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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 “speedier” 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.

30 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
speedier114662(None) 
seedier83513631s_eedier
speeder103811071speed_er
spendier1147141spendier
deedier93011592_deedier
greedier1036082greedier
needier84010622_needier
reedier83815302_reedier
seeder74320772s_eed_er
seepier92912012s_eepier
sheenier11167422sheenier
sleekier1245572sleekier
sleepier1036782sleepier
sleetier837882sleetier
sneerier878102sneerier
sneezier1774332sneezier
speeded113310422speed_ed
speeders11339312speed_ers
speediest1257472speediest
speedily1465182speedily
speeding122810932speeding
speedster1252732speedster
spender103713692spend_er
spherier1337782spherier
spleenier1143862spleenier
steadier937312steadier
steelier839202steelier
sweepier1355492sweepier
tweedier1253622tweedier
weedier113810622_weedier

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059303.82631641.1
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691304.23242223.8
 
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