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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 “webfed” 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.

31 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
webfed153503(None) 
webbed1436431webbed
beefed123510872beefed
ebbed104111002_ebbed
kerfed14358232kerfed
leafed105713872leafed
rebred95816352rebred
reefed103816582reefed
refed93921922re_fed
reffed134712512reffed
selfed10310912selfed
waffed16459792waffed
waifed134011032waifed
weaned103816152weaned
weaved133913482weaved
weber10313522web_er
webfeet1544592webfeet
wedded123811842wedded
wedged125110302wedged
weed85637512we__ed
weeded113914872weeded
weened104013732weened
weeted103913792weeted
welded114013382welded
welled103820212welled
welted103715822welted
wended113616152wended
wetted103717022wetted
wifed125117742w_ifed
wolfed13428012wolfed
woofed134511202woofed

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 Filter178691825510.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit82551312.75030018.5
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.15656619.5
 
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