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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 “devest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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82 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
devest10441870(None) 
detest74122841detest
devests114410471devests
divest106820071divest
revest94623601revest
behest11314612behest
deadest93014882deadest
deafest112911512deafest
dearest83618672dearest
deaves105319532deaves_
deceit93018212deceit
decent94023702decent
deepest10310442deepest
dees56356632de_es_
deet57356582de_e_t
deets65330242de_ets
defeat103817162defeat
defect124816172defect
deffest14308802deffest
deftest112611712deftest
degust8310252degust
deist64633592de_ist
deject164512842deject
dekes105224452dekes_
deles65139252deles_
delist74625052delist
delves104917082delves_
demast9517062demast
dement93825142dement
demes86032692demes_
denes65639722denes_
densest83112472densest
desert72725492desert
desist74818812desist
detect94217402detect
detent73624482detent
detests83711742detests
devas96218882devas_
devein1039142devein
devel94217122deve_l
devels104313902devels
devested13239132devested
devise104215752devise
devout10712992devout
devs86424032dev_s_
dewiest11312342dewiest
dexes135224512dexes_
digest84019622digest
direst75024242direst
divert103922812divert
dives95832402dives_
divests114510932divests
doest65829522d_oest
doves94728152doves_
drest65530342d_rest
driest74722752driest
dryest104811122dryest
duvet9321872duve_t
duvets1039222duvets
egest65222342_egest
event85924442_event
evert84929512_evert
eves76230462_eves_
fewest12311662fewest
feyest12311402feyest
geest64829612ge_est
invest93014842invest
lievest1048342lievest
livest95315732livest
merest84725112merest
neves87021872neves_
newest9314212newest
reest54938092re_est
renest64529712renest
retest64028452retest
revert93529112revert
revests104413732revests
revet84938842reve_t
revets94022172revets
serest64831612serest
vest75743602__vest
weest85026772we_est

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551822.53032628.9
3Display Results82820.0332484.8
 (SQL Overall)178691822.90661490.4
 
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