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

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95 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
drears7461425(None) 
dears65736881d_ears
dreads84115021dreads
dreams94513981dreams
drear65016901drear_
dreary104611671dreary
rears54739651_rears
anears63717182anears
areas55935772area_s
arrears738842arrears
bears75739042_bears
blears85116452blears
breads95419202breads
breaks124816422breaks
breams104815042breams
briars84814822briars
clears84116562clears
creaks124315962creaks
creams104715252creams
damars93814992damars
darbars10510092darbars
darers75921872dare_rs
deads75726912d_eads
deairs74013782d_eairs
deals65435342d_eals
deans66131392d_eans
dear55343602d_ear_
deary95826842d_eary
debars94218042debars
deers64930522d_eers
denars74621432denars
derats74625062derats
derays105514252derays
dewars105117072dewars
dinars75417562dinars
doers65225712doe_rs
dogears937512dogears
drabs85119672dr_abs
drags75521112dr_ags
drams86025832dr_ams
drats66628372dr_ats
draws95119372dr_aws
drays95819772dr_ays
dread74419022drea_d
dream85120392drea_m
dreamers11369002dreamers
dreamt94615712dreamt
dreamy12509992dreamy
drearies92313412drearies
drecks13459202drecks
drees65628522dre_es
dregs76114862dre_gs
dreks105714752dre_ks
dress65319832dre_ss
driers74516732driers
dryads11436622dryads
dryers10449272dryers
durbars1077972durbars
dyers96617132dye_rs
ears46356592__ears
fears84829392_fears
freaks134713062freaks
freers94717302freers
friars93812092friars
gears64628692_gears
greats76318392greats
hears86737372_hears
lears55938732_lears
nears55529422_nears
oreads73915772oreads
pears75138612_pears
prearm104512352prearm
prearms11369172prearms
reads64835272_reads
reals55038652_reals
reams75729622_reams
reaps75626192_reaps
rear45644552_rear_
rearm75923572_rearm
rearms85114652_rearms
rebars84019832_rebars
roars55622242_roars
sears54744912_sears
shears93820902shears
smears84714432smears
spears84019472spears
swears94114072swears
tears55436462_tears
treads74817922treads
treats64821692treats
uprears9107492uprears
ureas55826012urea_s
wears86030302_wears
wreaks134711112wreaks
years84527672_years

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551952.31035736.4
3Display Results95950.0332878.8
 (SQL Overall)178691952.67366850.4
 
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