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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 “expectant” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

36 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
expectant204567(None) 
expectants2163581expectants
executant1844112ex_ecutant
expectance2363622expectance
expectancy2692482expectancy
expectantly2572422expectantly
expecting2146692expecting
expectorant2252262expectorant
expellant1844962expellant
exsecant1794752exsec_ant
excitant1777353ex_citant
executants1952693ex_ecutants
expect1758903expec___t
expectable2345063expectable
expectably2654223expectably
expectances2493343expectances
expected2036743expect_ed
expecter1936513expect_er
expecters2045473expecters
expectorants2361333expectorants
expects1866883expect__s
expedient1945783expedient
expellants1942863expellants
expellent1845273expellent
experting1938053experting
explant16310133exp__lant
exsecants1893403exsec_ants
exsecting1935933exsecting
extant132714753ex___tant
exultant1545483ex_ultant
humectant1653373humectant
impeccant1743613impeccant
infectant1446833infectant
injectant1845293injectant
peccant13311733__peccant
repentant1149323repentant

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641369.29615989.8
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691369.75218323.5
 
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