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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 “screamed” 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.

29 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
screamed1327759(None) 
creamed123913711_creamed
screaked15246971screaked
screamer12267871screamer
streamed11258901streamed
breamed124011592_breamed
creaked143413232_creaked
creamer113714082_creamer
creased104315582_creased
created104323452_created
dreamed114310632_dreamed
reamed94326122__reamed
schemed1577752sche_med
scrammed1555002scrammed
scraped124313132scr_aped
scream104814242scream__
screamers13236252screamers
screams114810612scream_s
screed95718922scre__ed
screeded1235632screeded
screened1137402screened
screwed135710652scre_wed
scrummed1554312scrummed
seamed94823882s__eamed
steamed103712142s_teamed
streaked13228452streaked
streambed1483332streambed
streamer10239502streamer
surnamed1135112surnamed

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit121059294.82625084.7
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691294.99835752.5
 
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