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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 “defend” 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.

47 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
defend11391049(None) 
defends12358771defends
defund11447981defund
depend103510921depend
deafen10389672deafen_
deafened1335852deafened
deafens11317252deafens
deaned84620452deaned
decent94023702decent
deed65340902de_e_d
defang1137752defang
defeat103817162defeat
defect124816172defect
defence1339892defence
defenced1537202defenced
defended1437222defended
defender1337292defender
defense1137502defense
defensed1336222defensed
defer94619752defe_r
defers105116942defers
defied115016382defied
define104718142define
defined123813822defined
defunds12376752defunds
deked115718532deke_d
delead84112342delead
deled75326542dele_d
demand104314252demand
dement93825142dement
denned84215632denned
depends11348992depends
desand84812632desand
descend11248152descend
detent73624482detent
dewed105020302dewe_d
emend86214892_emend
fend84832972__fend
legend837692legend
offend13365662offend
refed93921922refe_d
refeed104717622refeed
refind104717072refind
refund104810302refund
relend76116452relend
remend95216552remend
resend75016772resend

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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551472.47033421.5
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691472.85662566.9
 
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