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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 “refereed” 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.

28 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
refereed1214969(None) 
referee101615751referee_
referees111310411referees
referred1297831referred
deferred13106362deferred
preferred1555002preferred
rebreed104611072re_breed
refected142311662refected
refeed104717622ref__eed
refelled122810172refelled
refenced1439002refenced
referenced1676862referenced
referenda1343072referenda
referent112813422referent
referrer11136052referrer
refired115116992refir_ed
reforged13268702reforged
reformed14249602reformed
refried113513882ref_ried
remerged12149172remerged
reperked15177792reperked
reserved121010582reserved
reverbed14269222reverbed
revered112819332rever_ed
reverend12288852reverend
reversed122711612reversed
reverted122714712reverted
rezeroed1835992rezeroed

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059284.01630144.2
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691284.42240409.5
 
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