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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 “devons” 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.

67 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
devons10451225(None) 
demons94917721demons
devon95113681devon_
aeons57624652ae_ons
belons84119412belons
betons84919552betons
bevors111610342bevors
daemons10269232daemons
davens104612912davens
deacons10310392deacons
deans66131392de_ans
debone93714782debone
debones103315112debones
decors94017772decors
decos85522122deco_s
decoys123911282decoys
dedans85915072dedans
defogs1156682defogs
dehorns11428362dehorns
deigns8389982deigns
demobs11429482demobs
demon86520312demon_
demos86022992demo_s
dens55945072de__ns
depone93616552depone
depones103717092depones
depots94716342depots
devas96218882dev_as
deveins1138812deveins
devels104313902devels
devils104412812devils
devious1138522devious
devoid1189362devoid
devoir1076032devoir
devoirs1175782devoirs
devote104513782devote
devotes113713752devotes
devour1076702devour
devours1166642devours
devout10712992devout
devs86424032dev__s
dewans105215142dewans
divans104612392divans
divots104712202divots
dons56048702d__ons
dovens104413902dovens
ebons74316092_ebons
elevons1067572elevons
eons46638712_e_ons
evens84817102_evens
exons125813342_exons
felons93615762felons
herons94820542herons
jetons134512612jetons
lemons84415052lemons
levins94514652levins
melons84117712melons
mesons83215842mesons
neons55818682ne_ons
odeons739022ode_ons
peons75327182pe_ons
recons84922992recons
redons75222182redons
setons64620172setons
sevens93813662sevens
tenons62916602tenons
xenons132710482xenons

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551672.87328733.4
3Display Results67670.0461456.5
 (SQL Overall)178691673.27954495.6
 
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