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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 “red” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 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
red4675581(None) 
bed67950631bed
bred75130971bred
cred76530881cred
ed38645191_ed
fed76548361fed
ged57044541ged
ired55131871ired
led46254561led
med66146751med
ped66751531ped
rad47662011rad
re26153741re_
read55942531read
reb55844961reb
rec55645461rec
redd66323181redd
rede55037681rede
redo56029371redo
reds56042871reds
ree37974071ree
reed55549621reed
ref66053291ref
reg46146491reg
rei35647251rei
rem56150041rem
rend56136571rend
rep55847801rep
res35565041res
ret35982831ret
rev65336621rev
rex105740991rex
rid46754641rid
rod47953901rod
rued55729791rued
ted46446571ted
wed75843631wed
zed135431181zed

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.250714764.0
2DLD Change Limit5146380.09355333.3
3Display Results38380.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691380.343520965.0
 
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