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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 “defaced” 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.

48 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
defaced14291097(None) 
deface123113861deface_
defacer132810361defacer
defaces133213401defaces
defamed14309831defamed
refaced133713571refaced
belaced124112152belaced
deaned84620452de_aned
deaved114916552de_aved
debased113310582debased
debated113916082debated
decayed14309332decayed
deduced1266682deduced
defacers14237992defacers
defame123212432defame_
defamer132710322defamer
defames132812252defames
defanged1435432defanged
defatted1335672defatted
defeated132812162defeated
defected15289972defected
defenced1537202defenced
defied115016382def_ied
defiled124013102defiled
defined123813822defined
deflated133412302deflated
defoamed15356242defoamed
deforced15247372deforced
defrayed1635402defrayed
defused125211092defused
defuzed21447042defuzed
deiced104214482de_iced
delated93722872delated
delayed123310762delayed
derated93623502derated
detached1537732detached
deuced104112122de_uced
dewaxed19316052dewaxed
effaced16225572effaced
enfaced13218912enfaced
faced117727652__faced
menaced122710092menaced
peaced115818912pe_aced
prefaced1638422prefaced
reface113616352reface_
refaces123216742refaces
relaced103517212relaced
undefaced1644752undefaced

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671484.69022957.6
3Display Results48480.0461043.5
 (SQL Overall)178691485.10934975.7
 
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