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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 “lichenin” 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.

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
lichenin134505(None) 
lichening1545671lichening
lichenins1444841lichenins
lichen114012742liche__n
lichened1435752lichened
lichens123510682lichen_s
richening1546222richening
lechering1538443lechering
licence11119363lic_ence
licencing1443853lic_encing
license9148423lic_ense
licensing1244753lic_ensing
licente91210893lic_ente
lichee114017973liche__e
lichees123512783liche_es
lichenose1443363lichenose
lichenous1444313lichenous
liches114724293liche__s
lichi104412953lich__i_
lichis115212593lich__is
lichting14268513lichting
lightening15255053lightening
lightning14286023lightning
lignin74911193li__gnin
likening13246893li_kening
linchpin1553703linch_pin
linin58025523li___nin
lippening14234943lippening
listening10128953listening
lithemia1345253lithemia
lithemic1545593lithemic
livening12248153li_vening
lychnis1544383lych_nis
richen113812513riche__n
richened1435953richened
richens12349733richen_s
sickening1635993sickening
slickening1743903slickening

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 Filter1786911461620.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit146162386.12623859.3
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691386.54527301.9
 
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