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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 “malignant” 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.

27 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
malignant124522(None) 
malignance1552752malignance
malignancy1851852malignancy
malignantly1751882malignantly
maligning13145582maligning
aligning10158533_aligning
alignment1246373_alignment
aliquant1746073_aliquant
benignant1243983benignant
galivant1247083gali_vant
indignant1144853indignant
lignan75510323__lignan_
lignans8398853__lignans
malign939853malig__n_
malignances1652643malignances
maligned1285773malign_ed
maligner11115333malign_er
maligners12104783maligners
malignity1543653malignity
malignly1444683malign_ly
maligns1038133malig__ns
migrant10314313m__igrant
militant10411403mili_tant
nonmalignant1562203nonmalignant
poignant1145743_poignant
premalignant1761553premalignant
valiant10314623vali__ant

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 Filter1786911486410.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit148641276.50022867.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691276.66926794.3
 
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