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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 “enlightening” 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.

38 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
enlightening175172(None) 
lightening15255052__lightening
unenlightening197712unenlightening
brightening18102573_brightening
enlighten1344353enlighte__n_
enlightened1652323enlighten_ed
enlightenment1961313enlightenment
enlightens1443743enlighte__ns
enlivening1442933enli__vening
frightening1982683_frightening
heightening1952673_heightening
lightering15246113__lightering
lightning14286023__light_ning
retightening1752063retightening
tightening15153943__tightening
alighting1446414_alight__ing
blighting1635734_blight__ing
delighting1644994delight__ing
enciphering1952954enciph_ering
enlightenments2061014enlightenments
enlisting1038344enli_st__ing
flichtering2042684_flichtering
flighting1736104_flight__ing
glistening1294284_gli_stening
infighting1844414infight__ing
knighting1844444kn_ight__ing
lengthening1652444len__gthening
lichening1545674__lich_ening
lighting132811834__light__ing
lightnings15263804__light_nings
listening10128954__li_stening
overtightening2261804overtightening
plighting1635564_plight__ing
relighting1545854relight__ing
slighting1436374_slight__ing
straightening1862104straightening
unsighting1584444unsight__ing
uplighting1743364uplight__ing

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790386.47019287.5
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691386.88925938.6
 
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