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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 “despicable” 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.

29 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
despicable174498(None) 
despicably2044311despicably
desirable1249392des_irable
respirable1446022respirable
deceivable1845023deceivable
decidable1547223de_cidable
declinable1545863declinable
definable1547773de_finable
demisable1448533de_misable
deniable11312083de_ni_able
deposable1446833de_posable
deputable1487043de_putable
derivable1548063de_rivable
describable1853013describable
desirables1344213des_irables
desirably1546633des_irably
despisal1144673despisa_l_
despisals1243503despisa_ls
devisable1546853de_visable
dislikable1744323dislikable
disposable1545873disposable
disputable1545063disputable
estimable1346043_estimable
expiable1946113_expi_able
explicable2344343_explicable
hospitable1743813hospitable
medicable1647503me_dicable
replicable1646623replicable
respectable1755043respectable

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603296.39022003.6
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691296.81326227.9
 
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