Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “kef” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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295 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
kef	10	56	3966	(None)
def	7	65	4672	1	def
ef	5	73	4536	1	_ef
kaf	10	68	4551	1	kaf
kea	7	65	4091	1	kea
keef	11	58	3000	1	keef
kefs	11	59	2274	1	kefs
keg	8	64	3254	1	keg
ken	7	63	4398	1	ken
kep	9	64	3720	1	kep
kerf	11	58	2746	1	kerf
kex	14	60	2958	1	kex
key	10	58	3333	1	key
kief	11	71	2841	1	kief
kif	10	59	4119	1	kif
ref	6	60	5329	1	ref
ae	2	125	9029	2	ae_
aff	9	55	3761	2	aff
akee	8	59	3681	2	akee
alef	7	63	4069	2	alef
arf	6	74	5337	2	arf
be	4	79	4894	2	be_
bed	6	79	5062	2	bed
bee	5	62	6240	2	bee
beef	9	62	3368	2	beef
beg	6	59	4413	2	beg
bel	5	71	4846	2	bel
ben	5	65	5492	2	ben
bes	5	65	5743	2	bes
bet	5	83	7667	2	bet
bey	8	66	4542	2	bey
cee	5	59	5270	2	cee
cel	5	60	4055	2	cel
cep	7	57	3633	2	cep
chef	12	51	2562	2	chef
clef	9	70	2818	2	clef
de	3	70	4954	2	de_
deaf	8	58	3840	2	deaf
deb	6	63	4269	2	deb
dee	4	76	6582	2	dee
defi	8	63	2149	2	defi
deft	8	55	4022	2	deft
defy	11	49	2126	2	defy
del	4	67	5275	2	del
delf	8	54	3657	2	delf
den	4	75	5434	2	den
dev	7	60	3377	2	dev
dew	7	71	3992	2	dew
dex	11	69	3688	2	dex
dey	7	72	4337	2	dey
dif	7	68	4690	2	dif
ed	3	86	4518	2	_ed
eek	7	79	3510	2	eek
eel	3	79	4684	2	eel
eff	9	61	2862	2	eff
efs	6	68	2960	2	_efs
eft	6	60	3882	2	_eft
eh	5	83	3996	2	_eh
eke	7	56	3009	2	eke
eked	9	67	1802	2	eked
ekes	8	67	2660	2	ekes
el	2	67	4529	2	_el
elf	6	61	3852	2	elf
em	4	94	4515	2	_em
en	2	80	5239	2	_en
er	2	83	4514	2	_er
es	2	90	4822	2	_es
et	2	69	6419	2	_et
ex	9	88	3564	2	_ex
fe	5	79	4474	2	fe_
fed	7	65	4835	2	fed
fee	6	68	6201	2	fee
feh	9	61	3609	2	feh
fem	8	60	4073	2	fem
fen	6	68	5135	2	fen
fer	6	66	4612	2	fer
fes	6	65	5167	2	fes
fet	6	64	7163	2	fet
feu	6	78	4366	2	feu
few	9	54	3696	2	few
fey	9	59	4088	2	fey
fez	15	62	3682	2	fez
fief	10	73	3136	2	fief
ged	5	70	4453	2	ged
gee	4	53	5920	2	gee
gel	4	56	4243	2	gel
gem	6	68	4022	2	gem
gen	4	59	5051	2	gen
get	4	74	6746	2	get
gey	7	57	3830	2	gey
he	5	81	5195	2	he_
heft	10	67	3629	2	heft
heh	9	60	3962	2	heh
hem	8	61	4873	2	hem
hen	6	75	5527	2	hen
hep	8	66	4414	2	hep
her	6	65	4781	2	her
hes	6	66	5420	2	hes
het	6	76	7431	2	het
hew	9	76	4272	2	hew
hex	13	74	3617	2	hex
hey	9	67	4106	2	hey
if	5	72	3995	2	_if
iff	9	67	3039	2	iff
jee	10	66	4864	2	jee
jefe	14	65	1688	2	jefe
jet	10	67	5482	2	jet
jeu	10	55	3207	2	jeu
jew	13	51	2908	2	jew
ka	6	91	4508	2	k_a
kab	9	71	4585	2	kab
kae	7	67	4454	2	kae
kaes	8	57	3406	2	kaes
kafs	11	64	2374	2	kafs
kaif	11	69	3393	2	kaif
kas	7	70	5858	2	kas
kat	7	74	6829	2	kat
kay	10	67	4554	2	kay
keas	8	63	3709	2	keas
keck	9	49	2071	2	keck
keefs	12	51	1628	2	keefs
keek	7	56	2497	2	keek
keel	8	57	2947	2	keel
keen	8	48	3041	2	keen
keep	10	63	2982	2	keep
keet	8	53	4734	2	keet
kefir	12	45	791	2	kefir
kegs	9	58	2402	2	kegs
keir	8	62	1787	2	keir
kelp	10	53	2280	2	kelp
kelt	8	53	4319	2	kelt
kemp	12	64	1876	2	kemp
kenaf	12	3	1603	2	kenaf
keno	8	79	2643	2	keno
kens	8	54	3523	2	kens
kent	8	68	4696	2	kent
kepi	10	53	1563	2	kepi
keps	10	60	2730	2	keps
kept	10	62	3294	2	kept
kerb	10	43	2271	2	kerb
kerfs	12	54	1357	2	kerfs
kern	8	53	2621	2	kern
keto	8	62	2345	2	keto
keys	11	63	2216	2	keys
khaf	14	53	1960	2	khaf
khet	11	63	2862	2	khet
khi	10	63	1830	2	khi
