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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 “obedient” 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.

34 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
obedient117646(None) 
obedience1444572obedience
obediently1653242obediently
abetment1248233abetment
aperient10715153aperient
audient8312303_audient
beadiest113815533_beadiest
bedight1437483_bedight
bedizen1935943_bedizen_
bedizens2044423_bedizens
bendiest112311983_bendiest
bodement13410123bodement
credent10313973cred_ent
deediest102912253deediest
disobedient1553363disobedient
embedment1645613embedment
expedient1945783expedient
gradient10310373gradient
lenient7313843_lenient
mediant103516703_mediant
neediest92611303neediest
obediences1544323obediences
obeisant1046083obeisant
obeying1336543obeyi_ng
occident13126293occident
oddment1145923o_ddment
oneriest8313443oneriest
orient6322533o__rient
overlent112715293overlent
pediment13411393_pediment
reediest92815423reediest
sediment11411103_sediment
seediest92714053seediest
weediest122311133weediest

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162347.07620656.0
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.24824653.8
 
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