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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 “riverweed” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

35 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
riverweed164305(None) 
riverweeds1742241riverweeds
feverweed1942402feverweed
riverbed14245142river_bed
riverhead1642992riverhead
riverward1643442riverward
silverweed1762052silverweed
bitterweed1642753bitterweed
deerweed1344183_deerweed
diverged14256883diver_ged
diverted13199583diver_ted
feverweeds2051893feverweeds
fireweed1545353fire_weed
livered113111633liver__ed
liveried1238733liver_ied
overfeed15299443_overfeed
overseed122513353_overseed
overween14218513_overween
refereed12149693refer_eed
reverbed14269223rever_bed
revered112819333rever__ed
reverend12288853rever_end
reversed122711613rever_sed
reverted122714713rever_ted
richweed17163583ri_chweed
riverbeds15243073riverbeds
riverheads1742743riverheads
riverine11310803riverine_
riverless1244943riverless
riverside1344913riverside
riverwards1743033riverwards
riveted11258573rive__ted
rivetted12226093rive_tted
silverweeds1851653silverweeds
waterweed1644623waterweed

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641357.03321134.8
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691357.49923828.6
 
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