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

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

24 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
debonair114288(None) 
debonaire1242991debonaire
debonairly1651092debonairly
deboner103110482debon_er
deair65817193de___air
debar85517863deb__a_r
debone93714783debon__e
deboned113411633debon_ed
deboners11268113deboners
debones103315113debon_es
deboning12109153deboning
debunker1543093debunker
demoniac1346873demoniac
demonian1147713demonian
demonic12311223demon_ic
denar65223293de__na_r
denari710917353de__nari
deodar837713de_oda_r
deontic1038883de_ontic
despair1045463de_spair
detonate9311193detonate
detonator1045983detonator
devoir1076033devo__ir
devonian1244813devonian

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162248.18617855.1
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691248.62520717.8
 
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