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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 “neatniks” 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.

28 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
neatniks124276(None) 
beatniks1444041beatniks
neatnik1143331neatnik_
beatnik1344862beatnik_
neatness839152neatness
batiks1239373_bat_iks
battiks1337143_battiks
beanies93821093bea_nies
beatings114113233beatings
catnips1195893_catnips
eatings84616443_eatings
meanies93620743mea_nies
nannies73015203n_annies
nearness838313nearness
neatening1038353neatening
neatens73310403neat_ens
neats55931903neat___s
neotenies948383neotenies
nestlike1236083nestlike
netlike11308913ne_tlike
nettings9288103nettings
nudniks1262333n_udniks
peaceniks1743033peaceniks
seatings93614303seatings
sputniks1462093sputniks
tetanics10127373tetanics
tetanies8513553tetanies
zeatins16311733zeat_ins

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162288.15617920.8
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691288.62520717.8
 
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