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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 “degrees” 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.

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
degrees9281072(None) 
decrees102513121decrees
degree82814851degree_
degreed10258881degreed
agrees74915322_agrees
dearies83526272dearies
decree93117782decree_
decreed112710252decreed
decreer10269122decreer
decreers11277622decreers
decries103319802decries
degames113312622degames
degases93413102degases
degerms1135622degerms
degrades11269922degrades
degrease1045412degrease
degreases1146152degreases
depress10239872depress
derries83124622derries
digress938322digress
drees65628522d__rees
egress73310432_egress
egrets72712242_egrets
grees65132472__grees
mergees104411232mergees
pugrees10218522pugrees
regreen8309042regreen
regreens9257452regreens
regreet83015952regreet
regreets9287852regreets
regress82711452regress
regrets83212922regrets

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671323.28032826.5
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.65648876.1
 
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