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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 “palindromes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 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
palindromes166190(None) 
palindrome1562021palindrome_
palindromic1861332palindromic
palindromist1761432palindromist
airdromes1244383_a_irdromes
halidomes15104863hali_d_omes
palindromists1861043palindromists
palinodes1245883palin__odes
aerodromes1354454_aerodromes
airdrome1144984_a_irdrome_
halidome14115314hali_d_ome_
halidoms1485824hali_d_om_s
mainframes1752334ma_inframes
padrones112711044pa___drones
pagandoms1543124pagand_om_s
palinode1145714palin__ode_
pandores11312454pa__nd_ores
polychromes2354044polychromes
prodromes1446064p__rodromes
raindrops1242814ra_indro_ps
syndromes1544504__syndromes
velodromes1652344vel_odromes

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819229.09316366.3
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691229.52918752.3
 
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