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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 “discountenances” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

22 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
discountenances2012223(None) 
discountenance19122221discountenance_
discountenanced21111741discountenanced
countenances1655733___countenances
discontinuances20142243disco_ntinuances
countenance1555874___countenance_
countenanced1754204___countenanced
countenancer1654224___countenancer
countenancers1752984___countenancers
discontinuance19162524disco_ntinuance_
discontented1655315disco_nte__nted
discontents1447555disco_nte__n_ts
discontinues1564405disco_nt__inues
discordances1853685disco___rdances
discountable1753855discount__able_
discounters1445755discounte____rs
discourtesies1672265discourte__sies
dissonances1454275disso____nances
inconsonances17153415_inco_nsonances
incontinences17175465_inco_ntinences
sustenances1353625__s__ustenances
viscountesses1851805viscounte__sses

Search took 5 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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874224.36015108.7
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691224.68938108.6
 
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