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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 “discontinuance” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

28 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
discontinuance1916252(None) 
discontinuances20142241discontinuances
continuance1555123___continuance
discontinue1455233discontinu___e
discontinuing1783243discontinuin_g
discountenance19122223discounten_ance
continuances1654684___continuances
discontinuation18103234discontinuation
discontinued1654024discontinu__ed
discontinues1564394discontinu__es
discontinuities1872184discontinuities
discontinuity1962954discontinu_ity
discontinuous1672544discontinu_ous
discountenanced21111744discounten_anced
discountenances20122234discounten_ances
incontinence16135644_incontin_ence
continence1489135___contin_ence
contingence16105455___contingence
continuant12128295___continuan_t
continuants13125325___continuants
continuate1248335___continua_te
discontenting1755075discontentin_g
discontinuously2171865discontinuously
discordance1753965disco___rdance
dissonance1354415disso___n_ance
inconsonance16163765_inconson_ance
incontinences17175465_incontin_ences
incontinency19154345_incontin_ency

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024287.00013574.9
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691287.37324235.9
 
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