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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 “dewar” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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94 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
dewar9581773(None) 
dear55343601de_ar
debar85517861debar
denar65223291denar
dewan95718041dewan
dewars105117071dewars
dewax165510851dewax
sewar85421101sewar
bear66844642be_ar
beware11313712beware
cedar84014322cedar
damar84117732damar
dead65434242de_ad
deaf85838402de_af
deair65817192deair
deal56347412de_al
dean56039482de_an
dears65736882de_ars
deary95826842de_ary
debag94212302debag
debark134210942debark
debars94218042debars
decaf114919442decaf
decal85523232decal
decare93919152decare
decay114718482decay
decor84717572decor
dedal75719022dedal
deer56739022de_er
deewan10267552deewan
defat95426692defat
defer94619752defer
degas75119162degas
dekare112811562dekare
delay94820632delay
demark134211022demark
demur8311162demur
denari710917352denari
denars74621432denars
denary105316862denary
deodar837712deodar
depart94720562depart
derat65044082derat
deray95024182deray
deter65028042deter
deva85720982deva_
devas96218882devas
dew77139922dew__
dewans105215142dewans
dewater112912422dewater
dewed105020302dewed
dewier104013462dewier
dewlap1264842dewlap
deworm1249532deworm
dews86230602dew_s
dewy115419022dew_y
dinar66319892dinar
diwan95712552diwan
dower95027702dower
drear65016902drear
dwarf126015242d_warf
ear36867882_e_ar
ewer77523982_ewer
fear75337792fe_ar
feuar8310242feuar
fewer115216122fewer
gear55934972ge_ar
hear76143882he_ar
hewer115719932hewer
jowar155211432jowar
kebar115113532kebar
lear47045952le_ar
near45236502ne_ar
newer85717462newer
pear69745232pe_ar
prewar114712582prewar
rear45644552re_ar
rebar75420192rebar
rewan85623662rewan
reward106017642reward
rewarm115913492rewarm
rewax155713922rewax
rewear93012002rewear
sear47353842se_ar
sewan85921292sewan
sewars94018632sewars
sewer84426222sewer
sowar85821342sowar
swear85316852swear
tear45242882te_ar
velar85817632velar
war67262422__war
wear75836722we_ar
year76534252ye_ar

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800941.69031834.3
3Display Results94940.0137230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691942.01388768.5
 
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