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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 “benedicts” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
benedicts144357(None) 
benedicks1842561benedicks
benedict1346421benedict_
benedick1743092benedic_k
benefices1645062benefices
benefits1345712benefi_ts
bandits103814793ban_di_ts
beedies10314203be_edi_es
bendiest112311983ben_diest
benediction1643323benediction
benedictions1753243benedictions
benedictory1952083benedictory
benefic1446043benefic__
benefice1545003benefic_e
beneficed1743533beneficed
benefit1248073benefi_t_
bundists1145383bun_dists
derelicts12154183derelicts
edicts94911703___edicts
generics11118803generic_s
genetics11128613genetic_s
indicts103210723_in_dicts
maledicts1443393maledicts
predicts1339613_predicts
readdicts1343613readdicts
reedits8511743re_edi_ts
reindicts1274763reindicts
verdicts1446013ve_rdicts

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641287.62619491.3
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691288.09522074.2
 
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