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

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

27 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
referee10161575(None) 
refereed12149691refereed
referees111310411referees
refeed104717622refe_ed
refeel93913242refe_el
refence12312232refence
refer84822142refer__
reference14810092reference
referent112813422referent
referred1297832referred
referrer11136052referrer
refers93921082refer_s
refire95419472refir_e
refired115116992refired
refires104820312refires
reforge11259032reforge
refreeze2063262refreeze
refugee115310942refugee
remerge10148922remerge
reserve101011202reserve
retiree75019082retiree
revere94621252rever_e
revered112819332revered
reverer103815832reverer
reveres103621342reveres
reverie103615162reverie
reverse103913742reverse

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671272.96636301.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691273.35853213.5
 
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