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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 “defines” 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.

80 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
defines11411868(None) 
defies104624051defi_es
defiles114016841defiles
define104718141define_
defined123813821defined
definer114413771definer
definers124211191definers
refines105426341refines
adenines9310192adenines
affines1339482affines
debones103315112debones
decanes103118912decanes
decides114217652decides
deciles104417722deciles
declines113315802declines
defaces133213402defaces
defames132812252defames
defangs1235362defangs
defences1439632defences
defends12358772defends
defense1137502defense
defenses1237912defenses
defiances1557032defiances
defied115016382defi_ed
defier105118652defi_er
defiers113913992defiers
defile105216662defile_
defiled124013102defiled
defiler113911882defiler
defilers12439472defilers
definiens1345302definiens
defis96717502defi__s
deftness1236302deftness
defunds12376752defunds
defuses114814592defuses
defuzes20398302defuzes
deices94119372de_ices
deifies113317452deifies
delaines9312962delaines
delimes10314192delimes
demies94825802demi_es
demises103719562demises
denes65639722de__nes
denies74729642deni_es
dentines93418402dentines
depones103717092depones
derides93420852derides
derives114017812derives
desires81316132desires
destines93619662destines
detinues9569822detinues
devices133212582devices
devises114116762devises
dewiness1238452dewiness
dexies145018342dexi_es
dezincs1933752dezincs
dines66449152d__ines
divines113514722divines
domines102918972domines
dwines105013102d_wines
exines135715802_exines
felines104718072felines
fines86644262__fines
olefines1137322olefines
redefines1347412redefines
refiles104122422refiles
refinds114512122refinds
refine95225692refine_
refined114720002refined
refiner105316912refiner
refiners114713312refiners
refires104820312refires
refixes174813172refixes
relines75331322relines
repines94927382repines
retines75134672retines
rexines144719152rexines
seines65029902se_ines
serines74229542serines
venines103516612venines

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671803.40631612.2
3Display Results80800.0302666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691803.82646704.4
 
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