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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 “decide” 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.

64 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
decide10411687(None) 
decade104216161decade
decided124312421decided
decider114213181decider
decides114217651decides
decile94619211decile
decode104414741decode
deicide1149401deicide
deride84420031deride
beside95114612beside
betide95115972betide
dacite91115882dacite
debride1138592debride
decades113615512decades
decane93818872decane
decare93919152decare
deceive1337812deceive
deciare10710662deciare
decibel1235992decibel
deciders123510752deciders
decidua1144492decidua
deciduae1243742deciduae
deciles104417722deciles
decked145217622decked
deckle1312012452deckle
decline103716612decline
decoded123212392decoded
decoder113712292decoder
decodes113914982decodes
decree93117782decree
decried112612862decried
defied115016382defied
defile105216662defile
define104718142define
deice84320032de_ice
deiced104214482deiced
deicides1249302deicides
delime9314042delime
delude81910672delude
demise94618322demise
demode104013462demode
denied84318632denied
denude8169352denude
depside1138412depside
derided102914252derided
derider93214972derider
derides93420852derides
derive103817042derive
desire7415302desire
device124512162device
devise104215752devise
dexie134716892dexi_e
divide113410892divide
docile94213122docile
eide55832252_e_ide
elide64922652_elide
excide1638422excide
recede95515532recede
recipe103414892recipe
recite83625112recite
recode93618712recode
redecide12127182redecide
reside74224932reside
secede93311992secede

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551642.60631677.3
3Display Results64640.0331939.4
 (SQL Overall)178691642.98259923.2
 
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