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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 “melded” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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117 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
melded10471471(None) 
gelded94512111gelded
melder93915811melder
melled95023021melled
melted94219061melted
mended104418681mended
milded104416151milded
molded104414081molded
welded114013381welded
amended11328312amended
balded105417512balded
beaded104922422beaded
bedded115114072bedded
belied95022162belied
belled94626192belled
belted94020632belted
bended105521232bended
bielded11226712bielded
ceded96118562ce_ded
celled94420322celled
deeded94615542deeded
deled75326542del_ed
deluded10158762deluded
delved114112752delved
elder64020022_elder
elided84814672_elided
eluded84612772_eluded
emended11329602emended
ended74421262_ended
felled103720302felled
felted103714652felted
fended114216912fended
feuded114010002feuded
fielded12206812fielded
folded114212792folded
gelder84613712gelder
gelled84718892gelled
gilded94413222gilded
headed114020472headed
heeded114215762heeded
helled104024702helled
helmed124513692helmed
helped124714152helped
helved134313702helved
herded114215642herded
jelled144916062jelled
kelped13449552kelped
leaded84221542leaded
madded113513552madded
malfed12369762malfed
malled94626112malled
malted94819862malted
meated94222402meated
meddled123210032meddled
medley1298342medley
meed74934702me__ed
melamed1249632melamed
meld75830472mel__d
melders103213912melders
melds84822382meld_s
melee73729102mel_ee
melees83618082melees
meloid9616002meloid
melter83520112melter
mender93520792mender
mensed93916542mensed
meoued9118532meoued
meowed12148002meowed
merde84320122merde_
merdes94518602merdes
merged104214952merged
meshed124415932meshed
messed95018182messed
meted85424432me_ted
metred95315142metred
mewed115218012me_wed
mewled123710052mewled
milden94113152milden
milder93818452milder
mildew12319042mildew
milked134612572milked
milled94326172milled
milted93919942milted
minded103817832minded
molder93819272molder
molted94217472molted
moulded11348062moulded
mudded114511382mudded
muled85824432mul_ed
mulled94721552mulled
needed84114442needed
pelted94617762pelted
pended103819012pended
redded94019552redded
reded74829122re_ded
reeded84022562reeded
relied74926232relied
rended84524102rended
seeded84520462seeded
selfed10310912selfed
sended85121232sended
smelled103511862smelled
smelted10399092smelted
tedded93810902tedded
tended83819482tended
vended114416352vended
wedded123811842wedded
weeded113914872weeded
welder102914412welder
welled103820212welled
welted103715822welted
wended113616152wended
wielded12216682wielded
wilded113714502wilded
yelled104116252yelled
yelped12439362yelped
yielded12184712yielded

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit825511173.82621576.3
3Display Results1171170.0333545.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911174.23242223.8
 
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