Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “few” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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331 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
few	9	54	3696	(None)
dew	7	71	3992	1	dew
fe	5	79	4474	1	fe_
fed	7	65	4835	1	fed
fee	6	68	6201	1	fee
feh	9	61	3609	1	feh
fem	8	60	4073	1	fem
fen	6	68	5135	1	fen
fer	6	66	4612	1	fer
fes	6	65	5167	1	fes
fet	6	64	7163	1	fet
feu	6	78	4366	1	feu
fey	9	59	4088	1	fey
fez	15	62	3682	1	fez
flew	10	58	2425	1	flew
hew	9	76	4272	1	hew
jew	13	51	2908	1	jew
mew	8	61	3773	1	mew
new	6	62	3709	1	new
pew	8	64	4230	1	pew
sew	6	62	4726	1	sew
tew	6	66	4015	1	tew
yew	9	64	3629	1	yew
ae	2	125	9029	2	ae_
anew	7	66	2313	2	anew
aw	5	125	6340	2	_aw
awe	6	77	4662	2	awe
be	4	79	4894	2	be_
bed	6	79	5062	2	bed
bee	5	62	6240	2	bee
beg	6	59	4413	2	beg
bel	5	71	4846	2	bel
ben	5	65	5492	2	ben
bes	5	65	5743	2	bes
bet	5	83	7667	2	bet
bey	8	66	4542	2	bey
blew	9	47	2243	2	blew
bow	8	70	5190	2	bow
brew	9	50	2356	2	brew
caw	8	66	4793	2	caw
cee	5	59	5270	2	cee
cel	5	60	4055	2	cel
cep	7	57	3633	2	cep
chew	12	66	2213	2	chew
clew	9	55	2057	2	clew
cow	8	98	5671	2	cow
crew	9	61	2267	2	crew
daw	7	71	4836	2	daw
de	3	70	4954	2	de_
deb	6	63	4269	2	deb
dee	4	76	6582	2	dee
def	7	65	4672	2	def
del	4	67	5275	2	del
den	4	75	5434	2	den
dev	7	60	3377	2	dev
dews	8	62	3060	2	dews
dewy	11	54	1902	2	dewy
dex	11	69	3688	2	dex
dey	7	72	4337	2	dey
dow	7	67	4997	2	dow
drew	8	62	2167	2	drew
ed	3	86	4518	2	_ed
eek	7	79	3510	2	eek
eel	3	79	4684	2	eel
ef	5	73	4536	2	_ef
eff	9	61	2862	2	eff
efs	6	68	2960	2	efs
eft	6	60	3882	2	eft
eh	5	83	3996	2	_eh
el	2	67	4529	2	_el
em	4	94	4515	2	_em
en	2	80	5239	2	_en
er	2	83	4514	2	_er
es	2	90	4822	2	_es
et	2	69	6419	2	_et
ewe	6	66	3098	2	_ewe
ex	9	88	3564	2	_ex
fa	5	101	4845	2	f_a
fab	8	74	5313	2	fab
fad	7	74	5241	2	fad
fag	7	68	5236	2	fag
fan	6	71	5885	2	fan
far	6	77	6260	2	far
fas	6	82	6293	2	fas
fat	6	81	7808	2	fat
fawn	10	53	2195	2	fawn
fax	13	81	4331	2	fax
fay	9	74	5486	2	fay
feal	7	139	4042	2	feal
fear	7	53	3779	2	fear
feat	7	64	5822	2	feat
feck	13	49	2343	2	feck
feds	8	52	3431	2	feds
feeb	9	69	2454	2	feeb
feed	8	45	3890	2	feed
feel	7	52	3384	2	feel
fees	7	64	5060	2	fees
feet	7	53	5221	2	feet
fehs	10	65	2238	2	fehs
fell	7	68	3307	2	fell
felt	7	51	4693	2	felt
feme	9	61	3054	2	feme
fems	9	64	2870	2	fems
fend	8	48	3297	2	fend
fens	7	61	3976	2	fens
feod	8	155	2300	2	feod
fere	7	63	4223	2	fere
