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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 “dicentra” 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.

31 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
dicentra114543(None) 
dicentras1245471dicentras
centra84113882__centra
decentre11248552decentre
dicentric1445612dicentric
epicentra1353652epicentra
bicentric1544283bicentric
central93114473__central
centre84316643__centre
contra83314703__contra
decenary1446273decenary
decennia1144223decennia
decent94023703decent__
decenter112412163decenter
decenters122410373decenters
decently1448013decently
decentred13236233decentred
decentres12238523decentres
dementia1157833dementia
dicentrics1544673dicentrics
dicer85426423dice__r_
dicers94720743dice__rs
dichondra1652903dichondra
dicta84915633dic__t_a
disenthral1453063disenthral
docent92918683docent__
docents102810803docent_s
epicentral1454373epicentral
licente91210893licent_e
misentry1345773misentry
vicenary1654973vicenary

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 Limit146162316.89321204.4
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691317.32624391.3
 
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