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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

71 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
exec13531394(None) 
execs14539721execs
exed125420591exed
exes116530811exes
alec66430062alec
axe108239492axe_
axed128829612axed
axel115222072axel
axes117337852axes
dexes135224512dexes
eek77935102e_ek
eel37946842e_el
eger55923572eger
eject145016042eject
eke75630092eke_
eked96718022eked
ekes86726602ekes
elect74327032elect
eme55837182eme_
emes65434662emes
emeu66723432emeu
emic86422752emic
epee64628502epee
epic86921302epic
ere36352772ere_
erect74129332erect
eses45336102eses
etic66123952etic
eve66331162eve_
even75222272even
ever77027692ever
eves76230462eves
ewe66630982ewe_
ewer77523982ewer
ewes76328702ewes
ex98835642ex__
exact143516932exact
exam132514622exam
excel1437742excel
exert124624142exert
exit114428672exit
exon117116802exon
expect1758902expect
expel1448232expel
expo1349182expo
exsect1558502exsect
eye65539772eye_
eyed86623232eyed
eyen76223662eyen
eyer76127282eyer
eyes75837882eyes
hexed165615762hexed
hexer155116682hexer
hexes155123042hexes
kexes166216822kexes
lexes127225262lexes
oxen116218592oxen
oxes116530722oxes
pec76744412_pec
rebec94416542rebec
rec55645462_rec
rexes124526952rexes
sec55945322_sec
sexed136618542sexed
sexes126126222sexes
spec85821972spec
vexed165713112vexed
vexer155513522vexer
vexes155719122vexes
xebec16378292xebec
zebec18419262zebec

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit29872710.84335435.3
3Display Results71710.0164437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691711.125158836.4
 
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