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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 “relief” 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.

42 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
relief9441968(None) 
belief115018601belief
relied74926231relied
reliefs10439431reliefs
relier65826181relier
relies65036421relies
belie75630382belie_
belied95022162belied
beliefs12448582beliefs
belier84423562belier
belies84631052belies
eelier64216462eelier
lief76036992__lief
prelife1279942prelife
reef74938212re__ef
reflies104418532reflies
reif76937652re_i_f
relet54749822rel_et
relic74623362reli_c
relics84517902relics
relict83623902relict
reliers75519212reliers
relieve105010692relieve
relievo10425772relievo
reline65434352reline
relined85321932relined
relines75331322relines
relink104415922relink
relish93916952relish
relist64628412relist
relit55340682reli_t
relive95120782relive
relived115114682relived
relives104619442relives
replied103914462replied
replier94214972replier
replies94521042replies
retie55735302retie_
retied75924982retied
reties65436192reties
review1238692review
rulier65016352rulier

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551422.70330540.5
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691423.04958606.4
 
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