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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 “exceeded” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

73 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
exceeded194349(None) 
exceeder1843951exceeder
exceed1636172exc_e_ed
exceeders1943282exceeders
exceeds1733842exceed_s
excelled18125692excelled
excepted2055232excepted
excessed1844942excessed
excided1836202exc_ided
excluded1943432excluded
excreted1846152excreted
expended19136542expended
extended17135832extended
acceded1336103_acceded
ascended1246513ascended
ceded96118563__c_eded
deeded94615543__deeded
descended1446283descended
embedded1553313embedded
emceed1136283emc_e_ed
emended11329603e_mended
encoded1139033enc_oded
eschewed1743443eschewed
esteemed1144473esteemed
exceeding2043493exceeding
excerpted2153873excerpted
excesses1736753excesses
excide1638423exc_ide_
excides1738343exc_ides
excised1736673exc_ised
excited1737853exc_ited
exclude1744453exclude_
excluder1843453excluder
excludes1844383excludes
excrete1667163excrete_
excreter1766123excreter
excretes1787573excretes
excused1736293exc_used
executed1835503executed
exerted152210053ex_erted
expanded19145163expanded
expected2036743expected
expelled1895873expelled
expender18136843expender
expensed18126413expensed
experted1838053experted
exploded1944753exploded
exscinded2042223exscinded
exsected1835673exsected
exserted1636213exserted
extender16146333extender
extruded1743843extruded
exuded15317683ex__uded
heeded114215763__heeded
needed84114443__needed
preceded1438293preceded
proceeded1544103proceeded
reacceded1573993reacceded
receded112713043rec_eded
reeded84022563__reeded
reseeded1038093reseeded
scended11329873_scended
screeded1235643screeded
seceded11319203sec_eded
seeded84520463__seeded
speeded113310423_speeded
succeeded1542383succeeded
unceded11410563unc_eded
unheeded1336893unheeded
unneeded1036483unneeded
unseeded1038253unseeded
unweeded1336573unweeded
weeded113914873__weeded

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162736.86021306.4
3Display Results73730.0302433.3
 (SQL Overall)178691737.31024444.7
 
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