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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 “detects” 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.

41 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
detects10401109(None) 
defects134511521defects
dejects17389221dejects
detect94217401detect_
detents83615151detents
detests83711741detests
deceits102810882deceits
decocts1237832decocts
deducts1166592deducts
deets65330242de_e_ts
defeats113511232defeats
defect124816172defect_
deflects14336732deflects
deject164512842deject_
dejecta17376362dejecta
delicts104012252delicts
dements103016622dements
depicts12358462depicts
deserts82513052deserts
detected12289732detected
detecter11298732detecter
detecters12217752detecters
detector11278322detector
detectors12278302detectors
detent73624482detent_
detente83313602detente
detentes92712872detentes
deters74724682dete_rs
detest74122842detest_
deticks1437352deticks
detracts11138832detracts
devests114410472devests
directs102710262directs
ejects15409952_ejects
elects83315002_elects
erects84116182_erects
refects124012742refects
rejects163910692rejects
resects94115592resects
retests73813852retests
selects91912142selects

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671413.50030763.1
3Display Results41410.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691413.87646101.9
 
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