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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 “understood” 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.

32 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
understood124414(None) 
undershoot1445102undershoot
undersold1146882unders_old
understand1246182understand
understory1445122understory
undertook1445092under_took
underwood1446472under_wood
misunderstood178583misunderstood
undercook1644923under_cook
undercool1245533under_cool
underfoot1347033under_foot
undergod1136583under__god
underload1146373under_load
underproof1643573underproof
underscore1345803underscore
underscored1545143underscored
undersexed1946083undersexed
undershoots1553453undershoots
undershot1346893unders_hot
undersized2148213undersized
undersoil1056773unders_oil
undersong1147993unders_ong
understands1344653understands
understate1148863understate
understated1347833understated
understeer1145813understeer
understudy1543183understudy
undertone10510203under_tone
undertow1266233under_t_ow
undertows1366683under_tows
underwoods1545713under_woods
underwool1345013under_wool

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 Filter1786911406030.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit140603325.40626008.7
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691325.80930761.1
 
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