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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 “telfers” 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.

60 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
telfers1029907(None) 
telfer9379891telfer_
tellers73717591tellers
ateliers837882ateliers
beliers94617382beliers
belters93819412belters
defers105116942de_fers
delvers113411992delvers
elders74817302_elders
elvers93814982_elvers
fellers104117542fellers
gelders93812572gelders
golfers114410082golfers
heifers1337932heifers
hellers103619832hellers
helpers123311852helpers
kelters113813752kelters
melders103213912melders
melters93918312melters
pelters93720312pelters
pilfers1238962pilfers
reefers103312592reefers
refers93921082re_fers
reliers75519212reliers
rolfers104011812rolfers
sellers73721312sellers
talers64628142tal_ers
talkers113513212talkers
tearers75218232tearers
teasers75317242teasers
tedders94010232tedders
teemers95012902teemers
teeners74415452teeners
teeters74018302teeters
teles54536002tel_e_s
telfered1234882telfered
telford1145152telford
telfords1244362telfords
teller63519812teller_
telnets738372telnets
telphers1335472telphers
tempers113513012tempers
tenders83719722tenders
tenners74014922tenners
tenters73921102tenters
termers95414502termers
testers74124542testers
tethers103815312tethers
tetters74320472tetters
tilers63523502til_ers
tillers73418742tillers
tilters73315952tilters
titfers10318932titfers
tollers73217462tollers
twofers1364052twofers
welders113313412welders
welters103516062welters
wolfers13409632wolfers
yellers103912952yellers
yelpers12348202yelpers

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671603.42031482.7
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691603.81246875.9
 
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