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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 “referent” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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149 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 WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
referent11281342(None) 
deferent122712871deferent
referents12259641referents
reverent112615091reverent
afferent1447982afferent
deferents13269392deferents
deferment151210302deferment
efferent1447202efferent
preferment1746322preferment
recement12315652recement
reerect92915882re_erect
referee101615752refere_e
refereed12149692refereed
referees111310412referees
reference14810092reference
referenda1343072referenda
refluent1147432refluent
reforest1139962reforest
refront10313262ref_ront
rerent63832452r__erent
revehent14239082revehent
reverend12288852reverend
adherent1247783adherent
afferents1546013afferents
befret11315963bef_re_t
besprent1248033besprent
cerement12315133cerement
coherent13412473coherent
decedent12310213decedent
deference1578493deference
deferments16128583deferments
deforest1238793deforest
detergent11129573detergent
determent121312903determent
deterrent10128943deterrent
different1646173different
efferents1545333efferents
element9317803_element
emergent1149113_emergent
ferment12315573__ferment
fervent13310063__fervent
gerent73223103__gerent
inherent11412793inherent
irreverent1353063irreverent
leveret103014003levere_t
precedent1448873precedent
preerect1259273pre_erect
preference1776983preference
preferments1844743preferments
reaccent1278573reaccent
reagent8716603re_agent
rearrest8311603rearrest
reascent10411983reascent
reblent9614253re_blent
recements13312283recements
recent83630853r__ecent
recreant10311283recreant
recrement13411363recrement
recurrent1146713recurrent
redefeat1246313redefeat
redefect1446053redefect
redirect11147993redirect
redolent9411883redolent
reefiest112811483reefiest
reeject16349623re_eject
reelect911515633re_elect
reerects10319923re_erects
refect114319333ref__ect
refeed104717623refe_e_d
refeeds11368973refe_eds
refeel93913243refe_e_l
refeels10379693refe_els
refelt94521423ref__elt
refer84822143refer___
refereeing1444673refereeing
referenced1676863referenced
references1589353references
referendum1661613referendum
referential1454683referential
referral1144403referral
referred1297833referred
referrer11136053referrer
referrers12125373referrers
referring1338033referring
refers93921083refer__s
refinement1548193refinement
refire95419473refire__
refired115116993refire_d
refires104820313refire_s
refiring123513923refiring
reflect123913713ref_lect
reflet94024233ref_le_t
reforests1245533reforests
reformat1357653reformat
refract121311603ref_ract
refreeze2063263refreeze
refresh1335453ref_resh
refronts1137773ref_ronts
refulgent1345403refulgent
regent74127673r__egent
regiment114414053regiment
regrant8317323re_grant
regreen8309043regreen_
regreens9257453regreens
regreet83015953re_greet
regret73723533re_gre_t
reinvent1138903reinvent
relearnt849213relearnt
relent64431853r__elent
relevant1149243relevant
relucent1049283relucent
remanent10311703remanent
remeet86325473reme_e_t
renitent8315333renitent
reorient8613473reorient
repellent1148383repellent
repent84728873r__epent
repetend1136223repetend
represent11410073represent
reprint9318983re_print
rerents73319423r__erents
rerepeat1047953rerepeat
reseen64318413rese_en_
reselect1059943reselect
resent63833623r__esent
resident9313753resident
resurgent1047953resurgent
reticent10313293reticent
retirant8313593retirant
retreat7317533re_treat
revelment1448773revelment
revenant11410283revenant
revere94621253revere__
revered112819333revere_d
reverence14710163reverence
reverends13266033reverends
reverently1645613reverently
reverer103815833revere_r
reverers113113153reverers
reveres103621343revere_s
revering122918073revering
revert93529113rever__t
revertant12128003revertant
revetment1448323revetment
rufescent1444863rufescent
sederunt945983sederunt
severest11310323severest
tenement10412593tenement
vehement1647763vehement

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit1461621498.07618098.3
3Display Results1491490.0632365.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911498.59220797.4
 
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