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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forproofread” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

13 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
proofread154211(None) 
proofreads1651661proofreads
proofed13138722proof_e_d
proofreader1751082proofreader
procured1336603procure_d
proffered1843433proffered
proforma1545433proforma_
proofer12149103proof_e_r
proofers13118363proof_ers
proofreaders185793proofreaders
proofreading1951673proofreading
proofroom1652693proofroom
roofed105214743_roof_e_d

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641136.25023782.6
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691136.67326778.2