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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 “incipient” 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.

29 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
incipient134776(None) 
excipient2044482excipient
incident11410202inci_dent
incipience1655582incipience
incipiency1953672incipiency
incipiently1854362incipiently
incipit1158922incipi__t
recipient1348022recipient
ancient9514733anc__ient
excipients2152723excipients
incent83320723inc___ent
incidents1246803inci_dents
incipiences1755163incipiences
incipits1246263incipi_ts
incising11411093incisi_ng
incision1047603incision_
incisions1147353incisions
incitant10810083inci_tant
incitement1447133incitement
inciting11312533inciti_ng
inclement1349923inclement
increment13411683increment
incumbent1545633incumbent
incurrent1147123incurrent
indigent102911613indi_gent
inpatient1147653inpatient
insistent948253insistent
percipient1655753percipient
recipients1444893recipients

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641296.98321286.1
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.42224075.9
 
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