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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 “understand” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

42 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
understand124618(None) 
understands1344651understands
underhand1447262under_hand
understate1148862understate
understated1347842understated
understood1244142understood
interstrand1254413interstrand
misunderstand176893misunderstand
undercard1347003under_card
underclad1345563undercla_d
underfund1445373under_fund
undergrad1245483undergra_d
underhands1545453under_hands
underlaid1147493under_laid
underload1146373underloa_d
underpaid1346963under_paid
underran948423under_ran_
underrated12310853underrated
undersea9149883undersea__
underseas1087803undersea_s
undersexed1946093undersexed
undersign1177113undersign_
undersigned14114973undersigned
undersigns1265833undersigns
undersized2148223undersized
underslung1243793underslung
undersold1146883unders_old
undersong1147993unders_ong
underspin1246653underspin_
underspins1346833underspins
understaffed2052813understaffed
understanding1673773understanding
understates1247703understates
understating1446543understating
understeer1145813understeer
understory1445123understory
understudy1543183understudy
undertake1448273under_take
undertax1646113under_ta_x
undertaxed1946523under_taxed
undertint10414863under_tint
undertone10510203under_tone

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911406030.813219792.1
2DLD Change Limit140603427.93617717.1
3Display Results42420.0301400.0
 (SQL Overall)178691428.77920354.4
 
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