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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 “refaced” 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
refaced13371357(None) 
defaced142910971defaced
prefaced1638421prefaced
reface113616351reface_
refaces123216741refaces
relaced103517211relaced
barefaced1743692barefaced
belaced124112152belaced
deface123113862deface_
defacer132810362defacer
defaces133213402defaces
defamed14309832defamed
effaced16225572effaced
enfaced13218912enfaced
faced117727652__faced
menaced122710092menaced
peaced115818912pe_aced
preface14510922preface_
prefacer1537982prefacer
prefaces15311062prefaces
prefaded1537822prefaded
raced87635312r__aced
reached134619082re_ached
reacted103015712re_acted
reamed94326122re_amed
reaped94122452re_aped
reared75930012re_ared
reaved104523922re_aved
rebated103619702rebated
recaned102817202recaned
redacted12410242redacted
redated93120922redated
reduced11610322reduced
refected142311662refected
refed93921922ref__ed
refeed104717622ref_eed
refenced1438992refenced
reffed134712512ref_fed
refiled114318652refiled
refined114720002refined
refired115116992refired
refixed183611152refixed
reflated123514292reflated
refracted1557392refracted
reframed1437852reframed
refried113513872refried
refuged125410872refuged
refused115114442refused
refuted114313802refuted
regaled93615962regaled
relace83122152relace_
relaces93420882relaces
related83327572related
relaxed153312522relaxed
relayed113212752relayed
remated103522472remated
renamed103114522renamed
repacked17188742repacked
repaved133311132repaved
replaced133211392replaced
reracked15169122reracked
resawed113111182resawed
respaced1338502respaced
retacked15169272retacked
retaped103814282retaped
retaxed153512232retaxed
retraced111413022retraced
rewaked153811902rewaked
rewaxed18409342rewaxed

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 Filter1786911076710.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit107671693.57630109.3
3Display Results69690.0332090.9
 (SQL Overall)178691693.73547842.3
 
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