512.62568072.8
 
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