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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 “devised” 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.

58 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
devised12371256(None) 
demised113613681demised
deviled124112181deviled
devise104215751devise_
devisee113812711devisee
deviser114212391deviser
devises114116761devises
revised113815481revised
advised12136042advised
deaired9411532deaired
debased113310582debased
debited113311622debited
decided124312422decided
defied115016382defi_ed
defiled124013102defiled
defined123813822defined
defused125211092defused
dehisced1583682dehisced
deiced104214482de_iced
delimed11310722delimed
delisted10310562delisted
demise94618322demise_
demises103719562demises
denied84318632deni_ed
denimed1159232denimed
deposed113412022deposed
derided102914252derided
derived123912762derived
desired9311982desired
desisted1039782desisted
despised1236922despised
deveined1336672deveined
develed123611932develed
devested13239132devested
deviated13311042deviated
device124512162device_
devices133212582devices
devilled1336742devilled
devisal1136912devisal
devisees12358282devisees
devisers12339862devisers
devisor11357042devisor
devoiced15276062devoiced
devoted124111092devoted
divided13378592divided
divined12329692divined
evited104013142_evited
levied104111432levi_ed
peised94817682pe_ised
prevised143611072prevised
remised103516842remised
reviled114417922reviled
revise94019742revise_
reviser104114662reviser
revises104220532revises
revived144211652revived
seised74218122se_ised
vised95518762__vised

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671582.82638100.1
3Display Results58580.0331757.6
 (SQL Overall)178691583.23555236.8
 
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