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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 “encouragement” 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.

20 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
encouragement186260(None) 
encouragements1962171encouragements
discouragement20162923discouragement
engorgement15115183engo_r_gement
discouragements21182814discouragements
encasement1448704enc___asement
encirclement18133414enc_irclement
encompassment2161694encompassment
encourage1244154encourag__e__
encouraged1443094encourag__e_d
encourager1352774encourag__e_r
encouragers1452354encourag__ers
encourages1344044encourag__e_s
encouraging1552884encourag__ing
endorsement1456304endo_r_sement
enforcement1855684enfo_r_cement
enframement1855384en__framement
engagement1447514en___gagement
engorgements1694664engo_r_gements
enlargement1455854en_lar_gement

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit95024205.45617416.4
3Display Results20200.0131538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691205.84230587.3
 
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