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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 “entertainments” 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.

25 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
entertainments167245(None) 
entertainment1563051entertainment_
entrainments1465452ent_r_ainments
ascertainments1861743ascertainments
entertainers1253663entertain_e_rs
entrainment1356623ent_r_ainment_
intertwinements2071533intertwinements
ascertainment1761884ascertainment_
attainments1353944_at__tainments
detainments1485894__de_tainments
detrainments1574654det_r_ainments
edutainments1552494e__dutainments
enchainments1953484en__chainments
entailments1346354en___tailments
entertained1245174entertain_e__d
entertainer1154484entertain_e__r
entertaining1354384entertain_in_g
entertains1047624entertai___n_s
enthrallments1862334enthr_allments
entrapments1546294ent_r_a_pments
entreatments14114394ent_rea_tments
infotainments1861794in_fotainments
interlacements1862664interlacements
internments13510284inter___nments
intertwinement1961934intertwinement_

Search took 4 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 Filter178691658740.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit65874253.25320250.2
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691253.57649969.5
 
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