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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 “defends” 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.

36 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
defends1235877(None) 
defend113910491defend_
defunds12376751defunds
depends11348991depends
deafens11317252deafen_s
deeds75423762de_e_ds
defangs1235362defangs
defeats113511232defeats
defects134511522defects
defence1339892defence
defences1439632defences
defended1437222defended
defender1337292defender
defenders1436362defenders
defense1137502defense
defenses1237912defenses
defers105116942defe_rs
defines114118682defines
defund11447982defund_
deleads9379702deleads
demands114311412demands
dements103016622dements
depend103510922depend_
desands94810162desands
descends12266982descends
detents83615152detents
emends95711432_emends
fends96324972__fends
legends936072legends
offends14234292offends
refeeds11368972refeeds
refinds114512122refinds
refunds11448622refunds
relends84013252relends
remends105013032remends
resends83513712resends

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 Filter1786911076710.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit107671363.65629450.5
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691364.09243668.4
 
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