fern	7	61	2932	2	fern
fess	7	65	2916	2	fess
fest	7	49	4944	2	fest
feta	7	65	2890	2	feta
fete	7	57	3492	2	fete
fets	7	53	4594	2	fets
feud	8	65	2302	2	feud
feus	7	58	3075	2	feus
fewer	11	52	1612	2	fewer
fib	8	63	4426	2	fib
fid	7	68	4768	2	fid
fie	6	71	5244	2	fie
fief	10	73	3135	2	fief
fig	7	62	4283	2	fig
fil	6	54	4714	2	fil
fin	6	64	5803	2	fin
fir	6	67	4489	2	fir
fit	6	63	6545	2	fit
fix	13	62	3610	2	fix
fiz	15	62	3876	2	fiz
flaw	10	63	2664	2	flaw
flea	7	56	2849	2	flea
fled	8	54	2977	2	fled
flee	7	62	3879	2	flee
flews	11	53	1644	2	flews
flex	14	61	2347	2	flex
fley	10	66	2685	2	fley
flow	10	59	2492	2	flow
flu	6	65	3021	2	flu
fly	9	71	2495	2	fly
fob	8	67	4833	2	fob
foe	6	63	5081	2	foe
foes	7	65	4344	2	foes
fog	7	69	4556	2	fog
foh	9	81	3589	2	foh
fon	6	63	5227	2	fon
fop	8	67	4370	2	fop
for	6	69	5207	2	for
fou	6	67	4378	2	fou
fowl	10	57	2363	2	fowl
fox	13	67	3786	2	fox
foy	9	60	4426	2	foy
free	7	59	4018	2	free
fret	7	58	4504	2	fret
fro	6	55	3064	2	fro
frow	10	64	2505	2	frow
fry	9	62	2650	2	fry
fub	8	63	3739	2	fub
fud	7	63	3515	2	fud
fuel	7	68	2473	2	fuel
fug	7	62	3451	2	fug
fun	6	68	4114	2	fun
fur	6	66	3732	2	fur
ged	5	70	4453	2	ged
gee	4	53	5920	2	gee
gel	4	56	4243	2	gel
gem	6	68	4022	2	gem
gen	4	59	5051	2	gen
get	4	74	6746	2	get
gey	7	57	3830	2	gey
grew	8	56	2026	2	grew
haw	9	71	5327	2	haw
he	5	81	5195	2	he_
heh	9	60	3962	2	heh
hem	8	61	4873	2	hem
hen	6	75	5527	2	hen
hep	8	66	4414	2	hep
her	6	65	4781	2	her
hes	6	66	5420	2	hes
het	6	76	7431	2	het
hewn	10	67	1985	2	hewn
hews	10	56	3157	2	hews
hex	13	74	3617	2	hex
hey	9	67	4106	2	hey
how	9	72	5243	2	how
jaw	13	62	3768	2	jaw
jee	10	66	4864	2	jee
jet	10	67	5482	2	jet
jeu	10	55	3207	2	jeu
jews	14	58	2208	2	jews
jow	13	76	3930	2	jow
kea	7	65	4091	2	kea
kef	10	56	3966	2	kef
keg	8	64	3253	2	keg
ken	7	63	4398	2	ken
kep	9	64	3720	2	kep
kex	14	60	2958	2	kex
key	10	58	3333	2	key
knew	11	59	1212	2	knew
law	6	86	5664	2	law
lea	3	76	6018	2	lea
led	4	62	5455	2	led
lee	3	60	6814	2	lee
leg	4	64	4611	2	leg
lei	3	68	4638	2	lei
lek	7	56	4030	2	lek
les	3	56	6307	2	les
let	3	64	8147	2	let
leu	3	60	4740	2	leu
lev	6	61	3942	2	lev
lewd	8	57	1659	2	lewd
lex	10	79	4382	2	lex
ley	6	62	4681	2	ley
lez	12	55	4131	2	lez
low	6	60	5187	2	low
maw	8	70	5009	2	maw
me	4	77	4833	2	me_
med	6	61	4674	2	med
meg	6	60	4095	2	meg
mel	5	60	4748	2	mel
mem	7	79	4347	2	mem
men	5	92	5284	2	men
meow	9	51	1788	2	meow
met	5	60	7243	2	met
mewl	9	56	1832	2	mewl
mews	9	66	2933	2	mews
mow	8	66	5035	2	mow
