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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 “detergency” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

27 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
detergency175418(None) 
detergent11129572detergen_t
detergents12116662detergents
deterrence1345622deterrence
divergency2053462divergency
emergency17154552_emergency
deference1578493defer_ence
dependency1954683dependency
deterge9118463deterge___
deterged11127923deterge__d
detergencies1654353detergencies
deterger10147593deterge__r
detergers11147183deterge_rs
deterges101510093deterge__s
deterging1237853detergin_g
determent121312903determen_t
determents131010313determents
determinacy1953083determinacy
deterrences1455183deterrences
deterrent10128943deterren_t
deterrently1553693deterrently
deterrents11126473deterrents
divergence1754973divergence
emergence14136613_emergence
heterogeny1754333heterogen_y
interagency1754913interagency
turgency1444833__turgency

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603276.45321788.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691276.87525991.4
 
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