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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 “saddens” 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.

39 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
saddens930960(None) 
maddens11359751maddens
sadden83212401sadden_
soddens9348411soddens
suddens9308781suddens
addend9458452_addend
addends10356052_addends
adders84315702_adders
gadders103611502gadders
gardens93312092gardens
gladdens11364462gladdens
hardens113815022hardens
hoddens12378802hoddens
ladders94115172ladders
ladens74516232la_dens
madden103912522madden_
madders113513212madders
maidens10349662maidens
middens11379382middens
padders113312872padders
reddens9259782reddens
saddened1135342saddened
sadder82916972sadde_r
saddest92412382saddest
saddhus1243672saddhus
saddlers10289752saddlers
saddles95415742saddles
sades65239892sa_de_s
sadhes104715372sadhe_s
sadness8310612sadness
sanders84025942sanders
sapiens9310172sapiens
sarsens7311392sarsens
sateens73710752sateens
sodden84011512sodden_
sudden83310832sudden_
swiddens1342712swiddens
wadders123812442wadders
wardens113711902wardens

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 Limit107671393.28332796.5
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.65948836.0
 
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