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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 “refuel” 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.

48 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
refuel9391262(None) 
defuel10348931defuel
refeel93913241refeel
refel84920811ref_el
refuels10399521refuels
defuels11296982defuels
fuel76824732__fuel
ireful948712irefu_l
prequel1836342prequel
rebel73421292re_bel
reel45240532re__el
refall94314392refall
refed93921922ref_ed
refeed104717622refeed
refeels10379692refeels
refell94214442refell
refels94618052ref_els
refelt94521422ref_elt
refer84822142ref_er
reffed134712512reffed
refile95122372refile
refill94514052refill
reflet94024232reflet
reflew12389452reflew
reflex16359512reflex
refueled1286572refueled
refuge105312612refuge
refuged125410872refuged
refugee115310942refugee
refuges115413372refuges
refund104810302refund
refusal1056892refusal
refuse94817512refuse
refused115114442refused
refuser104912782refuser
refuses104918552refuses
refutal1046942refutal
refute95515702refute
refuted114313802refuted
refuter104312192refuter
refutes104515732refutes
reheel93610822reheel
repel74921402re_pel
revel84423162re_vel
revue81114452revue_
revues9813902revues
rueful948202ruefu_l
sequel1556712sequel

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551482.40634310.5
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691482.76564626.0
 
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