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

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64 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
decenary144627(None) 
decennary1543461decennary
decency1537452decen_cy
decently1448012decently
decentre11248552decentre
denary105316862d__enary
mercenary1643352mercenary
vicenary1654972vicenary
beweary1536223bewe_ary
canary11314693__canary
catenary1346583catenary
cedary12419603__cedary
centenary1444323centenary
deaconry1443323deacon_ry
deanery1137613de_anery
deary95826843d__e_ary
debeard1137353debe_ard
decanal1038113decana_l
decare93919153dec__are
decay114718483dec__a_y
decease1049523dece_ase
decenaries1348123decenaries
decennia1144223decennia
decent94023703decen__t
decenter112412163decenter
decenters122410373decenters
decentred13236233decentred
decentres12238523decentres
decern91310953dece__rn
deciare10710663dec_iare
declare10411223dec_lare
decretory1544683decretory
decry115514353dec___ry
decury1277963dec__ury
deejay1734523de_eja_y
delegacy1543533delegacy
demerara1144853demerara
denar65223293d__enar_
denari710917353d__enari
denars74621433d__enars
dicentra1145433dicentra
dietary1158663d_ietary
dreary104611673d_re_ary
lacunary13114153lacunary
legendary1442403legendary
legendry1342493legendry
necessary1452313necessary
nectary1246223nec_tary
parcenary1643903parcenary
peccary1636283pec_cary
pecuniary1652613pecuniary
plenary1237543_plenary
recency1438633recen_cy
recently1339423recently
reentry1038033re_entry
scenery1236563_scenery
secondary1543193secondary
secretary1444203secretary
sectary1238273sec_tary
sedentary1344463sedentary
seminary1398093seminary
senary93716073__senary
septenary1443733septenary
ternary1038343te_rnary

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 Limit146162646.83021400.0
3Display Results64640.0302133.3
 (SQL Overall)178691647.28024545.5
 
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