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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 “announces” 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.

37 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
announces114448(None) 
announce1044321announce_
announced1243291announced
announcer1143291announcer
announcers1242681announcers
annoyances1543542annoyances
denounces1245412denounces
enounces1037602_enounces
renounces1147542renounces
adnouns835453adnoun__s
ancones93116343anco_n_es
annonas738793anno_n_as
annotates977293annotates
announcing1342993announcing
annoyance1443883annoyance_
bounces113813683__bounces
denounce1145103denounce_
denounced1344033denounced
denouncer1244133denouncer
denouncers1343403denouncers
enounce937573_enounce_
enounced1135883_enounced
flounces1335103_flounces
frounces1336183_frounces
innocences14106073innocences
jounces16369853__jounces
nonces84418833__no_nces
ounces83617773___ounces
pounces114113893__pounces
preannounces1651573preannounces
pronounces1454993pronounces
renounce1047403renounce_
renounced1245923renounced
renouncer1145843renouncer
renouncers1244623renouncers
trounces1037063_trounces
unannounced1451343unannounced

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641376.92321470.6
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691377.35624291.9
 
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