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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 “screen” 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.

53 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
screen8521602(None) 
scree720031711scree_
screed95718931screed
screens95212181screens
screes85023971screes
bescreen1244302bescreen
boreen8314312boreen
careen84119492careen
creed85727392_creed
creek114917392_creek
creel75121482_creel
creep95218102_creep
green65522142_green
moreen8313342moreen
onscreen1044252onscreen
preen75925052_preen
rescreen1046702rescreen
saree55044662saree_
sarees65329942sarees
sarsen6314232sarsen
sateen63815012sateen
scene77220572sc_ene
screak125311062screak
scream104814252scream
screech1435222screech
screeds106210292screeds
screened1137412screened
screener1037572screener
screw109318542scr_ew
screwed135710662screwed
screwer124410072screwer
screws115513892screws
screwy14659462screwy
scried95817302scried
scries85226822scries
seen46943122s__een
serein63318462serein
serene63522352serene
sheen85023312s_heen
siree55238812siree_
sirees64624582sirees
siren54525822sir_en
skeen94817402s_keen
spleen8310262spleen
spree74830862spree_
sprees85620642sprees
streek104111412streek
streel64214022streel
street64125772street
strewn96710012strewn
syren85216742syr_en
treen55622752_treen
tureen63312722tureen

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 Limit82551532.51632810.4
3Display Results53530.0134076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691532.87262218.3
 
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