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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 “needier” 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.

48 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
needier8401062(None) 
deedier93011591deedier
needer73614951need_er
needler8388891needler
nerdier83110351nerdier
reedier83815301reedier
seedier83513631seedier
weedier113810621weedier
beadier103513912beadier
beedies10314202beedies
beefier12329092beefier
beerier93613022beerier
bendier103111412bendier
eelier64216462_eelier
eerier64320022_eerier
feeder103513842feed_er
geekier12286392geekier
greedier1036082greedier
headier113212952headier
heeder104216042heed_er
leadier83212722leadier
leerier73111502leerier
neddies92710702neddies
needed84114442need_ed
needers84111902need_ers
neediest92611302neediest
needily1166322needily
needing93214422needing
needle73310612needle_
needled9358512needled
needlers9287422needlers
needles83211562needles
nervier10298832nervier
nettier74211812nettier
newsier10147222newsier
readier83117422readier
reefier102912552reefier
reekier113111122reekier
seeder74320772seed_er
seepier92912012seepier
sneerier878102sneerier
sneezier1774332sneezier
speedier1146622speedier
teenier72611142teenier
tweedier1253622tweedier
weeder103315512weed_er
weenier103210802weenier
weepier12319272weepier

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671483.33032333.6
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691483.73647829.5
 
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