ki	6	75	3796	2	k_i
kid	8	65	4062	2	kid
kiefs	12	61	1220	2	kiefs
kier	8	65	2681	2	kier
kifs	11	60	2351	2	kifs
kin	7	63	5397	2	kin
kip	9	70	4214	2	kip
kir	7	65	3568	2	kir
kis	7	80	5148	2	kis
kit	7	85	5988	2	kit
knee	8	53	2360	2	knee
knew	11	59	1212	2	knew
koa	7	67	3777	2	koa
kob	9	94	4238	2	kob
koel	8	45	1994	2	koel
koi	7	75	3475	2	koi
kop	9	74	4020	2	kop
kor	7	65	3889	2	kor
kos	7	69	4482	2	kos
kue	7	66	3186	2	kue
kues	8	64	2677	2	kues
kufi	11	9	1065	2	kufi
kye	10	73	2727	2	kye
kyes	11	51	2493	2	kyes
lea	3	76	6018	2	lea
leaf	7	64	4103	2	leaf
led	4	62	5455	2	led
lee	3	60	6814	2	lee
left	7	63	4048	2	left
leg	4	64	4611	2	leg
lei	3	68	4638	2	lei
lek	7	56	4030	2	lek
les	3	56	6307	2	les
let	3	64	8147	2	let
leu	3	60	4740	2	leu
lev	6	61	3942	2	lev
lex	10	79	4382	2	lex
ley	6	62	4681	2	ley
lez	12	55	4131	2	lez
lief	7	60	3699	2	lief
me	4	77	4833	2	me_
med	6	61	4674	2	med
meg	6	60	4095	2	meg
mel	5	60	4748	2	mel
mem	7	79	4347	2	mem
men	5	92	5285	2	men
met	5	60	7243	2	met
mew	8	61	3773	2	mew
ne	2	70	4510	2	ne_
neb	5	72	3862	2	neb
nee	3	66	5778	2	nee
neg	4	72	3734	2	neg
neif	7	54	2949	2	neif
net	3	66	7029	2	net
new	6	62	3709	2	new
oaf	6	59	5288	2	oaf
oe	2	84	7306	2	oe_
oes	3	58	6619	2	oes
of	5	82	4777	2	_of
off	9	63	3163	2	off
oke	7	58	3948	2	oke_
okeh	11	46	1532	2	okeh
okes	8	49	3634	2	okes
pe	4	76	4903	2	pe_
pea	5	66	5724	2	pea
pec	7	67	4441	2	pec
ped	6	67	5152	2	ped
pee	5	60	6651	2	pee
peg	6	58	4306	2	peg
peh	8	67	4096	2	peh
pelf	9	70	3145	2	pelf
pen	5	65	5884	2	pen
pep	7	64	4708	2	pep
per	5	63	5309	2	per
pes	5	72	5978	2	pes
pet	5	64	7730	2	pet
pew	8	64	4230	2	pew
re	2	61	5374	2	re_
reb	5	58	4496	2	reb
rec	5	56	4546	2	rec
red	4	67	5580	2	red
ree	3	79	7407	2	ree
reef	7	49	3821	2	reef
refs	7	57	3224	2	refs
reft	7	51	4127	2	reft
reg	4	61	4649	2	reg
rei	3	56	4725	2	rei
reif	7	69	3765	2	reif
rem	5	61	5004	2	rem
rep	5	58	4780	2	rep
res	3	55	6504	2	res
ret	3	59	8283	2	ret
rev	6	53	3662	2	rev
rex	10	57	4099	2	rex
rif	6	59	5156	2	rif
sea	3	61	6129	2	sea
sec	5	59	4532	2	sec
see	3	57	7226	2	see
seg	4	55	4488	2	seg
sei	3	60	4893	2	sei
seif	7	56	3873	2	seif
sel	3	82	5332	2	sel
self	7	51	3829	2	self
sen	3	60	5852	2	sen
ser	3	67	5240	2	ser
serf	7	63	4011	2	serf
set	3	66	8125	2	set
sew	6	62	4726	2	sew
sex	10	70	4322	2	sex
skee	8	54	3147	2	skee
skeg	9	53	1616	2	skeg
skep	10	52	1935	2	skep
skew	11	62	1876	2	skew
tea	3	73	5332	2	tea
ted	4	64	4656	2	ted
tee	3	83	6687	2	tee
teff	10	60	2376	2	teff
teg	4	57	4162	2	teg
tel	3	56	4790	2	tel
ten	3	58	5611	2	ten
tet	3	92	7499	2	tet
tew	6	66	4015	2	tew
tref	7	70	3099	2	tref
uke	7	57	2729	2	uke_
ukes	8	61	2281	2	ukes
vee	6	57	5018	2	vee
veg	7	69	3106	2	veg
vet	6	59	5852	2	vet
vex	13	64	2917	2	vex
we	5	70	4345	2	we_
web	8	57	3556	2	web
wed	7	58	4362	2	wed
wee	6	67	6081	2	wee
weft	10	54	3501	2	weft
wen	6	62	4960	2	wen
wet	6	59	6662	2	wet
ye	5	76	5006	2	ye_
yea	6	64	4575	2	yea
yeh	9	71	3577	2	yeh
yen	6	68	4738	2	yen
yep	8	66	3896	2	yep
yes	6	62	5061	2	yes
yet	6	69	6069	2	yet
yew	9	64	3629	2	yew
zed	13	54	3117	2	zed
zee	12	61	4323	2	zee
zek	16	73	2316	2	zek
zep	14	71	2914	2	zep

Search took 1 second overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	14084	0.250	714764.0
2	DLD Change Limit	14084	295	0.373	37758.7
3	Display Results	295	295	0.046	6413.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	295	0.669	267101.6