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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 “defenced” 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.

26 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
defenced153720(None) 
defence1339891defence_
defences1439631defences
defended1437221defended
defensed1336221defensed
refenced1439001refenced
deafened1335852deafen_ed
defaced142910972def_aced
defanged1435432defanged
defeated132812162defeated
defected15289972defected
defend113910492defen__d
defender1337292defender
defense1137502defense_
defenses1237912defenses
deferred13106362deferred
defined123813822defin_ed
deforced15247372deforced
defunded1435162defunded
demented12311272demented
depended1337982depended
dezinced2183902dezinced
fenced124412712__fenced
refence12312242refence_
refences13311852refences
unfenced1437732unfenced

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121059263.93630756.9
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691264.35940993.6
 
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