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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 “selected” 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.

32 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
selected115978(None) 
elected102812611_elected
selectee10910491selectee
defected15289972defected
deflected1635982deflected
dejected19307592dejected
deleted93314912dele_ted
deselected1444082deselected
detected12289732detected
ejected17297652_ejected
electee92513242_electee
erected103213992_erected
neglected1354692neglected
prelected1439132prelected
reelected1238312reelected
refected142311662refected
reflected1547982reflected
rejected182710112rejected
relented92614942relented
relucted1138652relucted
resected112514742resected
reselected1345632reselected
select82621172select__
selectees1147012selectees
selectly1346562selectly
selectmen1344612selectmen
selector1048622selector
selects91912142select_s
sklented1335052sklented
sleeted83113222s_leeted
unelected1237822unelected
unselected1344972unselected

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059323.84331501.2
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691324.24942054.8
 
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