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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 “regears” 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.

44 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
regears8301246(None) 
redears82814451redears
regear73512741regear_
rehears103312771rehears
retears72814921retears
rewears102911041rewears
beggars11378222beggars
dogears937512dogears
egers65120372_ege_rs
eggars8398972_eggars
gears64628692__gears
legers74518312lege_rs
rears54739652r__ears
rebars84019832re_bars
redear73515172redear_
reearn6612142re_earn
reearns749102re_earns
refers93921082refe_rs
regard85215772reg_ard
regards94112562reg_ards
regeared1039432regeared
regents83416542regents
reges65628792rege__s
reggaes948882reggaes
regulars936252regulars
rehear93713222rehear_
reheard11309022reheard
rehearse11296652rehearse
reheats104513522reheats
relearn747972relearn
relearns836302relearns
repeals94014522repeals
repeats94316052repeats
rereads81512292rereads
reseals73917662reseals
reseats74319582reseats
reseaus74012152reseaus
reteams9339562reteams
retear63115482retear_
reveals103812722reveals
revers94529632reve_rs
rewear93012002rewear_
rogers74517912roge_rs
seggars9377782seggars

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671443.07635003.6
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.45251764.5
 
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