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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 “refortifies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

27 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
refortifies175377(None) 
refortified1853441refortified
fortifies1548692__fortifies
recertifies1644702recertifies
renotifies1356892reno_tifies
certifies14310323ce__rtifies
decertifies1744573decertifies
deformities1744283deformities
desertifies1544703desertifies
fortified1646503__fortified
fortifier1546253__fortifier
fortifiers1644543__fortifiers
mortifies1439393__mortifies
prenotifies1644883preno_tifies
recertified1754343recertified
recodifies16106323reco_difies
rectifies14310813re__ctifies
refortify1842833refortif__y
refortifying2252793refortifying
reglorifies1553003reglor_ifies
rejustifies2153123rejustifies
remodifies16116023remo_difies
renotified1455813reno_tified
repurifies1546143repur_ifies
retestifies1444533retestifies
reverifies1645973rever_ifies
unfortified1852913unfortified

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121633275.35622709.7
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691275.74831087.5
 
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