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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 “abrade” 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
abrade931305(None) 
abraded1138641abraded
abrader1038641abrader
abrades10312071abrades
abase76023482ab_ase
abate76627842ab_ate
abide86223722ab_ide
ablate82219212ablate
ablaze17239832ablaze
abode85518812ab_ode
abraders1137342abraders
abridge1135692abridge
abroad9310942abroad_
aerate64830552aerate
aggrade1035642aggrade
agrafe1038092agrafe
alcade91111512alcade
arame75026632a_rame
arcade91013642arcade
aubade939222aubade
aurae54128112aura_e
aurate64426472aurate
bade75140892_b_ade
barde85330772bar_de
blade85923332_blade
brace95629272_brace
brad75234342_brad_
brads85528292_brads
brae65639112_bra_e
brake116025342_brake
brave104925502_brave
braze165423452_braze
brede85520502_brede
bride86425542_bride
grade75126092_grade
irade65618152_irade
parade94720642parade
tirade7311692tirade
trade65026042_trade

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551392.57632046.2
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691392.93860820.6
 
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