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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 “announce” 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.

39 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
announce104432(None) 
announced1243291announced
announcer1143291announcer
announces1144481announces
announcers1242682announcers
annoyance1443882annoyance
denounce1145102denounce
enounce937572_enounce
renounce1047402renounce
adnoun757033adnoun__
adnouns835453adnoun_s
ancone83916953anco_n_e
annona648873anno_n_a
annonas738793anno_nas
annotate877713annotate
announcing1342993announcing
annoyances1543543annoyances
anyone94612733anyo_n_e
bounce104014833__bounce
denounced1344033denounced
denouncer1244133denouncer
denounces1245413denounces
enounced1135883_enounced
enounces1037603_enounces
flounce1235413_flounce
frounce1236153_frounce
innocence1395993innocence
jounce153310733__jounce
nonce75719823__no_nce
ounce77019933___ounce
pounce105214093__pounce
preannounce1551603preannounce
pronounce1354663pronounce
renounced1245923renounced
renouncer1145843renouncer
renounces1147543renounces
trounce936823_trounce
unannounced1451343unannounced
unbouncy1552863unbouncy

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162397.23620199.3
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691397.66923300.4
 
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