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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 “defacer” 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.

40 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
defacer13281036(None) 
deface123113861deface_
defaced142910971defaced
defacers14237991defacers
defaces133213401defaces
defamer132710321defamer
deader84220472de_ader
deafer104114812de_afer
dealer74122142de_aler
dearer74822802de_arer
debaser103510412debaser
debater104114692debater
decayer13339352decayer
defame123212432defame_
defamed14309832defamed
defamers14258522defamers
defames132812252defames
defeater122611662defeater
defer94619752def__er
deffer134411302def_fer
defier105118652def_ier
defiler113911882defiler
definer114413772definer
deflater123211602deflater
defoamer14276212defoamer
deforcer14246902deforcer
defrayer1534932defrayer
defter104215922def_ter
defuser115110502defuser
deicer94114412de_icer
delayer113010532delayer
detacher1437542detacher
dewater112912422dewater
effacer15255412effacer
facer105525052__facer
menacer112610882menacer
prefacer1537982prefacer
reface113616352reface_
refaced133713572refaced
refaces123216742refaces

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 Filter1786911076710.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit107671403.11034620.9
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691403.48251318.5
 
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