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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 “decodes” 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.

54 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
decodes11391498(None) 
decades113615511decades
decides114217651decides
decode104414741decode_
decoded123212381decoded
decoder113712291decoder
decoders122810411decoders
recodes102918631recodes
becomes132911962becomes
codes86247292__codes
debones103315112debones
decade104216162decade_
decanes103118912decanes
decares102818532decares
decide104116872decide_
decided124312422decided
decider114213182decider
deciders123510752deciders
deciles104417722deciles
deckles143312802deckles
decocts1237832decocts
decors94017772deco_rs
decos85522122deco__s
decoyed14358332decoyed
decoyer13348682decoyer
decoyers14287712decoyers
decoys123911282deco_ys
decrees102513122decrees
decries103319802decries
deicides1249302deicides
deludes91810642deludes
demode104013462demode_
demoded123611122demoded
demoses103815822demoses
demotes104717672demotes
denotes83817002denotes
denudes91510042denudes
depones103717092depones
deposes103117212deposes
derides93420852derides
detoxes1538802detoxes
devotes113713752devotes
diodes83915782d_iodes
dynodes1235452dynodes
encodes10310642encodes
epodes94315562_epodes
erodes74819882_erodes
geodes8412152ge_odes
precodes13711572precodes
recedes102816062recedes
recode93618712recode_
recoded113115032recoded
secedes103711982secedes
secondes1138132secondes

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671543.40631612.2
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691543.79547085.9
 
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