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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 “ibex” 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.

66 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
ibex13381348(None) 
ilex115822031ilex
abed79734132abed
abet610547942abet
apex137220212apex
be47948942_be_
bed67950622_bed
bee56262402_bee
beg65944132_beg
bel57148462_bel
ben56554922_ben
bes56557432_bes
bet58376672_bet
bey86645422_bey
bier65531832bier
box1210142342_box
cimex16119132cimex
dex116936882_dex
ex98835642__ex
fiber104921132fiber
flex146123472flex
gibe75927782gibe_
gibed96215962gibed
giber85417702giber
gibes84422522gibes
hex137436172_hex
ibexes15436162ibexes
ibis66519582ibis
ice56737242ice_
iced78721892iced
ices66129642ices
idea59122772idea
idem76121062idem
ides57734232ides
ilea45931462ilea
imbed105013652imbed
index13310982index
ire36943172ire_
ired55131872ired
ires45639282ires
item65620382item
jibe136323392jibe_
jibed155114162jibed
jiber145115702jiber
jibes145520322jibes
kex146029582_kex
kibe106523442kibe_
kibei114311532kibei
kibes115521112kibes
lex107943822_lex
libel74116102libel
liber74723622liber
mirex146816622mirex
obe56638642obe_
obes66036832obes
obey96521302obey
plex137321372plex
prex135722972prex
rex105740992_rex
ribes75530172ribes
sex107043222_sex
silex123417412silex
vex136429172_vex
vibe95124502vibe_
vibes104719952vibes
zibet16419732zibet

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691298720.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit29872660.85634897.2
3Display Results66660.0164125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691660.952187700.6
 
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