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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 “devout” 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.

28 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
devout1071299(None) 
devour1076701devour
debut86024142de_but
decoct11313782decoct
dehort104618102dehort
demount1049742demount
deport94922392deport
depot85727922depo_t
detour778192detour
devest104418702devest
devious1138522devious
devoid1189362devoid
devoir1076032devoir
devon95113682devo_n
devons104512252devons
devote104513782devote
devours1166642devours
devouter1235512devouter
devoutly1542662devoutly
dimout9414242dimout
divot95723072divo_t
dugout8310362dugout
dyvour1393342dyvour
indevout1254962indevout
redout71820252redout
revolt9316222revolt
setout64719462setout
undevout1246082undevout

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551282.72030349.6
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691283.06358338.6
 
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