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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 “recede” 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.

55 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
recede9551553(None) 
precede1239641precede
receded112713041receded
recedes102816061recedes
recode93618711recode
secede93311991secede
accede1138292accede
cede74928762__cede
decade104216162decade
decide104116872decide
decode104414742decode
preceded1438282preceded
precedes13310702precedes
precode12311852precode
raced87635312raced_
raceme1039732raceme
reaccede1354362reaccede
recane83022872recane
recce9514562rec_ce
receive1239732receive
recent83630852recent
recept103319072recept
recess8314262recess
recipe103414892recipe
recite83625112recite
recked134821802recked_
recoded113115032recoded
recodes102918632recodes
recuse85519162recuse
rede55037662r__ede
reded74829112reded_
redeye103811792redeye
reed55549622re_ed_
reeded84022562re_eded
reeds65430902re_eds
reedy910020282re_edy
reeve84121322re_eve
refed93921922refed_
refeed104717622refeed
releve95116402releve
remade94316982remade
remedy1237862remedy
renege72713762renege
reseda739702reseda
resee54336332rese_e
reseed74823292reseed
reside74224932reside
retene69224272retene
revere94621252revere
rewed95425452rewed_
reweds104412302reweds
riced85825542riced_
seceded11319202seceded
seceder10329572seceder
secedes103711982secedes

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.216827273.1
2DLD Change Limit82551553.64022678.8
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691553.87246149.5
 
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