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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 “desands” 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.

30 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
desands9481016(None) 
demands114311411demands
desand84812631desand_
deads75726912de_a_ds
deans66131392de_an_s
decanes103118912decanes
decants103514442decants
dedans85915072dedan_s
defangs1235362defangs
defends12358772defends
defunds12376752defunds
demand104314252demand_
deodands1144602deodands
depends11348992depends
desalts839572desalts
desanded11227452desanded
descants112910142descants
descends12266982descends
desmans1039002desman_s
desmids1166602desmids
desponds1246242desponds
dewans105215142dewan_s
disbands1237352disbands
elands74914772_elands
relands85214882relands
remands104914882remands
resends83513712resends
sands65228582__sands
weasands1244562weasands
wessands1243682wessands

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 Filter1786911076710.593301333.9
2DLD Change Limit107671305.06321266.2
3Display Results30300.033909.1
 (SQL Overall)178691305.68931409.9
 
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