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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 “devon” 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.

69 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
devon9511368(None) 
demon86520311demon
devons104512251devons
aeon45634612ae_on
belon73924112belon
beton76022062beton
bevor101510812bevor
daemon9279592daemon
daven94916472daven
deacon9510422deacon
dean56039482de_an
debone93714782debone
deco76125972deco_
decor84717572decor
decos85522122decos
decoy115716312decoy
defog1048522defog
dehorn10439652dehorn
deign74312802deign
demo77427552demo_
demob104913502demob
demons94917722demons
demos86022992demos
den47554342de__n
depone93616552depone
depot85727922depot
detox13310952detox
dev76033772dev__
deva85720982dev_a
devas96218882devas
devein1039142devein
devel94217122devel
devil94714732devil
devoid1189362devoid
devoir1076032devoir
devote104513782devote
devour1076702devour
devout10712992devout
devs86424032dev_s
dewan95718042dewan
divan96114842divan
divot95723072divot
don46757652d__on
doven94718552doven
ebon66821102_ebon
elevon977952elevon
eon36052082_e_on
even75222272_even
exon117116802_exon
felon84619292felon
heron85025502heron
jeon116821442je_on
jeton124815402jeton
lemon75618182lemon
levin84816412levin
levo76820062levo_
melon73922082melon
meson74118312meson
neon47026422ne_on
odeon6411482ode_on
pelon74423212pelon
peon65635242pe_on
recon75624242recon
redon65424882redon
rewon86920582rewon
seton55223542seton
seven84118312seven
tenon53320512tenon
xenon122612452xenon

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800691.37339184.3
3Display Results69690.0164312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691691.702104988.8
 
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