naw	6	63	4649	2	naw
ne	2	70	4510	2	ne_
neb	5	72	3862	2	neb
nee	3	66	5778	2	nee
neg	4	72	3734	2	neg
net	3	66	7029	2	net
news	7	61	2737	2	news
newt	7	69	3374	2	newt
now	6	59	5019	2	now
oe	2	84	7306	2	oe_
oes	3	58	6619	2	oes
ow	5	89	5017	2	_ow
owe	6	70	4103	2	owe
paw	8	76	5117	2	paw
pe	4	76	4903	2	pe_
pea	5	66	5724	2	pea
pec	7	67	4441	2	pec
ped	6	67	5152	2	ped
pee	5	60	6651	2	pee
peg	6	58	4306	2	peg
peh	8	67	4096	2	peh
pen	5	65	5884	2	pen
pep	7	64	4708	2	pep
per	5	63	5309	2	per
pes	5	72	5978	2	pes
pet	5	64	7730	2	pet
pews	9	57	3153	2	pews
phew	12	84	1711	2	phew
plew	9	72	2281	2	plew
pow	8	71	4728	2	pow
raw	6	72	5225	2	raw
re	2	61	5374	2	re_
reb	5	58	4496	2	reb
rec	5	56	4546	2	rec
red	4	67	5580	2	red
ree	3	79	7407	2	ree
ref	6	60	5329	2	ref
reg	4	61	4649	2	reg
rei	3	56	4725	2	rei
rem	5	61	5004	2	rem
rep	5	58	4780	2	rep
res	3	55	6504	2	res
ret	3	59	8283	2	ret
rev	6	53	3662	2	rev
rex	10	57	4099	2	rex
row	6	74	5367	2	row
saw	6	82	5535	2	saw
sea	3	61	6129	2	sea
sec	5	59	4532	2	sec
see	3	57	7226	2	see
seg	4	55	4488	2	seg
sei	3	60	4893	2	sei
sel	3	82	5332	2	sel
sen	3	60	5852	2	sen
ser	3	67	5240	2	ser
set	3	66	8125	2	set
sewn	7	61	2433	2	sewn
sews	7	58	3602	2	sews
sex	10	70	4322	2	sex
shew	10	80	3076	2	shew
skew	11	62	1876	2	skew
slew	7	62	2823	2	slew
smew	9	50	1773	2	smew
sow	6	65	5476	2	sow
spew	9	54	2187	2	spew
stew	7	75	2546	2	stew
taw	6	101	5545	2	taw
tea	3	73	5332	2	tea
ted	4	64	4656	2	ted
tee	3	83	6687	2	tee
teg	4	57	4162	2	teg
tel	3	56	4790	2	tel
ten	3	58	5611	2	ten
tet	3	92	7498	2	tet
tews	7	64	3164	2	tews
thew	10	82	2623	2	thew
tow	6	105	5736	2	tow
vaw	9	59	3746	2	vaw
vee	6	57	5018	2	vee
veg	7	69	3106	2	veg
vet	6	59	5852	2	vet
vex	13	64	2917	2	vex
view	10	59	1767	2	view
vow	9	61	3631	2	vow
waw	9	70	4638	2	waw
we	5	70	4345	2	we_
web	8	57	3556	2	web
wed	7	58	4362	2	wed
wee	6	67	6081	2	wee
wen	6	62	4960	2	wen
wet	6	59	6662	2	wet
whew	13	76	1878	2	whew
wow	9	66	4347	2	wow
yaw	9	71	4515	2	yaw
ye	5	76	5006	2	ye_
yea	6	64	4575	2	yea
yeh	9	71	3577	2	yeh
yen	6	68	4738	2	yen
yep	8	66	3896	2	yep
yes	6	62	5061	2	yes
yet	6	69	6069	2	yet
yews	10	53	2396	2	yews
yow	9	69	4529	2	yow
zed	13	54	3117	2	zed
zee	12	61	4323	2	zee
zek	16	73	2316	2	zek
zep	14	71	2914	2	zep

Search took 1 second overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	14084	0.060	2978183.3
2	DLD Change Limit	14084	331	0.406	34689.7
3	Display Results	331	331	0.080	4137.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	331	0.546	327272.9