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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 “welded” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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114 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
welded11401338(None) 
gelded94512111gelded
melded104714711melded
wedded123811841wedded
weeded113914871weeded
welder102914411welder
welled103820211welled
welted103715821welted
wended113616151wended
wielded12216681wielded
wilded113714501wilded
balded105417512balded
beaded104922422beaded
bedded115114072bedded
belied95022162belied
belled94626192belled
belted94020632belted
bended105521232bended
bielded11226712bielded
ceded96118562ce_ded
celled94420322celled
deeded94615542deeded
deled75326542del_ed
deluded10158762deluded
delved114112752delved
dwelled12337592dwelled
elder64020022_elder
elided84814672_elided
eluded84612772_eluded
ended74421262_ended
felled103720302felled
felted103714652felted
fended114216912fended
feuded114010002feuded
fielded12206812fielded
folded114212792folded
gelder84613712gelder
gelled84718892gelled
gilded94413222gilded
headed114020472headed
heeded114215762heeded
helled104024702helled
helmed124513692helmed
helped124714152helped
helved134313702helved
herded114215642herded
jelled144916062jelled
kelped13449552kelped
leaded84221542leaded
melder93915812melder
melled95023022melled
melted94219062melted
mended104418682mended
milded104416152milded
molded104414082molded
needed84114442needed
pelted94617762pelted
pended103819012pended
redded94019552redded
reded74829122re_ded
reeded84022562reeded
relied74926232relied
rended84524102rended
rewelded1335892rewelded
seeded84520462seeded
selfed10310912selfed
sended85121232sended
swelled113211702swelled
tedded93810902tedded
tended83819482tended
unwelded1337142unwelded
vended114416352vended
wadded124014172wadded
waded106024752w_aded
waled94331002wal_ed
walked145313782walked
walled104021292walled
warded115021042warded
weaned103816152weaned
weaved133913482weaved
webbed1436432webbed
webfed1535032webfed
wedder113612302wedder
wedel94513962we_del
wedged125110302wedged
weed85637512we__ed
weeder103315512weeder
weened104013732weened
weeted103913792weeted
weirded1234512weirded
welched16298832welched
weld84727732wel__d
welders113313412welders
weldor10317652weldor
welds94719162weld_s
welshed14277202welshed
welter93417382welter
wetted103717022wetted
whelmed16375162whelmed
whelped16355642whelped
wielder11197672wielder
wilder103616472wilder
wiled95231552wil_ed
willed104722452willed
wilted103915712wilted
winded114918212winded
woaded115211602woaded
wolfed13428012wolfed
wooded114213682wooded
worded114316622worded
wyled124611842wyl_ed
yelled104116252yelled
yelped12439362yelped
yielded12184712yielded

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 Limit825511142.48333246.5
3Display Results1141140.0333454.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911142.85962501.2
 
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