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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 “select” 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.

36 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
select8262117(None) 
elect74327031_elect
selects91912141selects
defect124816172defect
deflect13399972deflect
deject164512842deject
delict94320332delict
deselect1147522deselect
detect94217402detect
eject145016042_eject
elects83315002_elects
erect74129332_erect
neglect1047362neglect
prelect111013832prelect
reelect911515632reelect
refect114319332refect
reflect123913712reflect
reject154116282reject
relent64431852relent
relet54749822rele_t
relict83623902relict
reluct83916112reluct
resect84424702resect
reselect1059942reselect
sect67443622s__ect
selected1159782selected
selectee10910492selectee
selectly1346562selectly
selector1048622selector
seneca839792seneca
serest64831612serest
silent64125842silent
sklent103614352sklent
sleet55639132s_leet
slept75728102s_lept
splent84720192splent

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551362.82629211.3
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.20255806.1
 
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