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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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91 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
screed9571893(None) 
creed85727391_creed
scree720031711scree_
screeds106210291screeds
screen85216021screen
screes85023971screes
screwed135710661screwed
scried95817301scried
acred87126352acr_ed
agreed84712502agreed
breed85526692_breed
cered85227442_cered
cred76530882_cr_ed
creeds94714772_creeds
creek114917392_creek
creel75121482_creel
creep95218102_creep
creped114115702_creped
crewed125316562_crewed
cried84624282_cried
decreed112710252decreed
dreed75222842_dreed
freed95223542_freed
greed75125692_greed
jereed144012072jereed
preed85128122_preed
pureed95017812pureed
reed55549622__reed
sacred94917102sacr_ed
saree55044662saree_
sarees65329942sarees
scaled94822442scaled
scaped115519552scaped
scared95227292scared
scarfed134711182scarfed
scarped124314402scarped
scarred104512632scarred
scarted104816122scarted
scend85516292sc_end
schemed1577752schemed
scoped115116652scoped
scored94621132scored
scorned10229952scorned
scowed124413832scowed
scraped124313132scraped
screak125311062screak
screaked15246982screaked
scream104814252scream
screamed13277602screamed
screech1435222screech
screeded1235642screeded
screened1137412screened
screens95212182screens
screw109318542scr_ew
screwer124410072screwer
screws115513892screws
screwy14659462screwy
scribed124510642scribed
scries85226822scries
scrieved14366202scrieved
scrived134511112scrived
scrod85115072scr_od
secreted1138632secreted
seed55549482s__eed
sered65737292ser_ed
serged84118772serged
served104616812served
shred98125612shr_ed
shrewd136810782shrewd
shrewed14589852shrewed
sired66134282sir_ed
siree55238812siree_
sirees64624582sirees
skeed105018982s_keed
sorbed94916522sorbed
sored66141782sor_ed
sorned74820042sorned
sorted74523712sorted
speed85526622s_peed
spread9312532spread
spree74830862spree_
sprees85620642sprees
steed66024942s_teed
streek104111412streek
streel64214022streel
street64125772street
strewed115811342strewed
succeed1235982succeed
surfed103814462surfed
surged84118882surged
treed65626732_treed

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551912.23636919.1
3Display Results91910.0303033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691912.59268939.4
 
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